Hawton

Hawton is an English village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about two miles south of Newark-on-Trent and near the River Devon. Its population was recorded as 147 in the 2011 Census.[1]

For the unincorporated community in Indiana, see Hawton, Indiana.
Hawton

Church of All Saints, Hawton
Hawton
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population147 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG24
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Historical role

Hawton played an important part in the English Civil War as a Roundhead encampment against the Royalist stronghold in Newark. A redoubt earthworks from that time is still visible in the village. The parish church of All Saints was erected in the 14th and 15th centuries.

The early 14th century saw the first building, on an earlier site, by the de Compton family. Sir Thomas Molyneux added the clerestorey and tower to the church, which boldly overlooks the flood plain of the River Trent. A branch of the Molyneux family, originally from Lancashire, lived at Hawton for several centuries.[2]

19th-century description

"2 miles south-south-west of Newark, is a scattered village and parish pleasantly situated on the River Devon, comprising 227 inhabitants, and 2,150 acres (8.7 km2) of land, mostly belonging to Robert Holden Esq., of Nuthall Temple. The Duke of Newcastle and Thomas Scales have small estates here, which was soc to Newark, to which this parish adjoins, near the extensive linen manufactory called Hawton's Mills. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the early style of English architecture, and contains some ancient monuments of the Molyneaux family, also a few handsome marble ones to the Holdens, whose family vault is here. In 1843 the chancel was thoroughly restored, and a new roof added. The whitewash, which for many years had obscured and disgraced the rich decoration and beautiful carving was taken away. On the south side are three stone stalls, and on the north a lofty arch, having deep and rich mouldings. Beneath is the effigy of a knight in armour. The rectory, valued in the King's books at £17 13s 4d, is in the gift of Charles Newdigate Newdegate Esq. The Rev. Pelly Parker M.A. is the incumbent. The tithes have been commuted for about £750."[3]

Parish church

See All Saints' Church, Hawton.

References
  • John Quarrell, The story of Hawton Church, p. 66, Newark & Sherwood District Council, 1994

Notes
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. Hawton, Thorpe, Cotham and Sibthorpe, A History of Nottinghamshire, Cornelius Brown, 1896, Nottinghamshire History Online
  3. White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

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