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Norwell, Nottinghamshire

Historical Description

Norwell, a township and a parish in Notts. The township lies on an affluent of the river Trent, 2 miles SW of Carlton railway station, and 3 N by W of Newark, and has a post office under Newark; money order office, Caunton; telegraph office, Carlton-on-Trent (R.S.) Acreage of township, 2569; population, 441; of the ecclesiastical parish, 534. The parish contains also the township of Norwell Woodhouse and The ecclesiastical parish of Carlton-upon-Trent. The chief landowners are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is in the Early English style, comprises nave, aisles, transepts, S transept chapel, and chancel restored in 1858, with a tower, and contains a stone effigies of a knight and several mural tablets. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 parishNorwell St. Lawrence 
Poor Law unionSouthwell 
WapentakeThurgarton 

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 Norwell from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Norwell are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictNewark and Sherwood
CountyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG23
Post TownNewark

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