Everton

The Library at Worksop will prove useful in your research.

The Library at EastRetford would also be a good resource.

A cemetery of one acre was formed in 1885.

Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Civic Cemetery (just south of Everton) on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of some of the Churchyard monument on the north side of the church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2014.

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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
   
• The church was constructed in the 12th century.
   
• An Everton Church history tells more about the church's past.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
   
• Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2012.
   

• The Anglican parish registers exist from 1643.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Retford.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here by 1869.
   
• Gordon K. BROOKE has a photograph of the Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2006.
   
• There is a book titled "Everton Methodism past and present", by Berry J. BIGGS, 1976, publ. Eaton Hall College (History Dept.), paperback, ISBN: 090-134305-6.
   

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

Everton is a parish containing two townships. The two townships are: Everton-with-Harwell and Scaftworth. The parish is 7 mils north of East Retford. The parish covers 3,819 acres, is bounded on the east by the Chesterfield Canal and includes the hamlet of Harwell. Harwell is a small hamlet a half mile north of Everton village.  

Scaftworth township is a linear hamlet 2 miles north-west of Everton village, surrrounded on three sides by the River Idle. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is on the A631 trunk road, heading east out of Bawtry.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST suggests that you watch for The Village Sign in his photograph on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2014.
   
• The Everton Village Hall holds a number of events You should stop by and get a schedule of forth-coming events. You can even rent it for a family re-union.
   
• Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Bus Shelter on Mattersey Road on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016. While the village lies to the north of this bus stop, the communiy cemetery lies to the south.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• Scaftworth is believed to be an old Roman station on the road between Doncaster and Littleborough.
   
• In the 1800s bricks were made here.
   
• In the 1800s gravel was mined here.
   
• Jonathan CLITHEROE has a photograph of The Sun Inn on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2016.
   
• David MARTIN also has a photograph of The Sun Inn on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2019.
   
• Gordon Kneale BROOKE has a photograph of Scaftworth's King William Public House on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2006.
   
• John SLATER has a photograph of the Blacksmiths Arms in Everton on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2015.

Jonathan CLITHEROE has a photograph of Scaftworth Hall on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK697921 (Lat/Lon: 53.421191, -0.953219), Everton 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 memorial cross standing in the cemetery which was unveiled 30th July 1922 by General Sir Joseph LAYCOCK.

The names on the war memorial are:

1. William BEECH, No military record found. Probably from Gringley on the Hill, Notts, son of Thomas and Eliza.)
2. John CAMPBELL, Able Seaman Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. HMS Marmion
3. William Henry COUSINS, cpl. KOYLI
4. John HARRISON (no details recorded on Notts. county WM page.)
5. George HUDSON, pte. Plymouth Bn Royal Naval Division Royal Marine Light Inf.
6. Edwin KIPLING. pte. 1/5th Bn KOYLI
7. Walter LONG, pte. 10th Bn East Yorkshire Regt.
8. Alfred MALLENDER, pte. 11th Bn East Yorkshire Regt.
9. Thomas MALLENDER, pte, 1/7th Bn West Riding Regt.
10. John RAYNES, pte. 8th. Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
11. William Parker RICHARDSON, pte. 1st. Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
12. Robert STEVENSON, pte. 2nd Bn KOYLI
13. James SWINDIN, pte. 1/5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
14. John William TISSINGTON, pte, 8th. Bn. Somerset Light Infantry

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county, and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the North Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• The parish was also a part of the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Everton village hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2014. Stop in when they are open and ask to see the schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• You may contact the Everton Parish Council regarding civic and political matters, but they are NOT funded to help you with family history research.
   
• 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 in Everton township in 1760.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed in Scartworth township in 1773.
   
• Elizabeth ELLA in 1800 left £100, and directed half of the interest to be given to poor married lying-in women, and the remainder to be paid for the education of poor girls.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Everton	Scaftworth
1801	468	112
1851	774	114
1871	677	99
1881	654
1891	637
1901	640	116

• There was a National School here by 1869.
   
• Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Old Schoolhouse on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2015.