West Stockwith

The two Libraries at Gainsborough would be a good resource.

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

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary the Blessed Virgin.
   
• The church was built in 1722.
   
• The church was restored in 1887.
   
• The church seats 220.
   
• The church is Grade II listed with British Heritage.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010.
   

• Anglican parish registers are incorporated with those of Misterton.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Bawtry.
   
• There were Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels here in 1912.
   

• The parish was in the Misterton sub-district in the Gainsborough Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

This small village, township and parish lies on the west bank of the River Trent across from East Stockwith in Lincolnshire. The parish covers about 800 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A57 east out of Worksop and turn right (south) on to the B6387.
   
• Richard CROFTS has a photograph of West Stockwith on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008.
   
• J. HANAH-BRIGGS has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• In the 1800s and early 1900s, most trades here were connected with shipping on the river and the Chesterton Canal.
   
• In 1912, most villagers were employed at Morris's chemical works.
   
• A horse and cattle fair was held every September 4th.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK784957 (Lat/Lon: 53.452098, -0.820193), West Stockwith 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.

• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial inside the church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2011.

• For a list of names on the War Memorial, see the Nottingham County Council site.
   
• There are 20 names on the tablet, 16 of whom are also named on a board which was placed in the church in 1922 to commemorate the parishioners who had died in the war. Those 20 names are:

1. Reuben Atkinson
2. Ernest Baines
3. Thomas William Bramhill
4. David Brannick
5. Ernest Burden
6. Henry Burden
7. Arthur Charman
8. Charles Henry Clark
9. John Cook
10. Samuel Watson Cooper
11. Arthur Farr
12. Robert Hackett
13. John Head
14. Thomas Frederick Moss Hewson
15. Ernest Hird
16. Moses Arnold Jackson
17. George William Oldfield
18. Bruce Revill
19. Cyril Shaw
20. John Grant Dearsly Whitecross

• This place was an ancient Chapelry and Township in Misterton parish. It was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the North Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the West Stockwith Parish Council regarding civic and political matters, but they are NOT staffed to help you with family history questions.
   
• District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
   
• In 1912 the parish had almshouses for six poor widows of sailors and ship carpenters.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Gainsborough Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1871	608
1881	662
1901	667