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"Park Leys, five miles north-west by north of Newark, is an extra-parochial farm of 300 acres, occupied by Mr Eve, and belonging to John Henry Manners Sutton Esq."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Newark on Trent will prove useful in your research.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 866
1861R.G. 9 / 2472
1871R.G. 10 / 3534
1881R.G. 11 / 3370
1891R.G. 12 / 2708
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Churches

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Church History

  • The web page author could find no record of a church at Park Leys.
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
     
  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
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Description & Travel

This parish (and farm) was only 4 miles north-west of Newark on Trent. The parish covered only 310 acres.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

  • The area of the parish is just north of Hockerton on the Knapthorpe road.
You can see pictures of Park Leys which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

John Marius WILSON's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72, tell us:

" PARK-LEYS, an extra-parochial tract in Southwell district, Notts; 4¾ miles N W by N of Newark. Acres, 310. Real property, £242. Pop., 10. House, 1. "
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK737575 (Lat/Lon: 53.109607, -0.900486), Park Leys which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • The place was long an extra-parochial place in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish in 1858.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient Thurgarton Hundred or Wapentake.
     
  • The parish was in northern division of the county.
     
  • On 1 April, 1899, this Civil Parish was abolished and the land amalgamated into Kelham Civil Parish.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings held twice each week.
     
  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
     
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Population

 YearPopulation
1801-
185120
18719
18814
18918
19017