Markham Clinton Nottinghamshire Family History Guide
Markham Clinton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Milton, Bevercotes, and Bevercoates.
Alternative names: Little Markham West Markham
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1651
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARKHAM (WEST), or MARKHAM-CLINTON, a village and a parish in East Retford district, Notts.
The village stands 1½ mile NNW of Tuxford, and 2¼ NW of Tuxford r. station.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Milton, and comprises 940 acres. Post town, Tuxford, under Newark. Real property, £1,475. Pop., 193. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Newcastle.
The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Bevercoates, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £254. Patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The old church is a small building, not in use.
The new church was built in 1833, after designs by Smirke; is in the Doric style, with portico and octagonal tower; and includes the family burying-vault of the Duke of Newcastle.
There are a national school, and charities £17.
Sir John Markham, Lord Chief Justice in the time of Edward IV., and whose tomb is in the church of East Markham, was a native.
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: East Retford
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Retford
- Poor Law Union: East Retford
- Hundred: Bassetlaw
- Province: York