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Woodhouse Hall

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"Woodhouse Hall, with an estate of 270 acres, forms an extra-parochial district, lying near the west side of Welbeck Park, adjoining to Holbeck Woodhouse, 4½ miles south-south-west of Worksop. It is the property of the Duke of Portland, who thoroughly drained a great portion of the land in 1844. It is let to Mr John Ludlow, farmer, who resides at the Hall, and ancient mansion of considerable extent, which is still surrounded by a moat. Thoroton says the Robert, the first Earl of Kingston, who died in 1643, "resided at his ancient house of Woodhouse, the most part of 40 years", but his son and heir dwelt at Holme Pierrepoint. This was anciently part of Cuckney, and is no doubt the site of the "Castle of Cuckney" which was built by the founder of Welbeck Abbey, and which was afterwards occupied by the descendants of his brother Ralph, who took the name of Silvan, from their residence at this manor in the woods, which they subsequently gave to the monks at Welbeck."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Worksop will prove useful in your research.

The Library at Whitwell is also an excellent resource.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Carburton sub-district of the Worksop Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 852
1861R.G. 9 / 2422
1871R.G. 10 / 3463
1881R.G. 11 / 3310
1891R.G. 12 / 2647
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Church History

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Civil Registration

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

Woodhouse Hall is a village and a parish 4 miles south-west of Worksop on the border with Derbyshire. The parish covered 303 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • The A60 passes through Woodhouse Hall near Holbeck.
     
  • Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of the View across the A60 on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008.
     
You can see pictures of Woodhouse Hall which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK549735 (Lat/Lon: 53.255676, -1.178551), Woodhouse Hall which are provided by:

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Military History

There is a tablet in the church to Major Lord William Augustus Cavendish Bentinck who died in 1902.

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Military Records

Sergeant Major Harry Bernard LOWE, age 36, died 19 May 1917 while serving in the Canadian Army Service Corps. He was stationed at the Kapuskasing Internment Camp, Ontario, Canada. He was buried in Toronto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Ontario (Section 6 Lot 2). His wife Florence Mary Anne LOWE was born Mar 8, 1882 and died Nov. 7, 1972.  Harry was born in 1881 in Woodhouse.

Lance Corporal James Halley MICHIE, age 22, died 09 Aug 1915, killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. His death was reported in the Mansfield Reporter, 10 September 1915. He was a member of the 9th btln. Sherwood Foresters.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient extra-parochial area and was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1857.
     
  • The parish was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
     
  • This Civil Parish was dissolved in April, 1935, and all 303 acres amalgamated into Holbeck Civil Parish.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Worksop petty session hearings.
     
  • After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Worksop Poor Law Union.
     
  • The Duke of Portland erected "The Winnings" almshouses in 1890. They were so called because the Duke's wife encouraged the Duke to use the proceeds of his horses' races to benefit the poor.
     
  • Tim HEATON has a photograph of The Winnings on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
     
  • Peter TURNER also has a photograph of The Winnings on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2012.
     
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Population

 YearPopulation
18118
183111
18518
187185
1881129
1891167
1901185