South Scarle

The Library at Newark-on-Trent will prove useful in your research.

• The parish has a "new" Cemetery on Church Road, just west of the village.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the New Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2007.
   

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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen (or Helena).
   
• Parts of the church fabric date from the 12th century and may include older portions.
   
• The western tower was rebuilt or completed in the 14th century.
   
• The church was partially restored in 1871.
   
• The church tower and porch were repaired in 1898.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Helena's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.
   
• David THOMPSON has a photograph of the Church tower on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2016.
   
• Roger GEACH has a frontal view of the Church and churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2010.
   
• Julian P. GUFFOGG has a photograph of the Church interior on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2015.
   
• Holy Trinity Chapel was the church in Besthorpe township, erected in 1844.
   
• Chris MORGAN has a photograph of Holy Trinity church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2016.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1680 for baptisms, 1684 for burials and 1685 for marriages. It is in good condition.
   
• Also, you can search the East Trent Genealogy site for church records.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
   
• There was a Methodist chapel in South Scarle in 1829.
   
• There was a second Methodist chapel in Besthorpe before 1869.
   
• The Independents had chapel in Besthorpe before 1869.
   

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

South Scarle is a parish and two townships: South Scarle and Besthorpe. It lies 7 miles north-east of Newark-on-Trent and 132 miles north of the city of London. The parish is bordered on the north and east sides by Lincolnshire and covers almost 1,050 acres.

Besthorpe  is 1.5 miles west-north-west from Scarle. Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Besthorpe Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2016.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A46 trunk road north-east out of Newark-on-Trent toward Lincoln. Turn north at the signs for Collingham and pass through that village to reach South Scarle. Besthorpe would be to the left, near the River Fleet.
   
• David THOMPSON has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2016. The village could clearly use your talent and artistry to enhance their signage.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• Parish farms and buildings were damaged by a severe flood of the River Trent in February, 1795.
   
• Besthorpe was inundated by a severe flood on 24 October, 1875.
   
• The Lord Nelson Public House in Besthorpe was managed by Arthur HEATHERSHAW in 1911.
   
• Graham HOGG has a photograph of The Lord Nelson Inn on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2016.
   

The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for November 22nd, 1915 tells us that gamekeeper William LIDGETT of this parish won a silver challenge cup at the Newark and District Cage Birds Society 6th Annual Show for his Australian Cockatoo.

• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the gates to South Scarle Hall on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2007.
   
• South Scarle Hall was restored around 1860 by its owner, Michael COTTON.
   
• Besthorpe Villa had been converted to a Boarding School for young gentlemen before 1869 by its owner, Richard PIGOTT.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK848640 (Lat/Lon: 53.166375, -0.732993), South Scarle 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.

In 1911, Captain William Coape OATES, J.P. resided in the parish. He would reach the rank of Lt.-Colonel and obtain a Distinguished Service Order (DSO). There is a portrait online. He would die in Newark in 1942.

The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for December 7, 1914 tells us that two men of Besthorpe township, G. H. ARNOLD and R. SANDERS, had been appointed as "Special Constables" to assist the police force in the event of a German invasion.

There is a brass Great War Memorial plaque mounted on the wall of St. Helen's Church, which you can view at the Nottinghamshire War Memorials site.

The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for January 1st, 1915 tells us who volunteered from Besthorpe to fight in the Great War (not all may have been accepted).

These are the men from the parish who fell in World War One:

The Newark Great War Bulletin ('Our Nottinghamshire' site) for June 14th, 1915 tells us that lieutenant John Sherbrooke Coape OATES was "slightly wounded" in the shoulder. The article also mentions private Joseph NICHOLSON.

The Beeston War Memorial Book is in a box in Besthorpe Holy Trinity Church. These are the names recorded in the book:

1. Collinson, Edwin
2. Cordy, Charles
3. Hill, Alfred
4. Hopkinson, David
5. Hopkinson, Frank
6. Hopkinson, Fred
7. Hopkinson, Harry
8. Hopkinson, John
9. North, Harry Johnson
10. Oates, John Sherbrooke Coape
11. Oates, William Coape
12. Wilkinson, William

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
   
• Besthorpe township was split off as a separate Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Besthorpe Village Hall on Geograph, taken in February, 2011. You should drop in when it is open and ask for a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Griffin's Bridge Dole paid £1 6s. 8p. to the poor in two equal payments on Good Friday and St. Thomas' Day.
   
• Edward WARD's Charity, established in 1754, was the interest in £20, which was paid to the poor annually.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1842.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Newark Poor Law Union.
   

Year	South Scarle	Besthorpe
1801	119	216
1851	170	340
1861	175	338
1881	156	192
1891	150	178
1901	130	159

• In 1869 a National School is reported in South Scarle.
   
• A School Board was formed in Beesthorpe in 1875 to embrace the area of South Scarle, Besthorpe, Girton and Meering.
   
• A Board School was built in the centre of the village in 1879.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Old School at Besthorpe on Geograph, taken in March, 2012. That school has been converted to residential use.