Bingham 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

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) of the historic county of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

, England. It was in the south-east of the county, to the south of the

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Constituents

The original meeting place was on the Toot Hill ridge, west of Bingham.Valerie Henstock
Structural
Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway: Bingham The wapentake covered the

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es of

Adbolton Adbolton is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire on the south bank of the River Trent one mile west of Holme Pierrepont. Adbolton was listed in the Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book ...

Aslockton Aslockton is an English village and civil parish east of Nottingham and east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarrington, Thoroton and Orston and within the Ru ...

, Bingham,

Car Colston Car Colston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish at the time of the 2011 census was 185, falling to 171 at the 2021 census. Location and transport Car Colston l ...

, Clipston on the Wolds,

Colston Bassett Colston Bassett is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, in the Rushcliffe district of southeast Nottinghamshire, close to its border with Leicestershire. It lies by the River Smite. The population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall ...

Cotgrave Cotgrave () is a Town#United Kingdom, town and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Nottingham. It perches on the South Nottinghamshire Wolds about 131 feet (40 metres) ...

, Cropwell Bishop,

Cropwell Butler Cropwell Butler is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, one mile east of the A46, under the NG12 postcode. It shares a parish council with Tithby and is adjacent to the south to Cropwell ...

East Bridgford East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census, falling to 1,763 at the 2021 census. The village adjoins the south ban ...

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Flintham Flintham is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 km) from Newark-on-Trent and opposite RAF Syerston on the A46. It had a population of 597 at the 2011 census, estimated at 586 in 2019, and ...

, Gamston, Granby, Hawksworth, Hickling,

Holme Pierrepont Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet and civil parish located south-east of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region. The population of the civil parish ...

, Kinoulton, Kneeton,

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cum

Barnstone Barnstone is an English village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, forming part of Langar cum Barnstone parish. It lies on the border with Leicestershire. The nearest retail stores, schools and railway station are in Bingham (4.5 mi ...

, Lodge on the Wolds, Normanton-on-the-Wolds,

Orston Orston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham. It borders the parishes of Scarrington, Thoroton, Flawborough, Bottesford and Elton on the Hill. The population ...

Owthorpe Owthorpe is an English Hamlet (place)#United Kingdom, hamlet and civil parish in the Wolds of the East Midlands county of Nottinghamshire. The population of about 90 was included in the civil parish of Cotgrave in the 2011 United Kingdom census ...

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Radcliffe on Trent Radcliffe-on-Trent is a Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 United Kingdom census, Census 2011 was 8,205, falling slightly at the ...

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Scarrington Scarrington is an English civil parish and small village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, adjacent to Bingham, Car Colston, Hawksworth, Orston and Aslockton. Its had a population in the 2011 census of 183, falling to 167 at t ...

Screveton Screveton (pronounced locally "Screveeton" or "Screeton") is an English civil parish and village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, with (including Kneeton) 191 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Screveton singularly reported 164 reside ...

, Shelford,

Thoroton Thoroton is a small English village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, and the county of Nottinghamshire, with a population of 112 at the 2011 census, and increasing to 130 at the 2021 census. The village has conservation area sta ...

Tithby Tithby (sometimes spelt "Tythby", locally pronounced "Tidby") is an English hamlet in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, about south of the market town of Bingham. The civil parishes of Tithby and Wiverton Hall have a joint annual pari ...

, Tollerton,

Upper Broughton Upper Broughton or Broughton-Sulney or Over-Broughton is a Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish about seven miles north west of Melton Mowbray, in the Rushcliffe district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. In 2011 the built-u ...

West Bridgford West Bridgford () is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south of Nottingham city centre, east of Wilford, north of Ruddington and west of Radcliffe-on-Trent ...

, Whatton and Wiverton Hall. Contained within it were eastern parts of the present-day

Rushcliffe Rushcliffe is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. The borough also includes the towns of Bingh ...

Borough, and western parts of the

Vale of Belvoir The Vale of Belvoir ( ) is in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England. The name is from the Norman-French for "beautiful view". Extent and geology The vale is a tract of low ground rising east-north-east, drained by the ...

. Its residual significance was lost with the introduction of districts under the

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References

Bingham Wapentake at Vision of Britain
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