Bingham was a wapentake (equivalent to a hundred) of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

 of Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England. It was in the south east of the county, to the south of the River Trent

River Trent

The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...

, covering the parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es of Adbolton

Adbolton

Adbolton is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire on the south bank of the River Trent one mile west of Holme Pierrepoint....

, Aslockton

Aslockton

Aslockton is a village and civil parish twelve miles east of Nottingham, England and two miles east of Bingham on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton. It has a population of around 1,000 ....

, Bingham

Bingham, Nottinghamshire

Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.-Geography:With a population of around 9,000 people it lies about nine miles east of Nottingham, a similar distance south-west of Newark-on-Trent and west of Grantham. It is situated where the A46 intersects the A52...

, Car Colston

Car Colston

Car Colston is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. It is just off the A46 north of Bingham and west of East Bridgford....

, Clipston on the Wolds, Colston Bassett

Colston Bassett

Colston Bassett is a small picturesque village in the Vale of Belvoir in the south-east of Nottinghamshire close to its border with Leicestershire...

, Cotgrave

Cotgrave

-History:Cotgrave is a town in the borough of Rushcliffe, in Nottinghamshire, England, lying south east of Nottingham. With a relatively small population and an ancient heart that has largely escaped development Cotgrave has a village atmosphere...

, Cropwell Bishop

Cropwell Bishop

Cropwell Bishop is a village in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire.It is two miles to the east of the A46 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the north is Cropwell Butler. Both villages form part of the Vale of Belvoir....

, Cropwell Butler

Cropwell Butler

Cropwell Butler is a village in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, one mile to the east of the A46 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the south is Cropwell Bishop....

, East Bridgford

East Bridgford

East Bridgford is a village and a civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It has a population of about 1,800....

, Elton

Elton on the Hill

For other uses of the name, see Elton .Elton on the Hill is a small Nottinghamshire village and civil parish in the Vale of Belvoir.-Situation and facilities:Elton lies about east of Nottingham, England, in the NG13 postcode district...

, Flintham

Flintham

Flintham is a village in Nottinghamshire within a few miles of Newark, opposite RAF Syerston on the A46. It has a population of circa 650 and a school, village hall, church and cricket pavilion. It has one pub, the on . It also has a community shop run by volunteers called Flintham Community Shop,...

, Gamston

Gamston, Rushcliffe

Gamston is a civil parish and a suburb of West Bridgford, in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of Nottingham and is part of the West Bridgford postcode of NG2....

, Granby

Granby, Nottinghamshire

Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir.-Population and facilities:The parish has a population of about 300 people and is situated about 14 miles east of Nottingham. Census returns suggest a peak population of 439 in the 1891 census...

, Hawksworth

Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire

Hawksworth is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Newark-on-Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 127....

, Hickling

Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Hickling is a village near Melton Mowbray but is in and on the southermost border of Nottinghamshire. It is within the boundaries of Rushcliffe Borough Council, on the Grantham Canal and close to the Vale of Belvoir. The population numbers around 550 people.The disused Grantham Canal passes through...

, Holme Pierrepont

Holme Pierrepont

Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region....

, Kinoulton

Kinoulton

Kinoulton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south east of the city of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,037.2004 estimates indicate a population of 990...

, Kneeton

Kneeton

Kneeton is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark and is on the escarpment of the Trent Hills that sit above the flood plain of the River Trent. There is an airfield nearby. There is a railway station at Lowdham.The...

, Langar cum Barnstone, Lodge on the Wolds, Normanton-on-the-Wolds

Normanton-on-the-Wolds

Normanton-on-the-Wolds is a village in Nottinghamshire.Population 245. Acreage 1053.-Overview:The name “Normanton” is attributed to several settlements in Midlands of England...

, Orston

Orston

Orston is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England nearby to Thoroton, Elton on the Hill and Bottesford.The name Orston is thought to originate from the Old English Ordricestune which means 'the farmstead of Ordric" Ordric was the leader of the small settlement...

, Owthorpe

Owthorpe

Owthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Owthorpe is located south east of Nottingham and forms part of the borough of Rushcliffe. The Grantham Canal is to its east. the borough council records a population of 90 so the parish is too small to have a parish...

, Plumtree

Plumtree, Nottinghamshire

Plumtree is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 221.It is situated to the south east of Nottingham, between the villages of Tollerton and Keyworth....

, Radcliffe on Trent

Radcliffe on Trent

Radcliffe-on-Trent is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire-Location:Radcliffe has a population of around 8,000. It is to the east of Nottingham, and is close to but not quite part of the Greater Nottingham built-up area...

, Saxondale

Saxondale

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, Scarrington, Screveton, Shelford, Thoroton

Thoroton

Thoroton is a small village located in the parish of Thoroton in Rushcliffe, Nottingham, United Kingdom and lies along the banks of the River Smite. Thoroton has a population of 110 and was granted conservation area status in 1974. It is served by St. Helena's Church, Thoroton.Thoroton is located...

, Tithby

Tithby

Tithby or Tythby is a village in Nottinghamshire, England.It is located 2 miles south of Bingham. The parish church is Holy Trinity....

, Tollerton

Tollerton, Nottinghamshire

Tollerton is a village situated in Rushcliffe just to the south of Nottingham, United Kingdom.The village is located in the Borough of Rushcliffe. The Parish Council of nine members runs local affairs and the population of the parish is registered as 1,776 residents.There is an annual village...

, Upper Broughton, West Bridgford

West Bridgford

West Bridgford is a town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, delimited by the River Trent; this proximity means that it forms a continuous urban area with Nottingham, effectively makes West Bridgford a suburb of the city, and...

, Whatton

Whatton

Whatton is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Whatton lies in the Vale of Belvoir on the south bank of the River Smite just to the north of the major A52 road twelve miles east of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 781...

 and Wiverton Hall

Wiverton Hall

Wiverton Hall is an English country house near Tithby, Nottinghamshire..Wiverton Hall is considered to have been established by Sir Thomas Chaworth in 1450. All but the gatehouse was destroyed in the English Civil War....

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Contained within the boundaries of the wapentake are the eastern parts of the current Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District.-Political representation:The...

Borough.

The original meeting place of the wapentake was on the Toot Hill ridge, west of Bingham.