Keyworth

The Library at Keyworth is an excellent resource. It is on Church Drive and is normally open five days each week.

The Library at Nottingham is also a very good resource.

FISHER, Howard, 'Keyworth and World War One: Those who died and those who returned', Keyworth and District Local History Society, ISBN 978-0-9524602-4-4.

• The municpal cemetery off Wysall Lane was opened in the 1970s.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Keyworth Burial Ground entrance on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of a Belvoir Angel gravestone on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe-upon-Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District until November, 1883.
   
• 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 Mary Magdalene.
   
• Much of Keyworth St Mary’s parish church was built in the 14th century, in the aftermath of the Black Death of 1348/9, though the chancel dates from the early 14th and the tower may be from the very early 15th century.
   
• The church was restored in 1874.
   
• A clock was added to the church in 1796, but was replaced in 1893.
   
• The church tower was restored in 1926/7.
   
• The roof of the Nave was restored in 1993.
   
• The church seats 150.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
   
• The marriage records for St. Nick's are missing from 1642 till 1683. However, the marriage licenses do exist.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery #1 of Bingham.
   
• The Congregational chapel was founded here in 1768 and was rebuilt in 1902. This building is now the United Reformed Church.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Keyworth United Reformed Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1828 and it was still operating in 1912.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Keyworth Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• Geoff PICK also has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Selby Lane on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2009.
   
• The Independents built a chapel here in 1868.
   
• The village currently also has a Baptist Church, a Catholic church and a United Reformed Church.
   
• Jonathan WILKINS has a photograph of St. Margaret's Catholic Church on Willow Brook on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2010.
   

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

Keyworth is a village and a parish on a hilltop on the west bank of the River Soar about 117 miles north of London, 7 miles south-east of Nottingham, 13 miles north-west of Melton Mowbray and 6 miles north-north-east of Loughborough in Leicestershire. The parish covers 1,530 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A606 trunk road south-east out of Nottingham.
   
• Alternatively, take the A60 trunk road north out of Loughborough. The A60 passes near Keyworth village.
   
• Rail service came to the village shortly after 1900, but was terminated around 1967.
   
• Richard VINCE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2015.
   
• Andrew TATLOW also has a photograph of the Village Sign on Wysall Lane on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2019. The sign reveals that Keyworth is "twined" with Feignies, France.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Archaeological finds have turned up Roman artifacts in the parish outskirts suggesting human inhabitation of the area as early as 400 AD.
   
• Keyworth is first mention in the 1086 Domesday Book.
   
• In the 1800s many workers in the village were framework knitters.
   
• The village logo is a windmill, but the last windmill was demolished in the 1950s.
   
• For more on the village/parish history, see the Keyworth History page.
   
• The Plough Inn on Selby Lane is a popular spot for local conversation and news.
   
• Geoff PICK has a photograph of The Plough on Selby Lane on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2009.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Salutation Pub on Main Street on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2014.
   
• The British Geological Survey established an office and a park on the northeast side of the village. Ashley DACE has a photograph of the Geological Educational Walk on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014. At the time, Ashley worked in the nearly BGS office.

In the early 1900s, Major George Coke ROBERTSON of Widmerpool Hall was one of the principle landowners in the parish.

Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of The Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2021.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK613308 (Lat/Lon: 52.871192, -1.090748), Keyworth 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 in-church war memorials are recorded at the Southwell Churches History Project website.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial gates on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• A private war memorial was created in 2007, as the parish had no memorial outside the church other than the gates above. Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of this private War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• Jonathan THACKER probably impaled himself to get this photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2021. There is now a fence right where Jonathan had to stand.
   
• The local council has decided to provide a public war memorial on the town green once county approval has been received.
   

Private Henry MARRIOTT of the Sherwood Foresters, killed in action in 1917, is burried in the churchyard.

You can read the list of names from the War Memorial at this Nottinghamshire Council website.

