Caunton, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Caunton, a parish in Notts, on an affluent of the river Trent, 4 miles SW of Carlton railway station, and 6 NW by N of Newark. It includes the hamlets of Knapthorpe and Beesthorpe, and has a post and money order office under Newark; telegraph office, Newark. Acreage, 3105; population, 396. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; value, £190. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is old, and has a tower with three bells, nave, north and south aisles, chancel, and south porch. The oldest portion, namely, the three easternmost bays of the nave, dates from about 1180. A handsome clock with two dial plates was added by public subscription to commemorate the Queen's jubilee in 1887. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Caunton St. Andrew | |
Poor Law union | Southwell | |
Wapentake | Thurgarton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Caunton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Caunton (St. Andrew))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Caunton 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.