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Politics & Government information for Southwell and places above it in the hierarchy

Southwell

  • This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
     
  • The town was divided into five constablewicks: High Town, Burgage, East Thorpe, West Thorpe and Normanton. The town had four "parks": Hexgrave, Stockerton, Norwood and Southwell. These "parts" had been the property of the Archbishop of York and were enclosed and cultivated as farms.
     
  • Between 1836 and 1837, the parish was in the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty.
     
  • In October, 1877, this parish gave up Upper and Lower Hexgrave to enlarge Farnsfield Civil Parish.
     
  • You may contact the Southwell Town Council regarding civic matters or political issues, but they are NOT funded to do family history searches for you.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
     

Nottinghamshire

  • For ease of administration the county was sub-divided into Wapentakes, which subsequently became known as Hundreds. In the Middle Ages there were six Wapentakes: Newark, Bassetlaw, Thurgarton, Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, and Bingham. By the sixteenth century they ceased to have real administrative importance but remained as a useful way of discussing the geography of the county, hence Dr Robert Thoroton's use of these divisions for his 'progress' around the county: Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677).
     
  • The modern Nottingham County Council was formed in 1889 of fifty-one councillors and 17 aldermen. Lord BELPER was the first chairman.
     
  • The City of Nottingham was part of Nottinghamshire until 1998, but is now a Unitary authority.
     

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