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Calverton

Calverton is a considerable village and parish, pleasantly situated in a narrow valley, 7 miles north-north-east of Nottingham. It contains 1,427 inhabitants and 3,325 acres of land, enclosed in 1780, when upwards of 400 acres were allotted to the appropriator and 203 acres to the vicar, in lieu of tithes. The Duke of Newcastle, as lord of the manor, also received a small allotment. The principal owners are the Duke of Portland, Lady Catherine Sherbrooke, Thomas Redgate Esq. and Mr Joseph Potts, besides several smaller freeholders.

Sansom Wood is a large farm on the western side of the parish, belonging to and occupied by the Duke of Portland. Near it are several other forest farms of considerable extent. Calverton House is a handsome mansion, the property of Lady Sherbrooke. There are also several other neat houses in the village. Calverton Lodge, 1 mile north, is a neat farm house occupied by Mr Richard Franks. The Rev. William Lee, the inventor of the stocking frame, was born here, and there are now in the village upwards of 400 of these complicated pieces of machinery.

The Church, dedicated to St Wilfred, is a modern structure, built on the site of the old one, which was taken down about 80 years ago. A new gallery was added in 1832, which contains 100 free sittings. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's books at £4, now £127, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Samuel Oliver. The Prebendaries of Oxton are the patrons, but the stall of Oxton secunda is suppressed by the translation of Doctor Anson, to the deanery of Chester. His turn of presentation has therefore fallen to the Archbishop of York. The Baptists, Methodists and Primitive Methodists each have a chapel in the village. The Church Sunday School was erected by subscription in 1846, and enlarged in 1852. The school at Calverton is endowed with £40 per annum, and a house, for which the master teaches all the male children, for the payment of twopence per week. The poor receive the rents of three closes, which were bequeathed by Jane Pepper, and two unknown donors.

White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

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