Ragnall

The Library at East Retford will prove useful in your research.

The Community Library at Tuxford is a little closer, but still very useful.

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

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Leonard. Note: The name is given as Saint Oswald in 19th century Directories.
   
• The church was restored and rebuilt in 1864-67.
   
• Gary BROTHWELL has a photograph of St. Leonard's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
   
• Mat FASCIONE also has a photograph of St. Leonard's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2016.
   
• Jonathan THACKER also has a good photograph of the Church tower on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2012.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Church gateway on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   
• See the Southwell Church History site for more detail.
   
• The church was formally declared redundant in 1993 and is now privately owned. There is no public access. Parishioners attend church at Dunham on Trent.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1600.
   
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1623-1836.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Tuxford.
   

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
   

Ragnall is a village and a parish 136 miles north of London, 4 miles east of Tuxford and 1 mile west of Dunham. The parish is bounded on the east by the River Trent and covers 1,110 acres. The parish includes the hamlets of Whimpton Moor and Swanston.

If you are planning a visit:

• An account of the village of Ragnall and its origins by John H. Gilbert.
   
• Richard CORFT has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of that new Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

J. THOMAS has a photograph of Ragnall Hall on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.

The Hall appears to be deserted and semi-derelict.

Richard CROFT also has a photograph of Ragnall Hall on Geo-graph, taken in December 2005.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK802737 (Lat/Lon: 53.254259, -0.799349), Ragnall 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 a white marble War Memorial plaque with black lettering mounted on the wall of the parish church.

These are the names listed on the War Memorial plaque:

• This place was an ancient Chapelry in Nottinghamshire and it became a separate, modern Civil Parish shortly after those were established.
   
• The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• Local governance is provided by the Dunham with Ragnall, Fledborough and Darlton Parish Council. Alas, they are NOT able to do family history searches for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Population
1801	155
1841	203
1861	204
1871	186
1881	183
1911	190
1991	86

• The children of this parish attended a school in Dunham.