East Markham, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Markham, East, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands adjacent to the G.N.R., 2 miles NNW of Tux-ford station, is a pretty place, and has a post office under Newark; money order and telegraph office, Tuxford. The parish includes also the hamlets of Markham Moor and Sip-thorpe Place, and comprises 2755 acres; population of the civil parish, 693; of the ecclesiastical, 768. The manor belongs to the Kirke family. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of West Drayton, in the diocese of South-well; gross value, £313 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The church is ancient, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with lofty embattled tower, and contains some old monuments and armorial paintings and a tomb of Judge Markham who died in 1409. There are a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and various charities.
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 | East Markham St. John the Baptist | |
Poor Law union | East Retford | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw |
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 East Markham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Markham, East (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of East Markham 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.