Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Shireoaks, an ecclesiastical parish, with a village, in Notts and the W.R. Yorkshire, with a station on the M.S. & L.R., 2½ miles WNW of Worksop. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Worksop. Population, 848. The manor belongs to the Duke of Newcastle. A colliery was begun in 1854, reached the top of the hard coal beds at a depth of 1545 feet, and employs about 1000 men and boys. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The church was built in 1861-63, is in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and tower with spire. A public hall was built in 1875.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Civil parish | Worksop | |
Poor Law union | Worksop | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Shireoaks from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shireoaks)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Shireoaks 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.