Tradesmen
listed in Pigot's 1828-9 Directory 'The parish contains 1,225 acres, 3 roods and 17 perches of land, and had at the last census 300 houses and 1700 inhabitants. The Duke of Portland is Lord of the Manor and chief landowner. There are many beds of excellent coal, and new shafts are being sunk in all directions.'
[Wright's Directory of Nottinghamshire & Twelve Miles Round, pub 1874]
The ancient hamlet of Hucknall-under-Huthwaite derives its name from several sources. 'Huck-incga-hall' is probably the stone residence of the descendents of Huc. 'Huth' or 'How' is from a Norse word for a hill, and 'thwaite' means a clearing in a forest. It has also been known as Howthwaite, Dirty Hucknall, Hucknall Huthwaite (in use during the late 1800's) and, since 1907 has been officially known as Huthwaite.
Apart from the Lord of the Manor, the other principal landowner in Huthwaite in 1873 was the Dowager Lady Carnarvon.
The population of Hucknall-under-Huthwaite was 500 in 1800, 929 in 1831, increasing to 1160 inhabitants in 1861. The high increase in population from 1861 onwards was due to the arrival of the mining industry.
By 1881, the colliery sunk in 1877 was employing "upwards of 500 hands" and the population had grown to 2,028.
In 1912, the main employment was the "manufacture of cotton and woollen hose", while the colliery was now employing 1,250 people.
Tradesmen
listed in Pigot's 1828-9 Directory
Sketch
maps of Hucknall Huthwaite as it was in 1899
Photographs
of Huthwaite as it is today
Hucknall-under-Huthwaite was a township within the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, and therefore its residents had to travel to worship at St Mary's, and for their baptisms, marriages and burials. The north aisle of St Mary's church was known as the Hucknall Huthwaite aisle. In 1868 the National School Building was erected, and was licenced for services to be held on Sundays. Some records mention St Paulinus's Misson, which probably relate to the ecclesiastical use of the school as a mission church.
In 1881, it was described as being "in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield", but by 1888 Huthwaite was "formerly a Township of Sutton-in-Ashfield. but is now a separate parish".
Eventually, on 22nd November 1902, the foundation stone of All Saints Church was laid by the Dutchess of Portland. It was built from rock bought to the surface at the local colliery. However, in 1934 the parish of Huthwaite was re-joined with the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Parish registers for Hucknall Huthwaite have been separate from those at Sutton-in-Ashfield since 1868, but only for baptisms and marriages. Burials were taken to St Mary's at Sutton until the cemetery at Huthwaite was opened.
All Saints Church
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A cemetery of two acres, and containing a mortuary chapel, was opened on Sutton Road on 13th April 1888 by the Urban District Council. The cemetery site was enlarged in 1912, by the addition of an extra one and a half acres of land.
The chapel fell into disuse, and it was ordered to be demolished by Sutton Council in March 1961, along with the chapel at Sutton Cemetery.
The Cemetery is now run and maintained by Ashfield District Council, and the burial records are kept by the Leisure and Recreation Department at the District Council Offices, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts, NG17 8DA.
An indexed copy of the burial registers is also held at Sutton-in-Ashfield library. The copy, which covers the years 1888-1933, is indexed alphabetically within each volume.
"The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists and United Methodist Free Church have places of worship here."
[Kelly's 1900 Directory of Nottinghamshire]
The Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1815, and restored in 1869. This may have been the one located in the Market Place, which was sold at Auction in March 1890. A new Wesleyan Chapel was opened on Blackwell Road, by the Rev. C. Kelly on 6th June 1890.
An Independent Chapel is mentioned in the directory of 1832, although I do not yet know where this Chapel was located.
The Methodist Free Church was (according to the 1888 directory) built in 1856 on Sutton Road. The Primitive Methodist Chapel on New Fall Street was not mentioned in the 1881 directory but was listed in 1888, so may have been built shortly before that date.
The Methodist Chapel (above) was built in 1889 and is in current use, whilst the old Primitive Methodist Chapel (right) is abandoned
The foundation stones
laid in the front wall of the old Primitive Methodist Chapel have been recorded, and can
be
viewed here.
External Links about Huthwaite
Huthwaite Online
Page created 25th June 1998 by Heather Faulkes - updated 7th October 2003
