Links to other web sites

Other web sites covering Stanton on the Wolds:

http://www.keyworth-history.org/histories/stanton-on-the-wolds.htm This link will take the reader straight into Nigel Morley's accounts of some of the more interesting tales from the history of Stanton. The Keyworth and District Local History Society home page at http://www.keyworth-history.org contains much useful information on the history of the district and many Census returns from 1841 through to 1901 for Stanton and other nearby villages.

http://.southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/s04/index.html The Southwell Diocese "Church history project" has an excellent review of All Saints Church, Stanton on the Wolds.

http://www.nottm-melton-railway.co.uk Colin Aldworth of Keyworth has produced this fascinating site packed with information about the history, operation and closure of the Midland Railway line from Nottingham to Melton Mowbray and its subsequent conversion into a British Rail Test Track.

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/archives The web site of the Nottinghamshire Archives on Castle Meadow Road in Nottingham has 5 miles of documents dating from the 12th century with many available on microfilm.

http://www.willowbrook.notts.sch.uk The web site of Willowbrook School.

http://www.finds.org.uk  Is the web site of the Portable Antiquities Scheme mismanaged by a consortium of national bodies led by the 'Museums, Libraries and Archives Council' (MLA). The site is fully searchable by parish/county or type of find. Although the recovered objects listed are predominantly metal items found by metal detectorists, potsherds and stone artefacts are also covered. Recently, Stanton has had both its Neolithic axes recorded along with a Palaeolithic flint core and Roman and Medieval potsherds.

Other useful web sites for Nottinghamshire

http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk  The Bunny village web site was created by the village history society and contains a full set of Parish Registers and Census data for the village.

http://www.east-leake.gov.uk The East Leake web site is divided into two sections dealing with the Parish Council matters and the historical/geographical/recreational aspects of the village.

http://www.keyworth-history.org.uk  Keyworth & District Local History Society.

http://www.keyworthparishcouncil.org  The web site of the Keyworth Parish Council.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lesleydonald  Lesley has set up this site from Australia where she lives. There is a lot of information on Normanton on Soar including a full set of Parish Registers and Census returns for the village.

http://www.ruddington.com  The Ruddington village web site.

http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk The official web site of the Borough of Rushcliffe.

http://www.walkinginnotts.co.uk Useful site for walkers and hikers.