East Bridgford

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of St. Peter's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2020.

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

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 853
1851	H.O. 107 / 2139
1861	R.G. 9 / 2483
1871	R.G. 10 / 3546
1881	R.G. 11 / 3380
1891	R.G. 12 / 2717

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
   
• The church tower was rebuilt in 1778.
   
• The church was thoroughly restored and reseated in 1862.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of St Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2008.
   
• Julian GUFFOGG has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2017.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1557 and is in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery #2 of Bingham.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here which was enlarged in 1835.
   
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel built here which in 1836.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2008.
   
• Richard VINCE also has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
   
• The Congregationalists had a chapel here also.
   

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

The town lies about 122 miles north of London, 10 miles north-east of Nottingham city, 10 miles south-west from Newark and 23 miles north-north-west of Bingham. The town is on the eastern bank of the River Trent near an ancient ford to Gunthorpe in Nottinghamshire. The parish covers about 1,600 acres.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2009.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

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

• The Romans had a bridge over the River Trent near here and a quay for vessels to tie up to for loading and unloading. The Roman Fosseway passes within a mile west of the village.
   
• Bridgford is the birth-place of Colonel HACKER, who escorted King Charles to his beheading. Afterwards he suffered as a traitor, and his estates were confiscated.
   
• In June, 1875, an iron bridge was built across the Trent River to Gunthorpe.
   
• In the 1800s, bricks were made here.
   
• The parish was known for the fine transparent gypsum that was mined here only 8 or 9 yards below ground.
   
• Richard VINCE also has a photograph of the Royal Oak Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
   

• In 1881, Mrs. HACKER lived in the Old Hall

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK691431 (Lat/Lon: 52.980799, -0.972273), East Bridgford 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.

• The War Memorial was erected in June, 1920, at the eastern corner of the church graveyard, overlooking the crossroads.

For a photograph of the War Memorial and for the list of names on it, see the Nottinghamshire County Council site.

• Many people want to correct the name to make it "East Bridgeford" (note the "e" at the end of "Bridg"), but the name is correct without the "e". It is listed as such in Youngs "Local Administrative Units, Northern England," 1991, pg 357.

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the north division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake in the Southern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local East Bridgford Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1798.
   
• A charitable fund was established in 1792 creating £290 from contributions by the reverends Henry SMITH, Christopher OVEREND and Peter PRIAUX as well as from John WILSON, Sarah KIRK and two unknown donors. The yearly dividends from this fund were given to the poor each February.
   
• In 1827, Thomas HOLLAND left £40 for the poor.
   
• In 1828, Rev. Peter BROUGHTON left £50 for the poor.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   
• In 1837, Rev. Thomas BEAUMONT left £200 for the poor.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	526
1811	662
1821	768
1831	938
1841	1,110
1851	1,155
1861	1,078
1871	934
1881	895
1891	866
1901	756
1911	797

• A National School was built here in 1829 and a new one replaced it in 1861.