Askham, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Askham St Nicholas was formed originally as a chapelry in East Drayton, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Askham like this:

ASKHAM, a parish in East Retford district, Notts; 3 miles WNW of Tuxford r. station, and 4½ SE of East Retford. It includes the hamlet of Rockley; and its Post Town is Tuxford under Newark. Acres, 1,302. Real property, £2,337. Pop., 287. Houses, 69. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £243. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. Charities, £22.

From: Here's an 1848 historical perspecitve from Samuel Lewis:

"ASKHAM, a parish, in the union of East Retford, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (N.) from Tuxford; containing, with Rockley hamlet, 288 inhabitants. The parish contains about 1440 acres: the surface is undulated, and the soil clayey; the village is skirted on the north by the stream called North Beck, which is subject to inundations after heavy rains. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed, with that of Stokeham, to the vicarage of East Drayton: two acres of land, and the tithes of hops, form the principal value of the curacy. There are almshouses for six widows.

From: Lewis, Samuel A.A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 96-100. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50766 Date accessed: 01 August 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford Poor Law Union,Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Nottinghamshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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