Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Carlton-on-Trent, a village, a township, and a parish formed from that of Norwell, in Notts, on the river Trent, at a ferry, and on the G.N.R., 7 miles N of Newark, with a station on the railway and a post office under Newark; money order and telegraph office, Sutton-on-Trent. Acreage, 922; population, 185. Carlton House is the seat of the lord of the manor and chief landowner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £160, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester. The church is modern, in the Early English style, and has a tall spire.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Carlton-on-Trent are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:
- Nottingham Evening Post
- Nottinghamshire Guardian
- Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
- Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.