| Official Name: | North Muskham | ||||||
| Static Image Name: | Church of St. Wilfrid, North Muskham - geograph.org.uk - 53834.jpg | ||||||
| Static Image Caption: | St. Wilfrid's Church, North Muskham | ||||||
| Population: | 980 | ||||||
| Population Ref: | (2021) | ||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||
| Map Type: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.1167°N -0.8167°W | ||||||
| Region: | East Midlands | ||||||
| Shire County: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
| Shire District: | Newark and Sherwood | ||||||
| Constituency Westminster: | Newark | ||||||
| Post Town: | NEWARK | ||||||
| Postcode District: | NG23 | ||||||
| Postcode Area: | NG | ||||||
| Dial Code: | 01636 | ||||||
| Os Grid Reference: | SK 798588 | ||||||
| Type: | Village and civil parish | ||||||
| Static Image 2 Name: |
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| Static Image 2 Caption: | Parish map | ||||||
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.5 | ||||||
| London Distance Mi: | 115 | ||||||
| London Direction: | SSE |
North Muskham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, close to the border with Lincolnshire. It is located between the River Trent and the A1 road, 3miles north of Newark-upon-Trent. The parish has a population of 943 (2001 census) with around 360 properties,[1] increasing to 985 at the 2011 census,[2] and reducing slightly to 980 at the 2021 census.
St Wilfrid's Church is the parish church, a medieval building which is Grade I listed. It was restored during 1906 and 1907.
There is currently one public house: 'The Muskham Ferry'.
The village appears in the Domesday Book as Muscham in the hundred of Lythe.[3] [4]
North Muskham was a large ancient parish, which also included the villages of Bathley and Holme. Until about 1575 the River Trent ran further east, but there was then a cataclysmic flood which changed the course of the river.[5] Holme was therefore separated by the river from the rest of the parish. In 1866 Holme and Bathley became separate civil parishes.[6]
Between 1870 and 1872 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recorded the parish as having 194 houses with a real estate value of £5,161, with a manor belonging to Mr J. T. Edge.
In the 1801 census the parish of North Muskham (then including Bathley and Holme) had a population of 361. In 1861 according to official census records North Muskham had a total of inhabited permanent residences with a total population of 614 residents. In the 1911 census the parish was smaller (without Bathley and Holme), with an area of 1,203 acres and a population of 526 persons, 262 males and 254 females. The 1921 census saw the population drop with a total of 491 persons registered, but during the next decade the population increased very marginally to a total of 509.[7] The 2001 census reports showed that the parish had a population of 943 with around 360 properties, increasing to 985 at the 2011 census, and reducing slightly to 980 at the 2021 census.