Wysall

The Library at Nottingham, some 9 miles away, will prove useful in your research.

The Library at Keyworth is closer and also has good resources for the family historian.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Holy Trinity Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014.

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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
   
• There was a church listed here in the 1086 Domesday Book.
   
• The date of construction by the Normans is given as 11th or 12th century. The chancel was built in the 14th century and the tower is believed to be from the 13th century. The altar tomb dates from the 16th century.
   
• The church is on main street.
   
• The church was restored in 1874.
   
• The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1654.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of South Bingham.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here by 1853.
   
• Mick GARRATT has a photograph of the Wysall Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
   
• The Baptists had a chapel built here by 1853.
   

• The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
   
• In 1935, the parish was reassigned to the Basford sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

This parish and village are in the Wold Hills and lie about 120 miles north of London, 7 miles north-east of Loughborough (in Leicestershire) and 11 miles south-east of Nottingham city. The parish covers 1,360 acres.

The village sits along a small stream between hills. This stream empties into the River Soar. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A60 south out of Nottingham. When you reach Costock there is a road to the east (left) that will take you into Wysall.
   
• Wysall has a Commercial website that can help you plan your trip.
   
• Peter BARR has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010. The Hall can also be hired for family reunions.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the back of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014.
   
• Wysall rents out its village hall should you need a large facility for family reunions.  Stop in when they are open and ask for a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We3 have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
   

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

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Plough Inn on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014

Every Summer, Wysall hosts the annual Strawberry Fair at the village hall.

• The webpage author could find no mention of a Hall or Manor House at Wysall. However:
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Wysall Manor House on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014. He notes a 16th century origin of the structure.:
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK604271 (Lat/Lon: 52.838037, -1.104801), Wysall 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.

• Wysall is one of the "Thankful villages". They suffered no casualties from the Great War of 1914 to 1918. In honour of this, the villagers erected the church clock and set up a plaque near the church door acknowledging the fact.  The village was not so lucky in World War II when it suffered one casualty.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Memorial Clock on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014.
   

Photographs of the War Memorial plaques in the church and the list of names on them, see the Southwell Church History Project site.

James Robert ELDING, age 21, Sergeant Pilot of the RAF Volunteer Reserve was killed 9 February 1943.

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and it became a Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the south division of the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
   
• The parish has been merged with another to create the Wysall and Thorpe in the Glebe Parish Council.
   
• You may contact the local Wysall 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.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1800.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Loughborough Poor Law Union in Leicestershire.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	260
1851	286
1861	274
1871	266
1881	261
1891	193
1901	188
1911	186
1921	162
1931	174

• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1870 to hold up to 80 children.