Thurgaton was a wapentake (equivalent to a hundred) of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

 of 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...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It extended north-eastwards from Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

. The River Trent

River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...

 formed most of the eastern boundary. It consisted of the parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es of Averham

Averham

Averham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 187. The village is just west of Newark-on-Trent.-Averham weir:...

, Bathley

Bathley

Bathley is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, north-west of Newark-on-Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 246...

, Bleasby, Blidworth

Blidworth

Blidworth is a small village approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Its history can be traced back to the 14th century, although many of the current houses were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at Blidworth Colliery .-Robin...

, Bulcote

Bulcote

Bulcote is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 330. The village is on the fringe of the Greater Nottingham area, and is about 7 miles north-east of Nottingham city centre. Nearby places...

, Burton Joyce

Burton Joyce

Burton Joyce is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It has a population of 4,000 and acts mainly as a commuter village for Nottingham....

, Calverton

Calverton, Nottinghamshire

Calverton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, situated approximately 8 miles from Nottingham.The inventor of the stocking frame, William Lee, was born here in the 16th century...

, Carlton

Carlton, Nottinghamshire

Carlton is a suburb to the east of the city of Nottingham in the borough of Gedling. It is close to Sneinton, Bakersfield, Mapperley, and St Anns. It is near the River Trent and has an NG4 postcode...

, Carlton-on-Trent

Carlton-on-Trent

Carlton-on-Trent is a small village in England, located between the River Trent and the A1 road near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.The village forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district, it is also served by a Parish Council....

, Caunton

Caunton

Caunton is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire on the A616, six miles north-west of Newark-on-Trent in the NG23 postcode....

, Caythorpe

Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire

Caythorpe is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located north-east of Nottingham, close to the River Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 259. The hamlet has a water mill dated 1749. A windmill stood in a field called Fairholme, later Woolf's Farm...

, Colwick

Colwick

Colwick is a suburb in the east of Greater Nottingham in England. It forms part of the Nottinghamshire borough of Gedling, although Colwick Country Park is actually within the city boundary. It lies between the River Trent and the railway line, with nearby places being Netherfield , Bakersfield ,...

, Cromwell

Cromwell, Nottinghamshire

Cromwell is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 5 miles north of Newark. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 188.St. Giles' Church, Cromwell is 13th century, with a tower built c. 1427....

, East Stoke

East Stoke, Nottinghamshire

East Stoke is a small village in Nottinghamshire nestled between the A46 Fosse Way trunk road and the River Trent. It lies about 6 miles southwest of Newark...

, Edingley

Edingley

Edingley is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 390. It is located 3 miles north-west of Southwell.The parish church of St Giles is Norman, almost completely rebuilt in 1890....

, Epperstone

Epperstone

Epperstone is a village in Nottinghamshire located near both Lowdham and Calverton. The village has a population of around 500.- History :Epperstone is located in the valley of the Dover Beck, south-west of Southwell. It has an area of , of which are wooded...

, Farnsfield

Farnsfield

Farnsfield is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood....

, Fiskerton

Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire

Fiskerton is a small village in Nottinghamshire on the west bank of the River Trent about 5 miles southeast of Southwell. Regarding the old boat ferry from Fiskerton to East Stoke, "Up until the middle of this century there was a ferry boat service over to the other side of the River Trent at...

, Fiskerton Cum Morton, Fledborough, Gedling

Gedling, Nottinghamshire

Gedling is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, that is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. It is situated four miles north-east of Nottingham city centre in the NG4 postcode...

, Gonalston

Gonalston

Gonalston is a small village in Nottinghamshire lyingjust to the north-east of Lowdham and almost upon the A612 trunk road that runs from Nottingham to Southwell. Gonalston comprises of arable and pasture land in about equal portions, interspersed with of wood and plantations...

, Grassthorpe

Grassthorpe

Grassthorpe is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England.-History:The River Trent has often flooded the area....

, Gunthorpe

Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire

Gunthorpe is a small village outside of Nottingham, England. Gunthorpe Bridge is the only bridge over the River Trent between Newark and Nottingham. Gunthorpe is in the Newark and Sherwood district. Gunthorpe also has 4 pubs/restaurants. The Anchor, Tom Browns, The Unicorn and The Toll House...

, Halam

Halam, Nottinghamshire

Halam is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 372 in 2001.It is located to the west of Southwell....