There are two Commonwealth War Graves in St. Mary Magdalene churchyard:

1. Private Henry MARRIOTT, age 27, died 1 July 1917
2. Sergeant John William TERZZA, age 20, died 30 Dec. 1944

The inscription on St. Mary Magdalene's wall-mounted War Memorial reads:

To the glory of God and in ever grateful remembrance of the following parishioners who sacrificed their lives in the Great European War 1914-1919. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.

The names from the WW1 Memorial in the church are:

1. Albert Armstrong
2. George Gordon Bennett
3. George William Brown
4. Samuel Burton
5. Albert Derrick
6. Clifford Derrick
7. Claude Owen Disney
8. Albert Disney
9. Arnold Disney
10. Arthur William Peet Disney
11. John Dodson
12. Ivor Henson
13. Frederick Hopkinson
14. George Lacey
15. William Lambert
16. James Henry Littlewood
17. Henry Marriott
18. Harry Murde
19. Isaac Orme
20. Edward Arthur Parr
21. Henry William Richards
22. Thomas Smith
23. Thomas Street
24. James Tyler
25. John Westerdale
26. Albert Wilson
27. Charles Albert Wright

The British Legion (free-standing) War Memorial contains these names:

1. Albert Armstrong
2. George Gordon Bennett
3. George William Brown
4. Samuel Burton
5. Albert Derrick
6. Clifford Derrick
7. Albert Disney
8. Arnold Disney
9. Arthur William Peet Disney
10. Claude Owen Disney
11. John Dodson
12. Ivor Henson
13. Frederick Hopkinson
14. George Lacey
15. William Lambert
16. James Henry Littlewood
17. Henry Marriott
18. Harry Murden
19. Isaac Orme
20. Edward Arthur Parr
21. Henry William Richards
22. Thomas Smith
23. Thomas Street
24. James Tyler
25. John Westerdale
26. Albert Wilson
27. Charles Albert Wright

The names from the WW2 Memorial inside the church are:

1. ASHTON, D. G., RAF
2. BILLS, C. E., Leics Regt.
3. BRAIN, G. W., Royal Artillery
4. BROOKER, D. N. B., RAF
5. GUNN, J. B., 1st Royal Hamps.
6. HANLEY, A., Munitions
7. HURT, J. M, MM, Leics Regt.
8. TERZZA, John William, RAF
9. WRIGHT, G. W., RAF

There is a stained-glass window in St. Mary Magdalene Church that is a "thanksgiving for the peace", dated 1919. The name of William George LACEY has been linked with this memorial (See George LACEY above). Second Lieutenant William George LACEY, RAF, was an observer in an aircraft shot down over France in November, 1918.

The Congragational Church has a Roll of Honour of men lost in World War One:

1. George Gordon Bennett
2. Samuel Burton
3. Albert Disney
4. Leonard Hatherley
5. Joseph Hatherley
6. Ivor Henson
7. Henry William Richards

• 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 Rushcliffe Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
   
• Chris ? has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014. Stop in when they are open and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• You may contact the local Keyworth Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   

• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1798 by an Act of Parliament.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   

Keyworth was developed in the 1950s through 1970s period and the village is now a commuter town for workers in Nottingham city.

A boundary change in 1984 brought a large part of Normanton into Keyworth parish and increased its population by 2,000 overnight.

Year	Population
1801	325
1811	401
1821	454
1831	552
1841	576
1851	667
1871	794
1881	893
1891	771
1901	789
1911	787
1921	836

• A Church of England School was built here in 1862 on the corner of Selby Lane and Elm Avenue and was leter designated a National School. This school building is now the Parish Hall.
   
• A non-denomonational Board School was built here in 1872 and opened in 1874 for 180 students. The school had 180 students in 1904. This school was demolished in 1985.
   
• A School Committee was formed here in July of 1903.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the newer school on Windmill Lane on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   

Keyworth & District Local History Society
Keyworth County Council Library
Church Drive
Keyworth
Nottingham
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