In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Marnham like this:
MARNHAM, a township in East Retford district, and a parish partly also in Southwell district, Notts. The township lies on the river Trent, 3¾ miles N by E of Carlton-on-Trent r. station, and 5 ESE of Tuxford; and has a fair, for horses, cattle, and merchandise, on 12 Sept. Acres, 2,380. ...
Real property, £4,306. Pop., 273. Houses, 46. The parish contains also the township of Grassthorpe, and the hamlet of Skegby; and its Post town is Carlton-on-Trent, under Newark. Acres, 2,890. Real property, £6,146. Pop., 348. Houses, 67. The property is subdivided. The manor of Marnham belongs to the Hon.H. Cust; and that of Grassthorpe, to the Right Hon. J. E. Denison. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £396. * Patron, the Hon.H. Cust. The church belonged to the Knights Temp1ars; is early perpendicular English; was recently restored; and has a tower. There are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £41.
Marnham through time
Marnham is now part of Bassetlaw district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bassetlaw has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Marnham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Marnham, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7558
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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