Bassetlaw was a

wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of ...

(equivalent to a

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

) in the English county of

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. The wapentake covered an area in the north of the county, roughly equivalent to the modern Bassetlaw local government district. The wapentake was divided into the divisions of Hatfield, North Clay and South Clay. The place name Bassetlaw means the hill of the people of Bersa. Bersa was an early Anglo-Saxon leader who settled in the area. The chief town in the hundred was

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. Other towns were

Tuxford Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,809 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Geography Its nearby towns are Oll ...

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...

and Ollerton (the latter of which is in the modern

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district). The original meeting place of the wapentake was Blyth Low Hill, while another moot place was an enclosure at East Markham. At some point between 1610 and 1719, it absorbed the Oswaldbeck wapentake, which became the North Clay division. This may originally have met at an enclosure at Gringley-on-the-Hill.

Parishes

The following ancient parishes were included in the wapentake:F A Youngs, Jr. ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'', Vol.II, Northern England * Askham *

Babworth Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 2 miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329, risin ...

, Beckingham,

Bevercotes Bevercotes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about six miles south of East Retford and five miles north-east of Ollerton. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 cen ...

, Bilsthorpe, Blyth (part) ( Barnby Moor, Hodsock, Ranskill, Styrrup, Torworth), Bole, Bothamsall, Boughton *

Carlton in Lindrick Carlton in Lindrick is a village and civil parish about north of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The village comprises three community areas; North Carlton to the centre, South Carlton and Costhorpe to the far north. Separated to the so ...

* Clarborough, Clayworth (including Wiseton) *

Darlton Darlton is a small village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the A57 road about north-east of Tuxford. The population of the civil parish was 102 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 110 at the 2011 ...

, Dunham * Eakring, Eaton,

East Drayton East Drayton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 212, increasing to 252 at the 2011 Census, and 266 in 2021. It is located 3 miles west of Dunham-on-Trent. The parish church of St Pete ...

, East Markham,

, Edwinstowe (including Budby, Carburton, Clipstone, Ollerton, Perlethorpe), Egmanton, Elkesley, Everton (including Scaftworth) *Part of Finningley ( Auckley) * Gamston, Gringley on the Hill, Grove * Habblesthorpe, Harworth, Haughton, Hayton, Headon cum Upton * Kirton, Kneesall (part) ( Ompton) * Laneham, Laxton, Littleborough * Mattersey, Misson, Misterton (including West Stockwith) * North Wheatley, Norton Cuckney (including Cuckney,

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, Nether Langwith, Norton), North Leverton * Ordsall *

Ragnall Ragnall is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 102, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census (with Fledborough), and falling to 88 for the 2021 census. It is located on ...

, Rampton, Rufford (extra-parochial) * Saundby, Scrooby, South Leverton (including Cottam), South Wheatley, Stokeham, Sturton le Steeple, Sutton cum Lound * Treswell,

* Walesby, Walkeringham, Wallingwells (extra-parochial),

Warsop Warsop is a civil parish in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): At the 2021 census the population was 12,644 residents, includin ...

(including Sookholme),

Welbeck Welbeck is a village and former civil parish (now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck) within the Welbeck local voting ward of Bassetlaw District Council, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is slightly to the south-west of Work ...

(extra-parochial), Wellow * West Burton, West Drayton,

West Markham West Markham or Markham Clinton is a Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish north east of Nottingham, in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 c ...

, West Retford, Woodhouse Hall (extra-parochial),

References

Bassetlaw Wapentake at Vision of Britain
{{Nottinghamshire Ancient subdivisions of Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District