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Newark Hundred

The Hundred of Newark is a long, narrow, and irregularly formed district, forming the east side of the county, extending 17 miles in length in the vale of the Trent, from East Stoke, northward to North Clifton, where it borders upon Lincolnshire, which county bounds it on the east. The reiver Trent forms the west boundary, and the hundred of Bingham the south, having the South Clay division of the Bassetlaw hundred at the north extremity, and the Thurgarton hundred at the south extremity, on the western side of the Trent. The average breadth is not more than four miles.

It is a fine agricultural district. The vale is noted for its excellent feeding land, particularly the large island formed by the two branches of the Trent near Newark. A rich clay or loam prevails in the higher parts to the eastern verge. Beacon Hill, near Newark, is noted for its prolific beds of gypsum. It is divided into the North and South Divisions, with a chief constable, and forms ecclesiastically the Deanery of Newark. The population has been considerably increased during the last fifty years, though it is chiefly dependent upon agriculture, and its extensive trade in malt and flour. In 1851 it contained 20,322 souls, and 44,409 acres of land.

The North Division comprises 10 parishes, 3 townships and 2 chapelries, namely:

Newark, Clifton North, Clifton South,Harby chapelry, Spalford township, Collingham (North and South), Girton, Langford, South Scarle, Besthorpe chapelry, Thorney, Broadholme township, Wigsley township and Winthorpe - 15,709 inhabitants and 21,670 acres of land.

The South Division comprises 13 parishes, 1 township and 2 chapelries, namely:

Balderton, Barnby-in-the-Willows, Coddington, Cotham, East Stoke, Elston chapelry, Farndon, Hawton, Kilvington, Alverton township, Shelton, Sibthorpe, Staunton, Flawborough chapelry, Syerston, and Thorpe by Newark - 4,613 inhabitants and 22,739 acres of land.

White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

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