Ossington

Other current and historical names

Oschintone

Parish/Community: Ossington
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°10'26"N 0°52'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 475719, 364706
OS Grid: SK757647
Mapcode Local: GBR BJ2.35J
Mapcode Global: WHFH2.MHK0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ossington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ossington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ossington, par. and vil., Notts, 4 miles SE. of Tuxford, 2265 ac., pop. 188; P.O.; near the vil. is Ossington Hall, seat.

Ossington in the Domesday Book

A village in Bassetlaw hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund Benz
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 28 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Ossington, Nottinghamshire

Ossington is a village in Nottinghamshire

Ossington in historic gazetteers

Ossington in the Domesday Book