Harwell, Nottinghamshire
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Harwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Everton, in Bassetlaw district, northern Nottinghamshire, England. It is located off the A631 road, less than a mile to the northwest of Everton and three miles northeast of Bawtry. Although only a small settlement, historically Harwell had a separate manor. The hamlet had a population of 112 people in the mid 19th century and the Corporation of Newark were lords of the manor at that time. Today, the main feature of Harwell is the Grade II listed Pear Tree House and the Barrow Hills woodland, immediately to the northwest.
The etymology of the settlement is uncertain. It possibly means "the well or spring of the Danish army (here)" or "the fiercely boiling spring". "Hare spring" is also suggested as its meaning. The place was mentioned in Domesday Book as Herewelle. Selected extracts from the Domesbook mentioning Harwell are as follows:
"In Evretone and Hereuuelle of the fee of Roger de Busli in Oswardebec Wapentac, soc to Burton, there was two bov. ¾, ad Geldam. The land one car. There one sochm. had half a car. and one acre and an half of meadow, pasture wood one qu. long, one broad. And likewise in Heruuelle and Evretone sok to Grengeley three bov. 1–3rd, ad Geldam. The land one car. There one sochm. one vill. had half a car. and three acres of meadow, pasture wood five qu. long, two qu. broad.. The jury, found that John Freschevede held in the town of Herewell, one bovat of land in demesne, seven natives (or villains) holding five bov. in villenage."
Harwell and Everton were part of the Hundred of Bassetlaw (now Bassetlaw district) in the North Clay division. The parish of Everton, in which Harwell is located, was inclosed in 1760, when the Rectorial tithes were commuted for an allotment of 225 acres, of which William Walton, Esq., of Stockwith, was impropriator at the time.Charles Brewerton, a Mormon, was born here in 1831.
Although only a hamlet, historically Harwell had a separate manor. In 1855 it was reported that the hamlet had a population of 112 people and that Corporation of Newark were lords of the manor. The manor was previously owned by Thomas Magnus who bought it and gave it to Anthony Gylby who was Lieutenant Colonel to Sr John Digby in Newark.
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