Marnham, Nottinghamshire

Description
Marnham, a township and a parish in Notts. The township lies on the river Trent, 3 miles N by E of Crow Parkrailway station, and 5 ESE of Tuxford, and has a fair for horses, cattle, and merchandise, on 12 Sept. The township includes High and Low Marnham and Skegby. Acreage, 2306 of land and 32 of tidal water; population, 173. The parish contains also the township of Grassthorpe, and its post town is Newark; money order office, Sutton-on-Trent; telegraph office, Crow Park (R.S.) Acreage, 3017; population, 239. The manor of Marnham belongs to the Cust family, and that of Grass-thorpe to the Denison family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £300 with residence. The church belonged to the Knights Templars, is Early English, was restored in 1848, and has a tower.