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Pleasley township (1843)

Rector: Rev Richard Holden
Advowson (right of appointment of Rector): William Pole Thornhill
Lord of the Manor: W. E. Nightingale
Arable land : 748a 0r 6p (WEN)
Meadow and Pasture : 163a 2r 20p (WEN)
Woodland: 218a 0r 14p (WEN)
Roads and sites of houses: 39a 1r 16p (WEN)
Glebe land (church etc): 55a (RRH)
Tithes:

calf = 3d
bee swarm = 1d
pig litter 1 - 5 = 1/2 pig
pig litter 6 - ? = 1 pig
lambs 1 - 4 = no thithe
lambs 5 - ? = same as pigs

1851

“Pleasley parish contained 126 houses and a population of 654. W.E. Nightingale was Lord of the Manor and principle landowner at Pleasley township.”

1874

Jan 10th. W.E. Nightingale dies in a fall downstairs at his home in Embley. Pleasley Manor then passes to his daughter Parthenon, now married to Sir Harry Verney.

1881

The population was 1152.

19th century :

Just prior to the start of the sinking of the colliery in 1872, Pleasley was a small decayed market town. The market itself was no longer held but the two annual fairs were still active.

Part of Pleasley manor circa 1845

1803

Coal proved by a borehole 1/4 mile north of Pleasley bridge.
Hollins Co. install a Boulton and Watt steam engine in the lower mill in Pleasley Vale

1809

Bache Thornhill gives Pleasley Manor to his eldest son - Henry Bache Thornhill (who had married Helen Pole in 1801)

1811

Pleasley parish (Pleasley, Shirebrook, Stoney Houghten) contained about 90 houses

1816

Sunday, March 17th. Earthquake felt throught the East Midlands causes large crack in tower of St Michael’s church in Pleasley

1821

Henry Bache Thornhill makes a will - which included his fathers estate in anticipation of his future inheritance.

1822

Henry Bache Thornhill dies but his father is still alive and Pleasley Manor has to be sold in order to provide for his wife and family.

1823

Pleasley Manor auctioned at the Swan Inn, Mansfield and purchased by William Edward Nightingale for £38,000 - with the exception of the two cotton mills, their dams and 15 acres of land in Pleasley Vale - these were still under lease to Hollins Co.

1824

Sale of Pleasley Manor to W. E. Nightingale completed.

1828

The two cotton mills, their dams and 15 acres of land in Pleasley Vale were bought by the Hollins Company for £7,600 when the lease expired.

1839

Hollins Co. purchase a “gas apparatus” in order to produce their own gas light for the Pleasley Vale mills. They later supplied gas to Pleasley Colliery and to Pleasley village.

1840