South Leverton, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Leverton, South, a village, a township, and a parish in Notts. The village stands half a mile S of Leverton railway station, and 5½ miles E by S of East Retford, and has a post office under Lincoln; money order and telegraph office, Sturton-le-Steeple. The township comprises 2202 acres; population of the civil parish, 366; of the ecclesiastical, 356. The manor belongs to the Foljambe family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £245 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Southwell. The church is old but good, and in the main part of Early English style with remains of Norman work. It consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. The chancel was rebuilt in 1869. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some small charities.
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 | South Leverton All Saints | |
Poor Law union | East Retford | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw |
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 South Leverton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Leverton, South (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of South Leverton 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.