South Wheatley

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

Although the church is a ruin, the churchyard is still used for burials as the churchyard at North Wheatley is small and completely full. Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of St Helen's Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.

• The parish was in the Gringley 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 Helen.
   
• The church was closed by 1881, but the churchyard continued in use for burials.
   
• In 1909, only the ruins of the tower and an arch from the chancel remained.
   
• A plaque from the church, possibly dated 1671, is in the North Wheatley parish church.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the ruins of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 19 October, 2012.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1546 and is in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of East Retford.
   

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

South Wheatley is a small village and a parish within the parliamentary borough of East Retford. The parish covers 631 acres. The parish lies 149 miles north of London, 5 miles south-west of Gainsborough and 5 miles north-east of East Retford.

The village is too small to appear on small scale (large area) maps. If you are planning a visit:

• The Wheatley Beck separates North Wheatley and South Wheatley from each other.
   
• By automobile, take the A620 north-east out of Retford.
   
• There is no rail service to South Wheatley.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign as you enter South Wheatley on Geograph, taken in September, 2014.
   
• Check the North and South Wheatley website before you visit.
   
• See Barbara WHITEMAN's photographs of South Wheatley.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK765855 (Lat/Lon: 53.36085, -0.851955), South Wheatley 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.

The North and South Wheatley war memorial, unveiled in 1920 and located in the churchyard of the church of St Peter and St Paul, is listed at Grade II. It was unveiled on 28 July 1920 by W. H. MASON, JP, of Morton Hall and dedicated by the vicar, the Revd F. W. J. DANIELS.

There is a photograph of the War Memorial standing in the churchyard at Historic England.

These are the names on the joint parish War Memorial:

1. Isaac Annakin
2. George A. Bingham
3. John Bingley
4. Charles Brammar
5. Frederick Brammar
6. Walter Carter
7. Joseph Fullard
8. Sydney Hunt
9. Charles William Kidder
10. Arthur Mason
11. Herbert Sewell

Private George A. BINGHAM 4969, 8th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment died on 6 June 1918, aged 32. He is named on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.

Private Arthur Mason: the small engraved bronze plaque sent to the next of kin on behalf the king, George V was given to the church.

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the North Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the local North and South Wheatley Parish Council (part of the Sturton Ward) regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT able to help you with family history questions.
   
• District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
   
• William SPENCER's charity, established in 1720, distributed £1 and 5 shillings to the poor each year.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	41
1820	47
1841	41
1851	34
1871	35
1881	37
1891	44
1901	42
1911	38