Woodhouse Hall
"Woodhouse Hall, with an estate of 270 acres, forms an extra-parochial district, lying near the west side of Welbeck Park, adjoining to Holbeck Woodhouse, 4½ miles south-south-west of Worksop. It is the property of the Duke of Portland, who thoroughly drained a great portion of the land in 1844. It is let to Mr John Ludlow, farmer, who resides at the Hall, and ancient mansion of considerable extent, which is still surrounded by a moat. Thoroton says the Robert, the first Earl of Kingston, who died in 1643, "resided at his ancient house of Woodhouse, the most part of 40 years", but his son and heir dwelt at Holme Pierrepoint. This was anciently part of Cuckney, and is no doubt the site of the "Castle of Cuckney" which was built by the founder of Welbeck Abbey, and which was afterwards occupied by the descendants of his brother Ralph, who took the name of Silvan, from their residence at this manor in the woods, which they subsequently gave to the monks at Welbeck."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
Census
- The parish was in the Carburton sub-district of the Worksop Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 852 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2422 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3463 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2647 |
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Woodhouse Hall area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Winifred.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of Saint Winifred's Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
- Andy STEPHENSON has a photograph of Saint Winifred's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2013 (hence the snow).
- Chris WIMBUSH has a photograph of the Gateway to St Winifred's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2009.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Carburton sub-district of the Worksop Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
Woodhouse Hall is a village and a parish 4 miles south-west of Worksop on the border with Derbyshire. The parish covered 303 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The A60 passes through Woodhouse Hall near Holbeck.
- Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of the View across the A60 on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008.
You can see pictures of Woodhouse Hall which are provided by:
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Woodhouse Hall has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK549735 (Lat/Lon: 53.255676, -1.178551), Woodhouse Hall which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Military History
There is a tablet in the church to Major Lord William Augustus Cavendish Bentinck who died in 1902.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient extra-parochial area and was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1857.
- The parish was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
- This Civil Parish was dissolved in April, 1935, and all 303 acres amalgamated into Holbeck Civil Parish.
- District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Worksop petty session hearings.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Worksop Poor Law Union.
- The Duke of Portland erected "The Winnings" almshouses in 1890. They were so called because the Duke's wife encouraged the Duke to use the proceeds of his horses' races to benefit the poor.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of The Winnings on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
Population
Year Population 1811 8 1851 8 1881 129 1901 185