Calverton

• Calverton has a Cemetery alongside Mansfield Lane on the north side of the village. It was formed in 1886 of two acres, with a small unconsecrated mortuary chapel.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Cemetery grounds on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011.
   
• The Cemetery is under the management of the Parish Council.

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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Wilfrid (or Wilfred).
   
• The church was first rebuilt around the 13th or 14th century from an older building.
   
• The original church "may" be of Saxon origin. Various sources are uncertain of the construction date(s).
   
• The old church was taken down around 1770 and a new building raised on its site.
   
• The nave and tower were restored in 1881.
   
• The new church seats about 256.
   
• The church is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of St. Wilfrid's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1568 for baptisms and 1569 for marriages and burials. The registers are in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
   
• John MELLORS has provides this list of St. Wilfrid's Marriages. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here before 1853.
   
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here before 1853.
   
• The Baptists had a chapel built here in 1832.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Baptist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011. This used to be the Primitive Methodist Church, but was taken over by the Baptists.

• The parish was in the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.

Calverton is both a village and a parish about 7 miles north of Nottingham city and 8 miles south-west of Southwell. The Dover Beck flows throught the north-eastern edge of the parish on its way to join the River Trent. The parish covers 3,320 acres.

Locals refer to the village as "Calvo". If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A60 trunk road north out of Nottingham, bear right onto the A614 and take the second right, at the B6386 into Calverton.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• The Rev. William LEE invented the Stocking Frame here in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
   
• A Calverton man has elected to build a Romano-British home as an experiment in this backyard.
   
• The parish includes Satterford (or Salterford) manor.
   
• Tom COURTNEY has a photograph of the Admiral Rodney Public House on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2005.
   
• The Admiral Rodney has its own Website. The pub is on the main road thru the village.
   
• In 1881, Mr. Richard LEE was the proprietor of the Admiral Rodney P.H..
   
• In 1912, Mrs. Frances FISHER was the proprietor of the Admiral Rodney P.H..
   
• On Cockpit Hill, 521 feet tall, are traces of an ancient camp.
   
• Roofing stone was quarried here.
   
• The Reverend William LEE, the inventor of the stocking frame, was born and lived here.
   
• And, of course, many of the inhabitants were lace and stocking makers.

• Calverton Hall is in the centre of the village and was the residence of John S. WHEATLEY in 1881.
   
• Salterford Hall is 2.5 miles north-west of the village.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK617492 (Lat/Lon: 53.036528, -1.081309), Calverton 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 a War Memorial standing in Calverton Cemetery.
   
• In 1912, Commander William SHERBROOKE, RN, was lord of the manor.
   
• There is a monument to a Polish aircrew who died in a World War II crash in the parish.

There are War Memorial plaques in Holy Trinity Church.

There is one Commonwealth War Grave in Holy Trinity churchyard:

1. G. H. WRIGHT, priv., 3rd Bn. Leicestershire Regiment. age 26 , died 24 Nov. 1918. Husband of Gladys Evelyn WRIGHT..

And be sure to check the names listed on the Roll of Honour site.

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local Calverton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• In 1974, the parish joined the new Gedling Borough Council.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2011. This used to be the Primitive Methodist Church, but was taken over by the Baptists.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1870.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	636
1821	1,064
1851	1,427
1861	1,372
1871	1,319
1881	1,246
1891	1,199
1901	1,159
1911	1,101
1921	1,040

• A Free School for boys was founded by Jonathan LABRAY and built here before 1869. In 1881, each student paid 2d a week to attend.
   
• Alan WILKINSON has written "Labrays; portrait of a village school 1718 to 1973", published by Midas of Nottingham, No ISBN known. No longer in print, but can be found at the Calverton Library and the Nottingham Central Library.