Ossington

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Family History

My Great Grandparents Albert Wells and Edith Ann Judson married in this church on 24th December 1912. Edith was born Judson and was born at Holme and so may have been Baptised in this church as well.
A memory of Holme contributed by julie morgan

The Purewell Japanese Garden

While visiting my sister-in-law Margaret Paine in nearby North Muskham, I discovered this exquisitely beautiful Japanese garden. Known as the Pureland Japanese Garden and Meditation Centre it is in North Clifton.

It appears to have been built by one man (Buddha Maitreya) over many years and is truly staggering in its simple beauty. How can one man have taken a couple of acres of flat land and transofomed it with his bare hands to a landscape of humps, hollows, trees and water. Once seen but never forgotten. A tranquil place that lends itself to higher self-awareness, and meditation.

It is beautiful!



A memory of North Clifton contributed by John Howard Norfolk

ollerton by the sea.

my family moved to ollerton in september of 1957,from ushaw moor near durham.the move had been delayed by the birth 5 weeks earlier of my sister patricia,she arrived on my birthday,so the children of the family had had to stay with grandma and grandad till dad had the house done so we could "just move in"we all piled out of the car and the moving van began to empty.and suddenly there was a comotion in the house,in his haste to get the place ready my father and his pals had painted and papered most rooms but the lounge was upside down the flowers were supposd to go the other way said my mother,,,,the grandparents pointed out to her that it could ...read more here
A memory of Ollerton contributed by ruth hill

My Ancestors

My mother Alice Harpham & family lived here. She was born 1904 at Dunham, along with John Thomas, Rose, Herbert, Edith, Margaret, & Sydney John. When I searched my family tree, I had been told by my cousin Evelyn in 1980 that my grandma Eliza [nee Todd, originally from Ripon] was found dead in the attic with her throat cut. Eventually I found it was in 1927. Thomas Harpham, their grandad, was the shoemaker, trained by John Harpham in the 1800s. The Whate family are also included, they had a shop on the main street. I was fortunate to meet a lady from Retford, via advert I placed in Retford Times, and I went to her home, and she took me ...read more here
A memory of Dunham-On-Trent contributed by marion wilkinson