Dunham

The Library at East Retford will prove useful in your research.

Stephen RUFFLES has a photograph of St. Oswald's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2015.

• The parish was in the Tuxford subdistrict of the East Retford registration district.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Oswald.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1805, except for the ancient tower. The church had long been in ruins before 1805.
   
• The church was restored in 1862.
   
• Gary BROTHWELL has a photograph of St. Oswald's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of a stone gateway to the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1600.
   
• The church was in the rural Number 2 deanery of Retford.
   
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1773-1836.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1824.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Tuxford subdistrict of the East Retford registration district.
   

Dunham is a large village and a parish on the west bank of the River Trent, 6 miles ENE of Tuxford and 15 miles north of Newark on Trent. The parish covers just over 1,000 acres and lies 134 miles north of London and about 12 miles upriver from Gainsboro (Lincolnshire).

If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A57 trunk road west out of Lincoln or east off of the A1 motorway just north of Tuxford.
   
• Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Village Sign as you enter Dunham on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2014.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

White's 1853 Directory of Nottinghamshire:

DUNHAM is a considerable village and parish, pleasantly seated on a gentle eminence on the west bank of the river Trent, 6 miles E.N.E of TuxfordL It comprises 362 inhabitants, and 904 acres of land, a great part of which belongs to John Angersteine, Esq., the lord of the manor; the other principal owners are Earl Manvers, Thomas Newstead, Esq, Frederick Alderson, and William Booth. Much of the land in this as well as the adjacent parishes, has long been subject to inundation from the Trent; to prevent which, an Act has been obtained for raising an embankment, which was completed in the summer of 1844, and is from five to eight feet high. The broad and shallow ferry which crossed the Trent here, was superseded about 20 years ago, by a handsome cast iron bridge of four arches, each 118 feet span ; the cost of this noble structure was £1,854. 11s. l0d., which was raised by a proprietary of £50, shareholders, who, according to the Act of Parliament, were to purchase the ferry at a fair valuation: the first stone was laid in March, 1831, and the whole was completed in 1832 ; the iron work which weighs 900 tons, was cast by Messrs. Booth & Co,, of Sheffield.

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

You can see the administrative areas in which Dunham has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

• A Cast Iron Bridge was built across the River Trent into Lincolnshire in 1832.
   
• Dunham was long used to inundation by the River Trent at flood. An embankment, five to eight feet high, was completed in 1844 to contain the river.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the White Swan on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2012.
   
• The parish held a fair here each August 12th for cattle, cheese and other goods.
   
• A village feast was held on the first Sunday after the August 12th fair.
   
• We have an account of the village of Dunham on Trent and its origins by John H. Gilbert.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK811745 (Lat/Lon: 53.261312, -0.785659), Dunham which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
• Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
• 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.

• Chris MORGAN has a photograph of the War Memorial cross intersection on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2014.
   
• Miss STEEL has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
   

The names on the memorial are:

1. George Edward BACON
2. Alec BEAT
3. Ronald Griffiths BEAT
4. Norman Bennett BRUMBY
5. Charles F. COULING
6. William CREE
7. Howard George FIELDHOUSE
8. John GOODMAN
9. Charles Henry HAYES
10. Alfred Cecil HEALD
11. Arthur Selby JACKSON
12. Harry LOBLEY
13. Sidney ROE
14. John RUSHBY
15. Charles SAMSON
16. George SKELTON
17. Herbert SKELTON
18. James TALBOT
19. John TALBOT
20. Richard Rilor TALBOT
21. William TALBOT
22. George TURNER
23. William WARD
24. George WILSON
25. Walter WOOD

World War II are:

1. pte. T. J. COOPER, died 1922
2. srgt. Charles Robert HINCHCLIFFE
3. pte. Marcus MIDDLEBROOK

• This place was an ancient parish of Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish covered 2,030 acres in 1881, and was reduced to 1,066 acres by 1891.
   
• The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local joint Dunham with Ragnall, Fledborough and Darlton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
   
• In 1658, John ADDY left land for the parish to rent and the income was distributed to the poor.
   
• In 1728, Leonard and John HAINSWORTH left the interest from £50 for the poor, but the principal was lost by 1853.
   
• In 1763, Mrs. HAINSWORTH left the interest from £50 for the poor.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1803.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1861	327
1871	350
1881	271
1891	280
1901	273
1911	298
1921	257
1931	253

• A National School for boys and girls was built and opened here in 1844.