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| St. Helen, Grove, Church of England |
- The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2415 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3453 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2640 |
| St. Helen, Grove, Church of England |
- A church and priest at Grove are recorded in the Domesday Book,
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Helen.
- The church was entirely rebuilt in 1882.
- The church seats 130.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2010.
- Steven RUFFLES also has a photograph of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2016.
- Richard CROFT also has a photograph of the Church Lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2010.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Retford.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1726 and is in good condition.
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1601-1836.
- The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish and village lie about 2.5 miles south-east of Retford. The hamlet of Little Gringley lies to the north. The parish covers about 2,740 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is on a county road just south-east of Retford.
- There are earthworks for the English Civil War just north of the village.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Grove to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Grove has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
- Grove Hall is a brick building that was the seat of the Rev. E. H. HARCOURT-VERNON in 1881. He was at that time the sole landowner of the parish and lord of the manor.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK739796 (Lat/Lon: 53.308196, -0.89239), Grove 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 is a cross mounted on high ground next to the road and was in remembrance of men from Grove lost in the First World War. It was dedicated in November, 1923.
Steve FAREHAM has a photograph of the Steps up to the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2009.
The War Memorial is a Grade II structure under Historic England. The inscription on the base is sometimes overgrown and hard to decipher. There is a photograph and more information at War Memorials Online.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
- Alam MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Almshouse ruins at Grove on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
Year Population 1801 117 1811 100 1821 106 1831 121 1841 91 1871 117 1881 126 1891 157 1901 195