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Walkeringham

"Walkeringham Parish extends from Gringley-on-the-Hill to Walkrith Ferry, on the Trent, and contains 608 inhabitants and 2,854 acres of land, of which, at the enclosure in 1802, an allotment of 349a 1r 25p was awarded to Trinity College, as a commutation of the rectorial tithes, and 157a 2r 11p to the vicar in lieu of the small tithes. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, and owner of a great portion of the soil, but Earl Manvers, R. Capes Esq., Mr Thomas Williamson with some others, have estates here.
Walkeringham is a straggling village, nearly a mile in length, four miles north-west of Gainsborough and 9 miles east by south of Bawtry on the road, and about one mile from the ferry, which crosses the Trent to Walkrith, in Lincolnshire. The church is a large ancient pile, dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, and was given to Worksop Priory by William de Lovetot in the reign of Henry I. It is now in the appropriation and patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The vicarage, which is now enjoyed by the Rev. J.K. Miller M.A., is valued in the King's books at £7 11s 5d, now £180. A Methodist chapel was built here in 1796, and has since been enlarged. In 1850 a large school, with a house for the master, was erected near the church by subscription."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Cemeteries

• Walkeringham Cemetery is located just south of the village. The cemertery is under the control of the parish council's Burial Board.
  
  
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of Walkeringham Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
  
  

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Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen.
  
  
• There is an excellent history of this church at the Southwell Church History Project website.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1605 and is in good condition.
  
  
• The church is in the Bassetlaw and Bawtry deanery.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists had chapels here prior to 1881.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Misterton sub-district in the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Walkeringham is a village and a parish 150 miles north of the city of London, 11 miles north-east of East Retford and 4 miles north-west of Gainsborough. The River Trent forms the eastern border and divides the parish from Lincolnshire.

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Directories

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7692.
  
  
• 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

• Private Charles W. OTTER of the Machine Gun Corps, who died on 7 Sept. 1918, is buried in the parish cemetery. He was the son of Bingham OTTER.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county 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.

• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1802.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Gainsborough Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	419
1851	608
1861	683
1901	718

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