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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNottinghamshire 
Ecclesiastical parishEast Markham St. John the Baptist 
Poor Law unionEast Retford 
WapentakeBassetlaw 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for East Markham from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBassetlaw
CountyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG22
Post TownNewark

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