Syerston, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Syerston, a parish and a chapelry in Notts, 3½ miles ESE of Thurgarton railway station, and 5½ from Newark. There is a post office under Newark; money order office, Flintham; telegraph office, Newark. Acreage, 770; population, 102. The manor, with Syerston Hall, belongs to the Fillingham family. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to East Stoke. The church is ancient, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and low embattled tower.
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 | Syerston All Saints | |
Poor Law union | Southwell | |
Wapentake | Newark |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Syerston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Syerston (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Syerston 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.