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Harworth in Nottingham County England History and GeographyHARWORTH, a parish in the Hatfield division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 2¾ miles (W.S.W.) from Bawtry, containing, exclusively of a portion of the township of Styrrup, which is in this parish, 395 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £5. 9. 7. ' Hartley, Esq. was patron in 1780. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Robert Brailsford, by will dated October 21st, 1700, devised certain lands for the support of a school, and for distributing clothing among the poor of Harworth, Serlby, and Styrrup: the estate, which is under the superintendence of trustees, consists of a farm-house and about fifty-eight acres of land, now let for a term of years at a rental of £59 per annum, in addition to which the charity possesses stock in the three and a half per cents., producing £9 per annum: of this aggregate amount, the schoolmaster receives £40 per annum (including an annuity of £10 assigned by Mary Saunderson, who died in 1724), and a schoolmistress about £26, the remainder being principally expended in clothing for the poor: the school premises comprise a residence for the master, and separate rooms for the instruction of the children: the school is conducted on the Madras system, and is open to all children of the three abovementioned places. Mary Saunderson also gave £10 per annum towards apprenticing the children. In a part of the parish adjoining the town of Bawtry is an hospital, comprising a chapel and two almshouses, anciently founded by Robert Morton, of Bawtry, Esq., for a master and poor persons, with an endowment in land, and a sum of £5. 6. 8. paid by the receiver-general for the county of York, together with other smaller payments: the master appoints the almspeople, who are poor widows, and allows them 20s. annually: the chapel is in disuse. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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