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Nearby Places

Thrumpton

Census

• The parish was in the Wilford sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church chancel was rebuilt in the mid-1800s.
  
  
• Recently it was decided to keep the church locked except during services.
  
  
• There is a history of All Saints Church on the Southwell Church History Project.
  
  
• See some photographs of All Saints Church at the parish web page.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1678.
  
  
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1813-1857.
  
  
• The church was in the West Bingham rural deanery.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Wilford sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Thrumpton is a small village, a township and a parish on the south bank of the River Trent. The parish borders on Derbyshire and Leicestershire and covers 947 acres. The parish lies 126 miles north of London, 7 miles south-west of Nottingham city and 12 miles south-east of Derby.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A453 trunk road south-east out of Nottingham. The village of Thrumpton will be on your right.
  
• There is bus service from Nottingham provided by Premier Travel Ltd. on Mondays through Saturdays
  
• Stop by the Village Hall and pick up a schedule of events. You can also ask about using the Hall for family reunions.
  
  

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Manors

• Thrumpton Hall was originally erected in the 16th century. It lies west of the village, along the river.
  
  
• Thrumpton Hall was rebuilt by the PIGGOTs (or PIGOT) in 1608 and was the residence of Lady Byron in 1881.
  
  
• Andrew ABBOTT has a photograph of Thrumpton Hall on Geo-graph, taken in 2004.
  
  
• Arrange a wedding or a family re-union at Thrumpton Hall.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5131.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

• The War Memorial was installed on the outside of the church wall in 1924. It depicts a soldier lying in a sepulchre.
  
  
• This photograph of the War Memorial is on the Southwell Churches History Project site.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient chapelry in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	121
1811	119
1821	109
1831	132
1841	147
1851	133
1861	144
1871	194
1881	163
1891	141
1901	167

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