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Tuxford in Nottingham County England History and GeographyTUXFORD, a market town and parish in the Southclay division of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 30 miles (N. E. by N.) from Nottingham, and 139 (N. by W.) from London, on the great north road, containing 979 inhabitants. This place, often denominated Tuxford in the Clay, to designate its situation, is a small town of modern appearance, having been rebuilt since 1702, when the old town was destroyed by fire; the inhabitants are well supplied with water. The only branch of trade, which is somewhat extensive, is in hops, of which large quantities are grown in the neighbourhood. The market is on Monday: fairs are on May 12th, for cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry; and on September 28th, for hops. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £4. 14. 7., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, which is dedicated to St. Nicholas, contains portions in various styles of architecture. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The free grammar school was founded, in 1670, by Charles Read, Esq., who bequeathed £200 for the erection of the buildings, endowed it with lands, and directed a salary of £20 per annum to be paid to the master, and £5 per annum towards the maintenance of four boys, 'being the sons of poor widows of ministers, and of decayed gentlemen and their widows,' from the age of seven to sixteen years: it is under the management of six trustees, freeholders of Tuxford, and subject to the visitation of the mayor and aldermen of Newark, with the minister, and two justices of the peace living in or near the town. There are sundry benefactions for teaching poor children. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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