Milton, Nottinghamshire is a village/hamlet in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

. It is part of East Markham

East Markham

East Markham, historically also known as Great Markham, is a small village near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. It lies about 8 km south of Retford...

 civil parish, a short distance northwest of East Markham and southwest of Sibthorpe

Sibthorpe

Sibthorpe is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is part of Sibthorpe civil parish.The village and parish:"lies on the Cardike, south-south-west of Newark, and was once a place of considerable importance, having a college founded by Geffrey de Scroop, in the reign of Edward II...

.

Mausoleum

The mausoleum

Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...

 at Milton was designed by Robert Smirke

Robert Smirke

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 and built in 1831-2. It was intended as a tomb for the Duchess of Newcastle who died in 1822. In 1896, Cornelius Brown wrote of the mausoleum:

Here is the vault of the noble family of Clinton; and herein the two last Dukes of Newcastle were interred. The church contains a monument to the fourth Duke, and opposite to it is a beautiful piece of statuary to the memory of his Duchess, by Westmacott

Westmacott

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. The inscription states that her Grace "gave birth to fourteen children, ten of whom lived to deplore the bereavement of an incomparable mother. Of the others, Anne Maria preceded her by a few months, and it is humbly hoped led the way to regions of eternal bliss. Two infants were carried by their parent to the grave."

Parishioners of East Markham often preferred to worhsip here, rather than the old church at East Markham

East Markham

East Markham, historically also known as Great Markham, is a small village near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. It lies about 8 km south of Retford...

, until it fell into disrepair.

"This church is cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust

Churches Conservation Trust

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. Although no longer needed for regular worship, it remains a consecrated building, a part of England

England

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's history, maintained for the benefit of this and future generations."

(from the plaque by the door of the building)