Link: Laxton resources

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For those with ancestors from Laxton, Nottinghamshire, the following sites may be useful:

Laxton Medieval Village Learning Resource
Contains many original documents, including extracts from the 1821 census of Laxton and many others.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/learning/laxton

1635 Map & Terrier
Detailed terrier and wonderful map by Mark Pierce identifying all farmers and lands in Laxton and Kneesall in 1635.
http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=mapsxx01&ct=0&l=en&w=iso-8859-1

Laxton History Group
If you have a Laxton brickwall, these people may be able to help.
http://www.laxtonhistorygroup.org.uk


And a couple of books about Laxton that I found very interesting and informative - you may be able to pick up a copy at your local library or on Amazon:

Beckett, J. V. A History of Laxton: England's Last Open-Field Village. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1989. (ISBN 9780631159728)

Wood, Brian, ed., et al. Life at Laxton: The Memories of Edith Hickson. Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 1984. (ISBN 9780902031890)