Wallingwells

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.35
longitude= -1.14
map_type = Nottinghamshire
official_name= Wallingwells
population =22
shire_district= Bassetlaw
shire_county = Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Newark
post_town= WORKSOP
postcode_district = S81
postcode_area= S
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SK572841

Wallingwells is a small civil parish and village in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population at the 2001 census of 22. The village is about five miles north of Worksop.

The parish is one of the few in England still to have an exclave - in this case a small section of land separated from the parish by the Carlton in Lindrick parish.

The Wallingwells Estate was built on the site of Wallingwells Priory and was for several hundred years the seat of the House of White of Tuxford and Wallingwells. Through the marriage of Thomas White and Bridget Taylor (28th July 1698), Wallingwells became the family seat, whilst Tuxford became the second/dower estate.

Several generations later the head of the White family, another Thomas, was created baronet by King George III on 20th December 1802 for twice raising, clothing, housing and arming a regiment of militia during the height of the Napoleonic Wars. The regiment was first raised in 1794, known as the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry and is still in existence as 'S' Squadron Royal Yeomanry.

The family remained in prominence in Nottinghamshire until Wallingwells was finally sold in 1926.

Further information

White, M. H. Towry. "Memoirs of the House of White of Wallingwells". Privately published, 1886.