Widmerpool Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

Widmerpool is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Alternative names: Widmer Pool

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1539
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: General Baptist

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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WIDMER-POOL (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe and of the county of Nottingham, 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham; containing 182 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 2000 acres. The village, situated on the road from Melton to Nottingham, nearly equidistant from those towns, has been almost entirely rebuilt, and is of handsome appearance.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £14. 16. 0½.; net income, £232; patron, F. Robinson, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land in 1803; the glebe altogether comprises 450 acres. The church, with the exception of the tower and spire, was rebuilt in 1831: it was soon afterwards injured by lightning, which damaged the spire and part of the tower, with the roof; but was in 1836 restored, except the spire, by the patron, aided by a grant of £300 from the Incorporated Society. There is a place of worship for Baptists. The parish is bounded on the west by the old Fosse-road; and several Roman coins have been found, including a silver one of Adrian, and a copper coin of Claudius.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848