East Markham

The Library at East Retford will prove useful in your research.

Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. John the Baptist's Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2008.

Graham HOGG has a photograph of some Headstones in the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2020.

Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the weathered gravestone of Mary Ann Rose on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2021. Mary Ann died on 13th March 1864.

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

• There was a church and a priest here before the Norman Conquest.
   
• Saint John the Baptist church dates from the 15th century. We have a Portable Document File version of the East Markham St. John the Baptist Church History (443KB, requires Adobe Reader).
   
• Michael PATTERSON also has a photograph of St. John the Baptist's Church on Geo-graph, taken on a bright, sunny day in September, 2006.
   
• William METCALF has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
   
• The church is Grade I listed with English Heritage.
   

• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1703-1846.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here by 1881.
   
• Victor Markham has provided the following church photographs for your viewing pleasure. Victor is the copyright owner of the following:
   

1. East Markham church banner (40KB).
2. East Markham church nave (126KB).
3. East Markham church chancel (40KB).
4. Judge Markham's tomb in the church (20KB).

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

The parish lies just west of the River Trent between the A1 motorway and the A57 trunk road, 1.5 miles north of Tuxford. The parish covers 2,666 acres.

Sibthorpe Place is a hamlet 1 mile west of East Markham village. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A1 north out of Newark. The A57 runs just north of the village.
   
• The Great Northern Railway used to service a station in the village.
   
• There is a caravan and camping park just south of the village.
   
• The Post Office closed in 1994 and the village store closed in 2011.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   
• Graham HOGG also has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2020, on the other side of the village.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• One third of the villages died off from the 1609 plague.
   
• Read about East Markham's history at this Nottinghamshire history site.
   
• Hops were grown here.
   
• Apples were grown here and the village had some light industry, but most of that has disappeared in recent decades.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the East Markham pinfold on Plantation Road on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2021.
   
• Cleveland Mill was a tower windmill built in 1837. It was sold for conversion to a residence in 1976.
   
• Chris MORGAN has a photograph of the Village Pump on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2020.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Queen's Hotel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011. Technically, I think it is "The Queens' Hotel", denoting more than one queen.
   
• Steven FAREHAM has a photograph of the Crown Pub on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2007. This pub has since closed and the building turned into a residence.
   

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Manor House on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK743727 (Lat/Lon: 53.246129, -0.887998), East Markham 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.

• The Great War Bulletin for February 15th, 1915; tells us that William SUTTON, son of William and Mary of East Markham, was on board the HMHS Asturias  when the hospital ship was torpedoed in the English Channel (the torpedo failed to explode).
   
• There is a 1920 War Memorial at the intersection of High Street and Farm Lane. It is a five-stepped base with a broken plinth or column.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2015.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph with a wider view of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   
• Julian P. GUFFOGG has a photograph of the Stained glass window in memory of Kenneth ROSE, killed in action 1915, aged 25 on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2015.
   

There is a War Memorial plaque in the church on the north wall. To see the list of names on it, see the Southwell Church History Project site.

These are the men who gave their lives in World War I:

1. Herbert BOOTH, pte. 206th Coy Machine Gun Corps
2. John Neville BRAMELD, 2nd Lt. 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers
3. Benjeman CLEMENTS, pte. 2nd Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
4. Frederick William Mallard CRONK, pte. 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
5. Bertram FLETCHER, pte. 2/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters
6. John Richard FOX, pte, 2/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters
7. George Henry GLASBY, pte. South Staffs Regt.
8. George Cecil HEMPSALL, died 20 Sept. 1917, stepson to Richard and Isabella ROSE-SIMPSON. sapper, Royal Engineers
9. John William HEMPSALL, stepson to Richard and Isabella ROSE-SIMPSON. pte. 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters
10. Frank HILL, sapper 104th Field Coy Royal Engineers
11. Gregory KENYON, lcpl. 8th Bn Royal Fusiliers
12. George Stanley KING, pte. Canadian Infantry
13. Thomas MANUEL, pte. Unit unknown.
14. George William MOORE, believed to be the son of George William and Priscilla MOORE. pte., unit unknown.
15. Thomas MUMBY, pte. 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters
16. Samuel Fordham OSBORNE, gunner Royal Marine Artillery. HMS Defence
17. Kenneth MARKHAM ROSE, Not in CWGC database, but died 3 May 1915 in British West Africa. Lt. 2nd Bn Essex Regt.
18. James SCOTT jnr., pte. 16th Bn Sherwood Foresters
19. Stanley Priestley SLACK, died 28 May 1917, son of William and Rosanna. pte. Anson Bn Royal Naval Division
20. George William SLACK, served as Charles Thomas HOLT, Lt. RAF
21. Thomas TOWNROW, lcpl. 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
22. Charles Walter WIDDOWSON, pte. 1/6th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

East Markham was also known as Great Markham.

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• On 1 April, 1935, this parish was enlarged by 185 acres annexed from Askham Civil Parish.
   
• You may contact the East Markham Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT funded to help you with family history searches.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014. Stop in when they are open and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• 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 Common Land was enclosed here in 1810 and 1811.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	665
1831	805
1851	956
1861	807
1871	816
1881	752
1891	693
1901	696
1911	790
1921	737
1931	872
1991	1,045

• The East Markham Primary School was built here prior to 1869.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the East Markham Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.