, Halloughton

Halloughton

Halloughton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 9 miles west of Newark on Trent and is within the civil parish of Southwell....

, Haywood Oaks, Hockerton

Hockerton

Hockerton is a village in Nottinghamshire. It is 2 miles from the town of Southwell on the A617 between Newark and Mansfield. Fewer than 60 houses are situated around the church, the Spread Eagle pub and village hall...

, Holme

Holme, Nottinghamshire

Holme is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the east of the River Trent, less than half a mile from the riverside and 4 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Holme is part of the civil parish of Langford...

, Hoveringam, Kelham

Kelham

Kelham is a small village in Nottinghamshire variously estimated as "3.36 miles," "3 miles," or "2.92 miles"to the northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent.-Historical:...

, Kersall, Kirklington

Kirklington, Nottinghamshire

Kirklington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Administratively Kirklington forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district...

, Kneesall

Kneesall

Kneesall is a village in the East Midlands of England in the county of Nottinghamshire. Forming part of the civil parish of Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton and of Newark and Sherwood district, Kneesall is situated on the A616 between Newark-on-Trent and Ollerton...

, Lambley, Lindhurst, Lowdham

Lowdham

Lowdham is a village in Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell.Lowdham is in the Newark and Sherwood district.The dual carriageway to the north and Doncaster cuts the village in two....

, Maplebeck

Maplebeck

Maplebeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles north of Southwell, and is part of the civil parish of Winkburn. It is one of only five villages in England to have a church dedicated to St Radegund and it is also one of only fifty one Thankful Villages in England and Wales...

, Marnham, Meering

Meering

Meering is a geographically small civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of zero , it is grouped with Girton to form a parish meeting. The parish was originally an extra-parochial area, and was once populated, although not in more than...

, Morton

Morton, Nottinghamshire

Morton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 1 mile west of Fiskerton, and is part of the civil parish of Fiskerton cum Morton.The parish church of St Denis was built in 1756....

, Normanton on Trent

Normanton on Trent

Normanton on Trent is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is nine miles south-east of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 299....

, North Muskham

North Muskham

North Muskham is a village located between the River Trent and the A1 road near Newark-upon-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is close to the border with Lincolnshire.The village appears in the Domesday Book as Muscham...

, Norwell, Norwell Woodhouse, Nottingham St Mary, Ossington

Ossington

Ossington is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England 7 miles north of Newark on Trent.It is centred around the site of Ossington Hall, the ancestral home of the Denison family. The house was demolished in 1964 and all that remains are a few out-buildings and the private chapel which...

, Oxton

Oxton, Nottinghamshire

Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a little over 500 residents.Oxton is located 5 miles west of Southwell, 5 miles north of Lowdham, 10 miles NE of Nottingham and 2 miles NE of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.Oxton has a church, a post...

, Park Leys, Rolleston

Rolleston, Nottinghamshire

Rolleston is a small village in Nottinghamshire by the River Greet , a few miles from Southwell not far from the Trent and about southwest of Newark. It has a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity...

, Sneinton

Sneinton

Sneinton is a south-eastern suburb of Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Carlton to the north, Colwick to the south, Meadow Lane to the southwest and Bakersfield to the east.-Description:...

, South Muskham, Southwell

Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Southwell is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, best known as the site of Southwell Minster, the seat of the Church of England diocese that covers Nottinghamshire...

, Staythorpe, Stoke Bardolph

Stoke Bardolph

Stoke Bardolph is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire. It is to the east of Nottingham, and on the west bank of the River Trent. Nearby places include Burton Joyce and Radcliffe on Trent....

, Sutton on Trent, Thurgarton

Thurgarton

Thurgarton is a small village in rural Nottinghamshire. The village is close to Southwell, and Newark on Trent, with a medium length commuting distance to Nottingham. It is served by Thurgarton railway station...

, Upton, Weston

Weston, Nottinghamshire

Weston is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 312....

, Winkburn

Winkburn

Winkburn is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located north-east of Southwell and north-west of Newark.-External links:...

 and Woodborough

Woodborough, Nottinghamshire

Woodborough is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 7 miles north-east of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,852.St. Swithun's Church, Woodborough is 13th century tower with a 14th century chancel...

.

Contained within the boundaries of the wapentake are parts of the current Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton....

 district, Gedling

Gedling

Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the North and East of the City of Nottingham....

borough and the City of Nottingham.