Harworth Nottinghamshire Family History Guide
Harworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Serlby, Plumtree, Norney, Martin, Limpole, Hesle, and Bircotes.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HARWORTH, a parish in Worksop district, Notts; adjacent to Yorkshire, 2 miles SE of Tickhill, and 2½ WSW of Bawtry r. station. It includes the hamlets of Norney, Serlby, and Martin; and its post town is Tickhill, under Rotherham.
Acres, 4, 320. Real property, £6, 577. Pop., in 1851, 595; in 1861, 925. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided.
The manor, with Serlby Hall, belongs to Viscount Galway. Ruins of a convent are in a wood adjacent to Serlby Hall park.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £687. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. The church is neat and good; consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and square tower; and contains several mural monuments.
There are a national school, and charities £101.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Nottinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Worksop
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Retford
- Poor Law Union: Worksop
- Hundred: Bassetlaw
- Province: York