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St. Peter, Headon, 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
YearPiece No. 1861 R.G. 9 / 2415 1871 R.G. 10 / 3453 1891 R.G. 12 / 2640
St. Peter, Headon, Church of England |
- The church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church was built in the 12th century and was expanded in the 14th century.
- The church was restored and reseated in 1885.
- The church seats 100 people.
- The church is a Grade 1 listed building by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.
- Richard CROFT also provides a nice interior view on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2006.
- Steven RUFFLES also has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2017.
- The church registers date from 1566 and are in good condition.
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1567-1837.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here before 1871.
- The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are about 3 miles north of Tuxford and 4 miles south-east of East Retford. The parish covers 2,300 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is just north off of the A52 trunk road, heading east out of Nottingham.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
- Andrew HILL has a close-up photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2010.
- Check the Carlberry site for Bus 56 service.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Headon to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Headon has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Mesolithic and Neolithic people left behind flint tools — a Bronze Age burial mound lies on the outskirts of the parish.
The many pieces of Roman pottery found in the fields prove that there was a settlement here in Roman times.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK748770 (Lat/Lon: 53.284704, -0.879497), Headon 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.
There is a War Memorial inside the parish church afixed to the south wall. It is a wooden board with black lettering and gold embellishments. A transcription of the inscription can be found at the Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project website.
The village name was often spelled as "Hedune" in old records.
The Anglos-Saxon name of “heah dun” means High Hill.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
- Although officially "Headon", the parish is also known as "Headon-cum-Upton".
- The local parish council is a joint body for Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parishes.
- The Bassetlaw District Council provides district governance for these citizens.
- John SLATER has a photograph of the Headon cum Upton Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016. Stop in when the hall is open and ask for a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.