Normanton on Trent, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Normanton-on-Trent, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands 1 mile E of the G.N.R., near the river Trent, 2 miles from Crow Park station, and 3½ SE by E of Tuxford. Post town, Newark; money order office, Sutton-on-Trent; telegraph office. Crow Park (R.S.) The parish comprises 1208 acres of land and 20 of tidal water; population, 312. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Denison family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £150. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower, and was restored in 1859 and a reredos and a stained window erected in 1879. There are a Wesleyan chapel, six almshouses, and charities, inclusive of the alms-houses, £100.
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 | Normanton-upon-Trent St. Matthew | |
Poor Law union | East Retford | |
Wapentake | Thurgarton |
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 Normanton on Trent from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Normanton-Upon-Trent (St. Matthew))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Normanton on Trent 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.