Woodsetts
Wudesete c.1220: Folds (for animals) in the wood. Old English: wudu plus set.
Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
See also Woodsetts in 1900
History
In 1822, Woodsetts was in the parish of South Anston, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; situated 4½ miles North west of Worksop, Nottinghamshire; 6½ miles from Tickhill; and 9½ miles from Rotherham. The population, including Gildingwells, was 218, which being united, form a township
In 1847 Woodsetts was converted into a new district parish. Containing 808 acres of land, the population in 1861 was 160. C. and G. Wright, Esqs., and Sir Thomas W. White were principle owners. The church was erected in 1814 by subscription at a cost of £1100. The living a perpetual curacy in the patronage of Archbishop of York and incumbency of Rev. Leonard Hobson. The new district parish of Woodsetts included Gildingwells and Wallingwells, the latter being an extra parochial liberty.
The postbox - a wooden box in the wall opposite to Mr. Clarkson's. Letters arrived by foot post at 4.30 a.m.
George Clark, Wheelwright
John Clarkson, Grocer,
Wm W. Coddington (Wallingwells)
Rev. Leonard Hobson
John Hudson, Blacksmith
Mary Mellars, Shopkeeper
Joseph Turner, Shoemaker
Robert Wilson, Shoemaker
Mrs. Woodward, School
Mary Ann Wright, Vict, Butchers Arms
Farmers:
William Askew
William Brown, Cotterill Woods
John Clarkson
Robert Goucher
George Hurst
Robert Hutchinson
John Lynam, Hodes Farm
Edward Rose, Lindrick House
The population in 1871 had increased to 220. The entire population including Gildingwells and Wallingwells, was 361 and the total acreage was 2077 acres.
Described in 1881: Woodsetts is a township, and together with Gildingwells and Wallingwells, was formed in 1841 (other directories say 1847) into an ecclesiastical parish, from the parish of Anston. Shireoaks, 2 miles away is the nearest station on the Manchester, Lincolnshire and Sheffield Railway.
In the Worksop Union and County Court district, south division of Strafforth and Tickhill wapentake, rural deanery of Rotherham. The Church of the Virgin Mary, held by the Rev. Henry Allen Steel, is a stone building, built in 1814. T. W. White is Lord of the Manor and the Duke of Leeds, George Wright, Esq., and Charles Wright, Esq., are landowners.
Tradespeople in 1881
Rev. Henry Allen
Henry Askew, Farmer
Mary Barnes, Butchers Arms
Henry Brown, Farmer, Cotterill Wood
Charles Clark, Wheelwright
John Clarkson, Grocer
William Goacher, Farmer
George Hirst, Farmer
Mrs Mary Mellars, Shopkeeper
John Moor, Farmer
Francis Mosey, Farmer
Edward Rose, Farmer
William Wells, Land Steward to Sir T. W. White
Woodsetts had its own Home Guard during WW2 and they went under the nickname, Gullick's Gurkhas
