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When the Domesday survey was completed in 1086, Misson was mentioned, but there was no church building at that time. The first church building was constructed around 1150, and was made of limestone, probably shipped in on the River Idle, since this stone does not occur locally. The building belonged to Welbeck Abbey, but a Gilbertine Priory was established at Mattersey, around 1185, and the Canons argued that the church should belong to them. It is not clear what the grounds for this argument were, but the dispute was eventually referred to Pope Celestine III, who passed the decision back to local authorities. A meeting at Blyth in 1192 decided in favour of Mattersey Priory owning it. One hundred years later, John Clarell was the vicar, who as well as also being vicar of Babworth, East Bridgford, Lowdham and Harworth, found time to be chaplain to the Pope and to King Edward I. The church was visited by the Archbishop of York, Thomas Wolsey, in 1530, after he fell out of favour with the king and was stripped of his other offices. Henry VIII’s split with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries let to Mattersey Priory being dissolved in 1538, and although most of its property was sold off, the church came under the patronage of the king from then onwards, and was valued at a little over £6. The village was devastated by fire on 8 August 1652, when 48 buildings were destroyed by the blaze, but most of the villagers were attending church, which was not affected by the fire. Misson was the location for one of the first schools in Nottinghamshire, when in 1693 Thomas Mowbray and John Pinder sponsored the construction of a building in the churchyard. It was granted an income of £5 per year, raised from some land in the parish, and was to teach six children at a time to read. In 1745, the vicar John Foss reported to the Archbishop of York that there were 70 families in the village, 50 people who took communion, and over 20 children in the school. The population had increased to 99 families by 1764. More detailed figures are available for 1832, when 841 people lived in the village, although this had reduced to 719 people by 1912. In 1832 there were eight public houses in the village: The Green Dragon, Ferry Boat Inn, The White Horse, The Red Lion, The Globe, The Golden Ball, The Oddfellows Arms and Bull Hill. A directory of 1853 stated that the village contained 5,783 acres (2,340 ha) of good sandy soil, and that most of this had previously been common land, but had been enclosed in 1769. However, the Inclosure Act was awarded on 11 June 1762, and a copy of it is held in the archive at the University of Nottingham. A map produced in 1761 shows that Misson was surrounded by three fields, East Field to the east, Butt Field to the west and Mill Field to the north-west. It shows how these were sub-divided as a result of the enclosures. To the north of them, the area remained common land, and was used for the grazing of animals, the production of hay, and probably also reeds for thatching. Part of Misson was in Nottinghamshire, and part was in Lincolnshire, but the boundary between the two counties was not well defined in 1853. There was a ferry across the River Idle, which ran from the bottom of Water Lane on the north bank to a point a little further downstream on the south bank. The ferry allowed villagers to reach Everton, and is thought to have operated from the 16th century until the mid-20th century. The Misson hub has images of two different boats used for the service, one a simple punt with four passengers, and one a steam boat, with large paddle wheels and a crew of three. Significant repairs were carried out to the fabric of the church in 1882 and 1886, but on 23 September 1893 the tower was hit by lightning. Large pieces of masonry crashed down through the building, and four fires started, which caused considerable damage. The quick-thinking parish clerk, Robert Pinder, entered the building to rescue a chest of documents, including the parish registers and the insurance policy. Most of the building, apart from the chancel, was too damaged to be usable, but enough repairs had been made by June 1894 to allow the Bishop of Southwell to reopen it, although reconstruction continued for another two years. Herbert H Skinner was the vicar from 1927 to 1933, and early in his term of office, the county council threatened to take over the Misson Church of England School because it did not meet the education authority’s standards. This move seemed to be favoured by many in the village, but Skinner insisted that he was in the process of improving standards. In 1930 he was given a three-month ultimatum by many parents, who said they would withdraw their children from the school if things did not improve, but the threatened strike was called off at the last minute.

Drainage

Misson lies on the north bank of the River Idle, and at the southern edge of Hatfield Chase, a large flat area of land which prior to the 17th century was mainly marshland. The character of the area changed significantly when Cornelius Vermuyden was appointed by Charles I to drain the chase in 1626. A series of straight ditches were cut across the landscape, to enable the marshland to be used for agriculture.

Railways

Misson has been served by two railways in the past. The Gainsborough to Doncaster line opened in 1867, crossed the northern tip of the parish. In 1893, exploratory borings to test for coal were made near Idle Stop, and coal seams were found at depths of 3,142 feet (958 m) and 3,185 ft (971 m) A passenger station opened at the site three years later, and is shown on the 1899 map. The Bawtry to Haxey railway line was a little under 8 miles (13 km) long, with a goods depot at Misson, and opened on 12 August 1912. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.

  

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