Bingham Wapentake

Bingham was a wapentake (equivalent to a hundred) of the historic county of Nottinghamshire, England.It was in the south-east of the county, to the south of the River Trent.The original meeting place was on the Toot Hill ridge, west of Bingham.[1] The wapentake covered the parishes of Adbolton, Aslockton, Bingham, Car Colston, Clipston on the Wolds, Colston Bassett, Cotgrave, Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, East Bridgford, Elton, Flintham, Gamston, Granby, Hawksworth, Hickling, Holme Pierrepont, Kinoulton, Kneeton, Langar cum Barnstone, Lodge on the Wolds, Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Orston, Owthorpe, Plumtree, Radcliffe on Trent, Saxondale, Scarrington, Screveton, Shelford, Thoroton, Tithby, Tollerton, Upper Broughton, West Bridgford, Whatton and Wiverton Hall.Its residual significance was lost with the introduction of districts under the Local Government Act 1894.
Map showing the Bingham wapentake
wapentakehundredhistoric countyNottinghamshireRiver TrentparishesAdboltonAslocktonBinghamCar ColstonClipston on the WoldsColston BassettCotgraveCropwell BishopCropwell ButlerEast BridgfordFlinthamGamstonGranbyHawksworthHicklingHolme PierrepontKinoultonKneetonLangarBarnstoneNormanton-on-the-WoldsOrstonOwthorpePlumtreeRadcliffe on TrentSaxondaleScarringtonScrevetonShelfordThorotonTithbyTollertonUpper BroughtonWest BridgfordWhattonWiverton HallRushcliffeVale of BelvoirLocal Government Act 1894Ceremonial countyNottinghamAshfieldBassetlawBroxtoweGedlingMansfieldNewark and SherwoodArnoldBeestonBulwellCarltonEastwoodHarworth BircotesHucknallKimberleyKirkby-in-AshfieldMansfield WoodhouseNetherfieldNewark-on-TrentOllertonRetfordStaplefordSouthwellSutton-in-AshfieldTuxfordWarsopWest BridgfordWorksopList of civil parishes in NottinghamshireParliamentary constituenciesPlacesby populationPlaces of interestGrade I listed buildingsGrade II* listed buildingsScheduled monumentsHistorySchoolsMuseumsLord LieutenantsHigh Sheriffs