PLUMTREE, a parish comprising the township of
Clipston, in the southern division of the wapentake
of BINGHAM, and the township of Normanton on the
Wolds, in the northern division of the wapentake of
RUSHCUFFE, county of NOTTINGHAM, 5 miles (S. S.E.)
from Nottingham, and containing 579 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's
books at £19. 19. 7. W. Elliott, Esq. -and others
were patrons in 1817. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is principally in the Norman style of architecture.
The villages of Plumtree and Normanton adjoin
each other; at the latter the Wesleyan Methodists
have a place of worship, erected in 1827. A school
is supported by voluntary contributions. There are
considerable rocks of limestone in the parish. Courts
leet are annually held here. Plumtree is in the honour
of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster, and within the jurisdiction
of a court of pleas held at Tutbury every third
Tuesday, for the recovery of debts under 40s.