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White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853

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Walkeringham

Walkeringham Parish extends from Gringley-on-the-Hill to Walkrith Ferry, on the Trent, and contains 608 inhabitants and 2,854 acres of land, of which, at the enclosure in 1802, an allotment of 349a 1r 25p was awarded to Trinity College, as a commutation of the rectorial tithes, and 157a 2r 11p to the vicar in lieu of the small tithes. The Duke of Newcastle is lord of the manor, and owner of a great portion of the soil, but Earl Manvers, R. Capes Esq., Mr Thomas Williamson with some others, have estates here.

Walkeringham is a straggling village, nearly a mile in length, four miles north-west of Gainsborough and 9 miles east by south of Bawtry on the road, and about one mile from the ferry, which crosses the Trent to Walkrith, in Lincolnshire. The church is a large ancient pile, dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, and was given to Worksop Priory by William de Lovetot in the reign of Henry I. It is now in the appropriation and patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The vicarage, which is now enjoyed by the Rev. J.K. Miller M.A., is valued in the King's books at £7 11s 5d, now £180. A Methodist chapel was built here in 1796, and has since been enlarged. In 1850 a large school, with a house for the master, was erected near the church by subscription.

Charities. In 1621, William Clarke left to five aged poor of this parish £10 a year out of his estate at Walkrith. In 1719, Robert Woodhouse charged his lands in Misterton and Walkeringham with the following annuities, viz: £15 for a schoolmaster to teach the poor children of Walkeringham reading, writing and arithmetic, 20s to buy books for the said free scholars, and £4 to be divided yearly in clothing and victuals amongst eight poor people not receiving parochial relief. The donor was buried in his own yard, and the lands on which he settled these rent charges now belong to Robert & George Capes Esqrs. The Poor's Meadow, let for £3 13s, was allotted at the enclosure, in exchange for land purchased many years before, with £45, left by two persons names Porge and Barrell. An annuity of 10s is given to the poor in bread, out of an estate in Walkeringham. It is called Marmy Dole, and is supposed to have been left by one Marmaduke Aukland.

White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire." 1853

[Transcribed by Clive Henly]