Nottinghamshire

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Nearby Places

Tuxford

Census

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

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Church History

• There may have been a Saxon church here before the Domesday Survey, but none is recorded. The only evidence is of "Saxon looking" work on the south aisle of the church, but this is hardly proof.
  
  
• Records show a chapel of ease here in 1179.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
  
  
• The church was built in the 12th century.
  
  
• The church chancel was built in 1495.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1624.
  
  
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1813-1843.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Tuxford.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1841.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Tuxford is a market town, a township and a parish within the parliamentary borough of East Retford. It lies 137 miles north of London, 28 miles north-east of Nottingham city and 7 miles south-east of Retford. The parish covers 4,110 acres.

If you are planningg a visit:

• Tuxford is split by the A1 at the intersection with the A6075 arterial road. You can head south from Retford or east from Ollerton or north from Newark on Trent.
  
  
• There were three railway stations in Tuxford, but all are now closed.
  
  
• The Orchard Park Caravan and Camping Park on Marnham Road might suit your needs for an overnight stay.
  
  

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History

• Tuxford was historically a market town.
  
  
• Tuxford was known in the 1800s for making nails and bricks.
  
  
• Tuxford held a yearly fair on 12th May for cattle, sheep and drapery.
  
  
• A History of Tuxford by Mike Sanderson.
  
  
• Most of the town has been rebuilt since the great fire of 1702.
  
  
• The Tuxford Windmill is a tower Windmill, built in 1820 and restored between 1982 and 1993.
  
  
• Tuxford had a bad reputation in the 1600s because its roads were so clayish and this slowed transportation, wighed down horses hooves, and slowed travel to a crawl.
  
  

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Manors

• Tusford Hall was rebuilt about 1785 near the site of the old Hall. It was, for many centuries, the home of the WHITE family.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7370.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• Tusford has formerly been known as "Tuxford in the Clays" and "Tucker's Ford." In the 1086 Domesday Book the name is rendered as Tuxfarne.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the North Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern 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 East Retford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• An Endowed School was founded in 1669 by Charles Read.
  
  
• A National School for girls and infants was built in 1830.
  
  
• The existing Tuxford School has only been in use since 1958 when it replaced these other facilities.
  
  

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