Askham

The Library at East Markham is an excellent resource.

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• There is no mention of a church here in the 1086 Domesday Book.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
   
• The church was built in the 12th century.
   
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1907.
   
• The clock was placed in the church tower in 1913.
   
• The church is Grade II listed.
   
• The church seats 130.
   
• Andrew HILL has a photograph of St. Nicholas Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of The nave, St. Nicholas on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2013.

There is a plaque in the chancel in memory of the Rev. Robert SWEETING who died 17 June 1905 aged 79. He left about £1,200 in his will towards the restoration of the church:

IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT SWEETING,
RECTOR-1867-1905
GRANT HIM, LORD,
ETERNAL REST.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1539.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Tuxford.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1873. A second chapel was built in Rockley hamlet in 1875.
   

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
   

This village and parish lie 139 miles north of London, about 2.5 miles north-west of Tuxford and about 5.5 miles south-east of Retford. The parish covers about 1,274 acres and includes the hamlet of Rockley.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

• The village is just north off of the A57 trunk road as it passes to the north of Tuxford.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
   

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Askham to another place.

• The "Duke William" Public House has long been the centre for local news. The pub was, for many years, called the "General Duke William." The name refers to William the Conquerer from 1066.
   
• Michael PATTERSON has a photograph of the Duke WIlliam Pub in Town Street on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2006.
   
• These are the names associated with the Inn in various directories:
   

Joseph PARKIN, above, was born in Grove, Nottinghamshire, around 1855.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK740747 (Lat/Lon: 53.264145, -0.892029), Askham which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• There is No War Memorial in this parish.
   

• This place was an ancient Chapelry in Nottinghamshire. It is uncertain when it became a Civil Parish.
   
• This place was in the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty.
   
• The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the county.
   
• In April, 1935, the parish was reduced by 185 acres which were tranferred to the East Markham Civil Parish.
   
• District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
   
• The parish had a small "hospital" for six poor widows founded in 1658. Each widow was given 10s. a year and coal.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	220
1851	401
1861	287
1871	290
1881	219
1891	219
1901	240
1911	250
1921	236
1931	217