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Weston

"Weston Parish consists of the two hamlets of North and South Weston, three miles south-east of Tuxford, situated on the opposite declivities of a narrow vale, where the waters from the Laxton and Egmanton unite, and roll in one steam to the Trent. The Great North Road passes to the south, and The Great Northern Railway to the north of the parish. It contains 487 inhabitants and 1,650 acres of land. Earl Manvers owns about one half of the parish, and is lord of the manor. He holds a court at Michaelmas, and is patron of the rectory. Mr Francis Skinner is an owner, and most of the farmers are owners in part.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, is situated at South Weston. It is a neat structure, with a spire and three bells. It was repaired in 1840, repewed, and had the chancel rebuilt, at a cost of about £150. The rector rebuilt the chancel and porch and, since then, a further sum of £100 has been laid out in alterations and improvements, the parish in both cases having materially assisted the subscriptions of Earl Manvers and Viscount Newark. The rectory is valued in the King's books at £19 2s 11d, now £468. The Rev. T.T. Penrose M.A. is the incumbent, and the Rev. John Proctor M.A. is the curate. The parish was enclosed in 1795, when 315 acres were allotted to the rector in lieu of tithe."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Caution: There are at least 8 other places known as Weston in England, including one in neighboring Lincolnshire. Check your sources carefully.

Census

• The parish was in the Kneesall sub-district of the Southwell 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 was repaired and the chancel rebuilt in 1840.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from October, 1559.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Weston is a parish and two merged villages; South Weston and North Weston. The parish is in the southern division of Nottinghamshire. It lies 134 miles north of London, 3 miles southeast of Tuxford and 10 miles north of Newark on Trent. Two streams merge in the parish and form a feeder to the River Trent. The parish covers 1,740 acres and includes Scarthing Moor as a district in the parish.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, from Tuxford (which is on the A1), take the B1164 south to Weston.
  
  
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in 2012. You'll want to stop in here and get a schedule of current events.
  
  

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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 7767.
  
  
• 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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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and became a Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the north division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the wouth division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Land was enclosed in 1795.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	246
1851	487
1861	380
1871	375
1881	348
1891	332
1901	310
1911	290
1921	280
1931	284

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Schools

• A Parochial School was built here.
  
  

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