Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Plumtree, a township and a parish in Notts. The township lies 2½ miles W of the Fosse Way, and 5 SSE of Nottingham, with a station on the M.R., and a post and telegraph office under Nottingham; money order office, Keyworth. Acreage,. 1859; population of the civil parish, 270; of the ecclesiastical, 540. The parish contains also the townships of Normanton-on-the Wolds and Clipston-on-the Wolds. The manor belongs to the Burnside family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £600 with residence. The church is partly Norman, and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel in the parish.
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 | Plumtree St. Mary | |
Poor Law union | Bingham | |
Wapentake | Bingham |
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 Plumtree from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Plumtree (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Plumtree 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.