Hawton

Hawton is an English hamlet and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about two miles (3.2 km) south of town of Newark-on-Trent, near the River Devon, a tributary of the River Trent. Its population was recorded as 147 in the 2011 census (including Thorpe).^[1] Hawton alone reported 80 residents at the 2021 census.^[2]

Historical role

Hawton played an important part in the

In the early 14th century, the first manorial building was put up by the de Compton family on an earlier site in the demesne. Sir Thomas Molyneux added the clerestory 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.^[3]

19th-century description

"[Hawton,] 2 miles south-south-west of Newark, is a scattered village and parish pleasantly situated on 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."^[4]

See All Saints' Church, Hawton and also John Quarrell, The Story of Hawton Church, 66 pp., Newark & Sherwood District Council, 1994.

See also

• Listed buildings in Hawton

References