Holme Pierre Pont

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

Colin PARK has a photograph of the Lychgate at St. Edmund's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2018.

John SUTTON has a photograph of St. Edmund's Church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2011.

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• In November, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund King and Martyr.
   
• The church was built in the 13th century.
   
• The church was partially consumed by fire in 1877.
   
• The church was restored in 1878-81.
   
• The church was restored again in 1912 and modernized in 1960.
   
• The church seats 120.
   
• David KELLY has a photograph of St Edmund King & Martyr Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2012.
   
• Andrew ABBOTT has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2008.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the church lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2017.
   
• The church at Adbolton was taken down in 1764.
   

• Anglican parish register entries exist from 1549.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Binham #2.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• In November, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   

This village, township and parish are on the south bank of the River Trent only about 5 miles east of Nottingham and 125 miles north of London. The parish covers about 2,130 acres.

Adbolton is a hamlet 2 miles west of the village. It was anciently a separate parish. Lamcote is a hamlet 1 mile to the east near Ratcliffe-on-Trent. If you are planning a visit:

• This place is just south of the A612 as it passes south of Nottingham city.
   
• It is also is just north of the A52 as it travels west from Radcliffe.
   
• There is caravan parking just south of the village.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Holme Pierre Pont to another place.

Holme pierrepont (French for "stone bridge") is the home for The National Water Sports Centre, built in 1970-71 on a former gravel works and required the excavation of one and a half million cubic yards of material. It covers 270 acres of parkland. It hosted the first National Rowing Championships in 1972.

• Holme Pierrepont Hall is a Grade I listed Building with British Heritage. It was requisitioned for military purposes in both World Wars and left unoccupied between them.
   
• Garth NEWTON has a photograph of Holme Pierrepont Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2004.
   
• Richard CROFT also has a photograph of Holme Pierrepont Hall on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2017.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK626392 (Lat/Lon: 52.946543, -1.069822), Holme Pierre Pont 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.

• Major James Thomas WIGHTMAN lived here from at least 1869 through 1892. The Major was born in Woolwich, Kent, and was Adjutant to the South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry (later called the Southern Notts. Hussars). He died in March, 1893 and is buried in the local churchyard.
   
• John SUTTON has a photograph of the Church lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2011. The gate commemorates all who served in the Great War. The lychgate is a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
   
• John SUTTON also has a photograph of the War Memorial plaque on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2011.
   
• During the Second World War Holme Pierrepont Hall was used as a base for training young soldiers of the 70th (YS) Sherwood Foresters.
   

There are 20 names on the IWM list for War Memorial Lychgate plaque. 5 of them died during World War One, the other 15 survived:

1. Brewitt, Joseph Rodgers, 8th Sherwood Foresters
2. Brewitt, John William, private AIF
3. Cresswell, G. R., R.A.V.C.
4. Cresswell, Harold, R.F.A.
5. Cursham, C., Lt. , 8th Sherwood Foresters
6. Cursham, Frances George, major (buried in the churchyard)
7. Hourd, Charles William, Army Service Corps
8. James, Thomas William, private, East Lancs. Regt.
9. Machin, Curtis John, 2nd So. Staff. Regt.
10. Pell, E. H., Lt. 11th Hussars
11. Pell, Harold Whitt, trooper, Life Guards
12. Pell, Joseph William, Lt. 12th Sherwood Foresters
13. Phillips, John Thomas, private, Manchester Regt.
14. Saward, J. A., R.F.C.
15. Saward, N. C., Lt. R.F.C.
16. Simkins, A., Lt. R.F.A.
17. Simkins, C., R.G.A.
18. Simkins, H., R.F.A.
19. Willatt, J., R.F.A.
20. Willatt, W., R.F.A.

The great attraction of the church is the array of monuments, mainly to the PIERREPONTs. These include:

1. Sir Henry PIERREPONT (d1499), in full armour, a good alabaster, ’probably the best of its kind in the country’,
2. Sir Henry PIERREPONT (d1615) husband of Frances Cavendish, Bess of Hardwick’s daughter,
3. a large wall monument, with skull and crossbones for Princess Gertrude of Kingston (d1649),
4. John OLDHAM, poet (d1683) - a tablet surrounded by swags, etc, as good as work by Grinling Gibbons,
5. the Duke of Kingston (c1806) by Michael TAYLOR of York,
6. Hon. Evelyn PIERPONT (d1802) by Flaxman,
7. William SALTREND (d1811) profile of a woman reading, also by Flaxman,
8. Lady Sophia PIERREPONT (d1823) by Pierre Bazzanti of Florence.

It is common to find the name rendered as "Holme Pierre Pont", or as two words "Holme PierrePont". This last version, two words, seems to be the accepted name today.

• 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 division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local Holme Pierrepont & Gamston Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• District governance is provided by the Ruscliffe Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	171
1821	205
1841	222
1851	179
1871	191
1881	221
1901	209

CURSHAM Francis George of The Firs Holme Pierrepont Nottinghamshire major in HM Army died 31 August 1918 at Aldershot Administration Nottingham 11 April [1919] to Henry Alfred CURSHAM insurance broker (father). Effects £908 3s. 9d.