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"Skegby is a pleasant village and parish, situated on the two declivities of a deep and narrow valley, near the source of the river Meden, three miles west of Mansfield. The parish comprises 865 inhabitants, and 1,440 acres of land, of the value of £2,380. Here is an extensive coal mine, and several limestone quarries and kilns. A steam corn mill of 16 horse power was erected in 1820 by the late Mr Richard Adlington's father, of Tibshelf in Derbyshire. John Fodsley Esq., of Skegby Hall, is the principal owner and lord of the manor, and holds a peculiar court for proving the wills &c. of this parish and Teversal, but John Monks Esq., Mr William Adlington, Mrs Ann Adlington and others have estates here.
The church is a small ancient structure, and was formerly a chapel to Mansfield. It contains two very old pieces of sculpture, the one with a pendant horn may be imagined represents one of the ancient foresters. The living is a curacy, certified at £78, and is enjoyed by the Rev. William Goodacre. The Dean of Lincoln is the patron and impropriator, but the Duke of Portland is his lessee. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel in the village, erected in 1844. In 1613, Mathew Clark left 10s yearly to the poor. In 1741, Simon Smith bequeathed his real and personal estate to found a hospital here, but his devise was void by the Mortmain Act. The feast is on the Sunday after July 10th. Skegby Hall is a large handsome mansion, the seat and property of John Dodsley Esq."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
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The Library at Sutton in Ashfield will prove useful in your research.
- The parish was in the Sutton-in-Ashfield sub-district of the Mansfield Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 861 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2427 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3470 |
| 1881 | R.G. 11 / 3316 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2653 |
- Directories on the 19th and 20th centuries list no known dedication for this church.
- One source has the church dedicated to Saint Matthew.
- Several more recent sources have the church dedicated to Saint Andrew.
- Confusion over the dedication is found in several sources. It is possible that the church was re-dedicated to clarify the naming.
- The church was built in the Norman period, prior to 1571, as a chapel of ease for Mansfield.
- The church was restored and enlarged in 1870.
- The church is Grade II listed with British Heritage.
- David BEVIS has a photograph of the parish church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2010.
- Andrew HILL also has a photograph of Church of St. Andrew on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2011.
- All Saints Church was built in the hamlet of Stanton Hill as a Chapel of Ease to St. Andrew's in 1899.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1571, but early portions are not very legible.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Mansfield.
- A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1844 and opened in 1845.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the new Skegby Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2014.
- The Methodist "Free Church" was built here in 1865.
- A Baptist chapel was built at Stanton Hill in 1877.
- The parish was in the Sutton-in-Ashfield sub-district of the Mansfield Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Skegby sits on both sides of a deep valley near the source of the River Medin. This village and parish lie 142 miles north of London and about 3 miles west of Mansfield. The parish covers about 1,433 acres and includes the hamlet of Stanton Hill. Felley used to be a chapelry in this parish but is now its own Civil Parish and reported under that name.
If you are planning a visit to the village:
- the village is on the A611 south out of Mansfield, not far from the #27 roundabout on the M1 motorway.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Skegby to another place.
- In the 1800s, limestone was quarried and stocking-making was a common occupation. Brick and tile were also made here and coal was mined in the parish.
- The Village Feast was held on the Sunday after July 10th.
- David BEVIS has a photograph of the The Maypole pub. on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016.
- David BEVIS also has a photograph of the Rifle Volunteer pub. on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2015.
- Skegby Hall was built circa 1720.
- David BEVIS has a photograph of Skegby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2010.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Skegby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2014.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK493609 (Lat/Lon: 53.142974, -1.264423), Skegby 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 war memorial in the churchyard. It is a wheeled cross on a three-step base.
David BEVIS has a photograph of the War Memorial at All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2015.
You can find out a little background of each name by clicking on the name at the Nottinghamshire Council War Memorial site.
- Henry Acton
- Herbert Ashley
- George Atterby
- A. Barnett
- Labron Barnett
- Alfred Betts
- Oliver Leslie Bryan
- Cecil Caunt
- Luther Caunt
- Percy Caunt
- Archibald Corah
- Charles Richard Corah
- Alfred Dennis Daft
- Benjamin Davies
- Oswald Denby
- Herbert Dudley
- John William Edwards
- O. Eyre
- Benjamin Green
- Francis Randolph Hancock
- John Thomas Hardwick
- Ernest Harold Harrison
- J. H. Harrison
- J. Hooks
- A. Hull
- Percy Cyril Frank Hutchinson
- Henry Johnson
- William Henry Johnson
- George Litchfield
- John Miller
- Robert Platts
- S. Price
- Alfred Rawlinson
- Arthur Roebuck
- James Scott
- Samuel Sills
- John Taylor
- Ernest Walker
- Frank Ward
- John Thomas West
- John Joseph White
- H. Wilkes
- This place was an ancient chapelry of Mansfield in the northern district of Nottingham county.
- This parish was in the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake.
- On 1 April, 1935, this place was abolished as a Civil Parish and all 1,467 acres amalgamated with Sutton In Ashfield Civil Parish.
- District governance is provided by the Ashfield District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Mansfield petty session hearings held at the Mansfield Police Court every week.
- Mrs. LINDLEY established a charity here in 1817 that gave half of £5 and 15 shillings to the poor each year as bread and meat.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Mansfield Poor Law Union.
Year Inhabitants 1801 416 1832 656 1851 865 1861 805 1871 1,382 1881 2,401 1891 3,120 1901 3,867 1911 5,057 1921 6,230
- A National School, Skegby Village School, for both sexes was built in Skegby village in 1865.
- A National Church School was built in Stanton Hill in 1870 by the Stanton Iron Works Co. primarily to meet the needs of employee's children. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1893. A new Girls' and Infants School was built in 1899.
- David BEVIS has a photograph of the Quarrydale School on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2015.