Colwick

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

Most of the gravestones have been removed from their original positions and placed round the south wall of the graveyard. The area to the south of the church has been set out as a quiet sitting area with two seats.

In 1885 when John Chaworth MUSTERS gave the Parish more land to extend the graveyard to the south and closer to the hall, he built a high brick wall on the south side to separate the churchyard from the Hall grounds.

The Nottinghamshire Family History Society has recorded basic information from 93 gravestones in its Record Series Monumental Inscriptions Vol.XX.

John SUTTON has a photograph of some Slate headstones on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2012. These are in the old St John the Baptist churchyard west of the village.

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

• There was a church and a priest here at the time of the 1086 Domesday Book.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
   
• The existing church was built by Sir John BYRON in the 16th century incorporating 14th and 15th century sections from an earlier church.
   
• The church stood close to Colwick Hall.
   
• The church was repaired and partially rebuilt in 1684.
   
• The church stands now, partly ruined. It was closed as unsafe in 1936.
   
• The church is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
   
• A new Anglican parish church was built in 1950, consecrated in June, 1951, and dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the new St. John the Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
   
• Alan has another photograph of the same church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2020.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1569 and is on parchment in fair condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Nottingham.
   
• The Congregationalists opened a chapel at Colwick Vale in 1903.
   

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

Colwick is a small village and was a parish which stood under a long range of hills on the north and west bank of the Trent River. The village stood 3 miles east of Nottingham proper and 125 miles north of London. It is now a part of the conurbation of Nottingham city.

The village was once known for producing "Colwick Cheese". If you are planning a visit:

• Start your visit in Nottingham and ask the local tourist office how to find Colwick.
   
• Netherfield station is the closest passenger rail station.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the new Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2014.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Colwick to another place.

Colwick Woods park lies just north of the A612 Arterial Road west of the village. Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Snow in Colwick Woods Park on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2021.

Mrs. William SAVILLE and her children were murdered by her husband in Colwick Woods in 1844. The murder is noted as much for the events at SAVILLE’s execution as for the murder itself. The execution took place on the steps of the Shire Hall as usual but on this occasion a very large crowd had turned out to see the event. As the crowd moved away after the execution, there was a crush at the top of Garners Hill steps and many people were trampled in the crush. Twelve people were killed and five died afterwards.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Colwick Inn on Geo-graph, taken in ebruary, 2009. This Inn is on the boundary with Nottingham City.

Lt.-Col. Sir Horatio David DAVIES, KCMG, of the 3rd Middlesex Artillery, was the lord of the manor and sole landowner here in 1912. He was not a resident of the parish in that year. He is perhaps more famous for the invention and promotion of Pimm's Cup.

• Colwick Hall was built in 1776. It stood about a mile west of the village on the banks of the Trent River.
   
• Colwick Hall suffered considerable damage from the Nottingham reform rioters of 1831.
   
• The Hall was converted to a hotel some time before 1912.
   
• Mat FASCIONE provides us with a photograph of Colwick Hall Hotel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK619405 (Lat/Lon: 52.958309, -1.07999), Colwick which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey 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)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The War Memorial is a simple obelisk of Portland stone commemorated to all who gave their lives in conflict. IT was erected just outside of St. John's Church.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2014.
   
• Inside the church there are two War Memorials. One is a framed paper document listing 11 men who died in World War I. The other lists 19 who perished in the Great War.
   

For photographs of the Colwick War Memorials and the list of names on them, see the Southwell Church History Project site.

There are the 11 names listed on the framed War Memorial in the church:

1. Harold BRAILSFORD, 7th Btln. Leics Regt.
2. Walter BUNNY, RFA (Name as BUNNEY on CWGC)
3. William Frederick CHAMBERS, 2nd Btln. Lincs. Regt.
4. Frederick John CLAYTON, Royal Engineers
5. George William HOLLAND, North Staffs. Regt.
6. Alfred Arnold NEALE, 5th Btln. Lincs. Regt.
7. Cecil Thomas PRATT, 1/8th Btln. Sherwood Foresters
8. Sidney SMITH, 17th Btln. Sherwood Foresters
9. Alfred Walter TAYLOR, Royal Engineers
10. George Wiliam TOULSON, Lancashire Fusiliers
11. Robert Eric VOCE, 12/13th Btln. Northumberland Fusiliers

Details on these individuals can be found at the Nottingham War Memorials web site.

There are the 19 names listed on the second War Memorial in the church:

1. Samuel BASS, Australian Infantry
2. Henry Graham BENSON, 2nd Btln Suffolk Regt.
3. John William BERRIDGE, 6th Btln Leics. Regt.
4. Horace BURDEN, RN, HMS Princess Irene
5. George DAUBNEY, Royal Field Artillery
6. Alfred Arnold NEALE, 5th Btln. Lincs. Regt.
7. Alfred James FOLKES, RN, HMS Bayano
8. Charles HARRISON, Canadian R. R.
9. George Edwards JOHNSON, Royal Engineers
10. Henry JONES, Royal Army Medical Corps
11. William KIRK, South Notts. Hussars
12. George MARSHALL, Sherwood Foresters
13. Frederick POTTINGER, 2nd Btln. Sherwood Foresters
14. John RUDKIN, 1/8th Btln. Sherwood Foresters
15. Thomas Bernard SHEPHERD, 1st Btln. Leics. Regt.
16. Horace SMITH, 10th Btln. Sherwood Foresters
17. Joseph TODD, Lincs. Regt..
18. Bernard TOOTELL, 4th Sqdn Royal Flying Corps
19. Arthur Elijah WAKEFIELD, South Nottis. Hussars
20. Bernard WARD, 15th Btln. Sherwood Foresters

Details on these individuals can be found at the Nottingham War Memorials web site.

• The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
   
• The parish was abolished in April, 1935, and divided between Nottingham City, Carlton and Holme Pierrepont Civil Parishes.
   
• A large part of Colwick Parish is now part of the City of Nottingham.
   
• You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• In 1974, the parish joined the new Gedling Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	116
1841	109
1851	120
1861	110
1871	101
1881	113
1891	450
1901	899
1911	1,055
1921	1,423

A Public Elementary School (mixed and infants) was built here in 1895. It was enlarged in 1898 to hold 150 students. Average attendance in 1912 was 117.

John SUTTON has a photograph of St. John the Baptist C of E Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2015.