Headon

• 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

• 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.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• 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.
   

Year	Population
1801	278
1841	269
1871	231
1881	224
1891	218
1901	196
1911	186
1921	194

A school was erected here in 1899 to hold 60 students. Average attendance around 1912 was 28.