Finningley, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Finningley, a township and a parish chiefly in Notts and partly in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township is all in Notts,-lies on the G.N.R., 4½ miles N by E of Bawtry, and has a station on the railway. Acreage, 2400; population of the township, 328; of the ecclesiastical parish, 749. The parish contains-also the township of Blaxton, in the W.R. Yorkshire, and the township of Awkley, partly in the W.R. Yorkshire and partly in Notts. It has a post office under Bawtry; money order and telegraph office, Bawtry. The manor belonged to the Frobishers, one of whom was the arctic explorer, Martin Frobisher. Finningley Park, which is in Yorkshire, is the-residence of the Lister family. The living is a rectory in th& diocese of Southwell; net value, £466 with residence. The-church has a pinnacled tower, and was completely restored and reopened in March, 1885. There is a Wesleyan chapeL
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 | Finningley St. Oswald | |
Poor Law union | Doncaster | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Finningley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Finningley (St. Oswald))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
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.