Halloughton

The Library at Southwell will prove useful in your research.

There are only a handful of gravestones in the churchyard.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a phtograph of St. James and some of the grave markers on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2020.

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

• There are remains of an ancient religious house, reputedly a part of Thurgarton Priory.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
   
• The church was built in 13th Century.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1879-82.
   
• The church seats 70.
   
• The church is listed as a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
   
• Ajay TEGALA has a photograph of Halloughton Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2008.
   
• Graham HOGG also has a photograph of the Church of St. James on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1622 and the registers are in good condition.
   
• You can peruse the transcripts of the Parish Register for 1622, 1633 and 1641 on E. J. Fisher's website.
   
• The church was in the deanery of Southwell.
   

• The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Halloughton is a parish and a village that sits on a stream that feeds into the River Trent. It is about 1.5 miles south-west of Southwell, 12.5 miles north-east of Nottingham city and 9 miles west of Newark on Trent. The parish covers 988 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A612 trunk road north out of Lowdham or south out of Southwell.
   
• Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Approach to Halloughton Village on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
   
• Graham HOGG also has a photograph of the Bus Shelter at Hallougton on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016. The sign points to the only road into the village.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• Halloughton Wood, a mile west of the village, was a noted fox cover and a popular place for the fox chase.
   
• Stilton cheese was made here in the 18th and 19th centuries.
   

• Halloughton Manor House dates from the 13th century. Additions and restorations were done in the 16th, 18th and late 19th centuries.
   
• Halloughton Manor House is now a Grade II historical building with British Heritage.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Brackenhurst Hall on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2020.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK690518 (Lat/Lon: 53.059005, -0.971905), Halloughton 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.

There is no war memorial.

According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database, the only casualty recorded in conflict relating to the village was Private William Henry Brett WALES, who was the son of William and Evangeline WALES, of Epperstone, Nottingham but a native of Halloughton. He was a member of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers and fell on 21 August 1918.

A Brass Plaque on the chancel north wall, east end reads:

"To the Glory of God and in Memory of Nathaniel Midwinter M.A.

Vicar of this Parish through whose exertions
this Church was restored AD 1880

He entered into rest February 7th 1888."

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• For centuries the parish was part of the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty in the southern division of Nottinghamshire.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake in the county in 1836.
   
• The parish citizens have elected to have periodic Parish Meetings rather than a formal Parish Council to discuss civic and political issues.
   
• District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Southwell petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	90
1851	79
1861	67
1871	67
1881	64
1891	65
1901	67
1911	56

The Brackenhurst Campus of Nottingham Trent Univesity houses the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences. It is located just north of the village within walking distance of the small town of Southwell.