Wysall (Wissawe)
"This is an indifferently-built village, upon the Wolds, 9½ miles south by east of Nottingham. Its parish contains 270 inhabitants and 1,360 acres of land, principally belonging to S.B. Wild Esq., Mrs Anthony, the three co-heiresses of the late Jas. Kearsley Esq, the Messrs Starling, Roscoe and Decollier. It was enclosed in 1800, when 311 acres were awarded to the impropriator and 91 acres to the vicar in lieu of tithes. Lord Rancliffe's heirs are lords of the manor.
The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and has some ancient monuments of the Armstrong family, and former vicars of this parish. The vicarage has been augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty, and is valued in the King's books at £4 11s 0½d. Sir Robert H. Bromley is the patron, purchased in 1837 of Earl Gosford, and the Rev. Thomas P. Dodson the incumbent. The Wesleyans and Baptists have
each a small chapel in this place."
[White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853]
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
- The date of construction is uncertain.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1654.
- The church was in the rural deanery of South Bingham.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here by 1853.
- The Baptists had a chapel built here by 1853.
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was reassigned to the Basford sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish and village are in the Wold Hills and lie about 120 miles north of London, 7 miles northeast of Loughborough (in Leicestershire) and 9 miles due south of Nottingham.
The village sits along a small stream between hills. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A60 north out of Loughborough toward Nottingham. The A60 passes through Rempstone and the next village is Costock.
- The webpage author could find no mention of a Hall or Manor House at Wysall.
- The national grid reference is SK 6027.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and it became a Civil Parish as well.
- The parish was in the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
- In 1800 the Common Land was enclosed here.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Loughborough Poor Law Union in Leicestershire.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
260 |
| 1851 |
286 |
| 1871 |
266 |
| 1881 |
261 |
| 1891 |
193 |
| 1901 |
188 |
| 1911 |
186 |
| 1921 |
162 |
| 1931 |
174 |
- A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1870 to hold up to 80 children.
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[Last updated: 29-September-2009 - Louis R. Mills]