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"Syerston, another parochial chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of East Stoke, is a small village, 6 miles south-west of Newark, on the east side of the Newark and Bingham road. It contains 208 inhabitants and 805 acres of land, of the rateable value of £1,400. It was enclosed in 1794, when allotments were made for the tithes to the vicar and prebendary of Stoke. Syerston Hall is a neat, modern, brick mansion, on an eminence, half a mile west of the village, and is the seat of George Fillingham Esq., who is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the land.
The church, All Saints, is a small fabric, with chancel and tower, 1½ miles south of Stoke. A feast is held on the first Sunday after Lammas."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
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- 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. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 862 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2134 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2472 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3534 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2708 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The oldest part of the existing building appears to be the tower which is of 13th century origin.
- The church was restored in 1896.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2013.
- Bob DANYLEC also has a photograph of All Saints Church on a bright, sunny day on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2005.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1567 for marriages, and 1569 for baptisms and burials.
- The Society of Genealogists, have parish records from about 1575 to almost 1905.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here on Hawkesworth Road in 1847.
- The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are 6 miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent. The parish only covers 770 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Syerston is on the A46 (the old "Foss Way") approximately 5 miles SW of Newark.
- A Ramblers' Walk is a great way to see the countryside.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Syerston to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Syerston has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
- The Syerston Village Hall committee schedules an annual Flower Festival each midsummer.
- You might want to pick up a copy of "Memories of a Villager : Syerston Village [Plough Monday]," by Ruth KIRKLAND, 1960. A copy is available at the Nottinghamshire Archives, ref: DD121/1/60.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK747475 (Lat/Lon: 53.019594, -0.887867), Syerston 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 Great War Bulletin for December 7, 1914 tells us that two men of Syerston, G. S. COOPER and T. BAGULEY, had been appointed as "Special Constables" to assist the police force in the event of a German invasion.
- RAF Syerston was a late starter in World War II, built in the late 1930s due to concerns about German aggression. The base lies mostly in Flintham parish, but Syerston is happy to claim the name.
- A Vulcan bomber crashed at RAF Syerston field in 1958.
- No. 644 Volunteer Gliding School, is located at Royal Air Force, Syerston, Newark, Notts.
- This place was an ancient Chapelry of East Stoke parish in Nottingham county but it became a separate modern Civil Parish shortly after those were established.
- The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
- In March, 1884, this Civil Parish gave up Elston Grange to enlarge Elston Civil Parish, but Syerston gained 160 acres as its boundaries were revised.
- The citizens of this Civil Parish decided to forgo a formal Parish Council. They have scheduled, periodic Parish Meetings to discuss and vote on civic and political issues.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1795.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.