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List Of Civil Parishes In Nottinghamshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. There are 234 civil parishes in 8 districts. Ashfield Ashfield district: The former Hucknall Urban District, Kirkby in Ashfield Urban District and Sutton in Ashfield Urban District are unparished. *Annesley 2 *Felley 2 * Selston 2 Bassetlaw Bassetlaw district: The former East Retford Municipal Borough and part of the former Worksop Municipal Borough are unparished. * Askham 7 *Babworth 7 *Barnby Moor 7 * Beckingham 7 * Bevercotes 7 * Blyth 21 * Bole 7 *Bothamsall 7 * Carburton 21 * Carlton in Lindrick 21 *Clarborough and Welham 7 District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2007 * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes, which historically played a role in both secular and religious administration. Civil and religious parishes were formally differentiated in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894, which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in the tens of thousands. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in Continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnby Moor
Barnby Moor is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 257 (2001 census), increasing to the 2011 Census to 278. The village is about three miles north of East Retford. Geography The A638 passes through the village. Bilby exclave The hamlet of Bilby is within the parish of Barnby Moor constituting a detached portion thereof due to being separated by narrow strips of Hodsock and Babworth. This means Barnby Moor is one of a very small number of civil parishes in England to still have a detached portion. People Beatrice Tomasson Beatrice Tomasson (25 April 1859 – 13 February 1947) was an English mountaineer. She climbed extensively in the Dolomites and made the first ascent of the south face of the Marmolada in 1901. Biography Early life Beatrice Tomasson was born i ..., the mountaineer, was born here in 1859 to William and Sarah Anne Tomasson, she was their second child. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunham-on-Trent
Dunham-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the A57 road, about west of Dunham Bridge, a toll bridge crossing the River Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 351, falling slightly to 343 at the 2011 Census. The earliest part of the Grade I listed parish church of St Oswald is the tower, dating from the 15th century and Perpendicular in style. The rest is mostly Victorian, built 1861–62 by T.C. Hine, father of George Thomas Hine, though the south nave wall remains from an earlier reconstruction completed in 1802. The site of Whimpton Village, a deserted medieval village, is about west of Dunham. Notable people The pro-EU campaigner Anna Soubry grew up in Dunham-on-Trent and Clumber Park Clumber Park is a country park in The Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The estate, which was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle, was purchased by the National Trust in 1946. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlton
Darlton is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the A57 road about north-east of Tuxford. The population of the civil parish was 102 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 110 at the 2011 Census. The Church of England parish church of St Giles is 12th century and is in the Transitional style. In 1855 it was heavily restored by the architect T.C. Hine. Kingshaugh House was originally a hunting lodge built to serve the eastern Le Clay division of Sherwood Forest. It was fortified with earthworks in a rebellion of 1196 against King John. A new lodge was built in 1210–11 at a cost of £550 but was abandoned after 1217. The present Kingshaugh House is a late 17th-century farmhouse that appears to incorporate some masonry from the lodge. Darlton is the birthplace of Charles Read (1604–1669), who became a wealthy shipper in Kingston upon Hull. In 1667 Read founded a grammar school and a set of almshouses at Drax in Yorkshire. When Read died, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottam, Nottinghamshire
Cottam is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire 8 miles east of Retford within the Bassetlaw district. The name is pronounced 'Cotum' locally. The population of the civil parish in the 2011 Census was given as 108. To the south of the village is Cottam Power Station with 8 cooling towers, built between 1964 and 1968. Cottam is also close to Sundown Adventureland. History Cottam is described in the Domesday Book as comprising 8 households. Its Lord was Hardwulf of Cottam (also spelt Hardulf, Hardul and Heardwulf) in 1086 (before the Conquest) and Fulco of Lisors (after the Conquest). The tenant in chief in 1086 was Roger de Bully (Roger de Busli), who was given extensive lands in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Strafforth wapentake of Yorkshire that had previously belonged to a variety of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Lords. Fulco of Lisors was known as 'Roger's Man' and was an important tenant of Roger of Bully. He was a witness of Roger of Bully's charter foundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clumber And Hardwick
Clumber and Hardwick is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish includes the settlement of Hardwick Village and Clumber Park, a country park. In 2011 the parish had a population of 198. The parish lies in the north west of the county, and south west within the district. It is 125 miles north west of London, 22 miles north of the city of Nottingham, and 3½ miles south east of the market town of Worksop.The parish touches Babworth, Carburton, Elkesley, Perlethorpe cum Budby and Welbeck. The parish was formed on 1 April 1994. The area is within Sherwood Forest and has close historical associations with the Dukes of Newcastle, being part of a wider region known as The Dukeries. There are 26 listed buildings in Clumber and Hardwick. Toponymy Clumber was Clunbre at the time of Domesday, and may have evolved from "a lump, a heavy clod of earth" or "a clump or patch of trees, plants.", referring to the state of the rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayworth
Clayworth is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 319, increasing to 419 at the 2011 Census. The village is located north-east of Retford, on the River Idle. Clayworth appears as ''Clavord'' in the Doomsday Book, where 37 households were registered in the parish, which in the context of the Doomsday Book was considered to be a large population. At that time Clayworth paid low amounts of tax at 2 geld units. By 1769 Clayworth appears as Cloworth. Clayworth was described in John Bartholomew's ''Gazetteer of the British Isles'' of 1887 as having a population of 439, with 2,076 acres of land. Toponymy Heinrich Mutschmann, writing in 1913, thought that the place-name Clayworth referred to the ''clay'' soil of the township. More modern scholarship however inclines to the view that the name seems to contain the Old English word, ''clawu'', a claw + ''worð '' (Old English), an enclosure, so 'Claw of land encl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarborough And Welham
Clarborough and Welham is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish includes the village of Clarborough and the hamlet of Welham. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1088. It is 130 miles north of London, 28 miles north east of the city of Nottingham, and 2 miles north east of the market town of Retford. The parish touches Hayton, North and South Wheatley, North Leverton with Habblesthorpe and Sturton Le Steeple. There are 14 listed buildings in Clarborough and Welham. Geography Location Clarborough and Welham is surrounded by the following local areas: * Hayton to the north * Little Gringley to the south * Christone, North Leverton, South Leverton, South Wheatley, Sturton Le Steeple and Westholme to the east * Bolham, Retford and Tiln to the west. Settlements The two settlements within the parish are: * Clarborough * Welham Clarborough The larger village of the two areas, it is a linear settlement along t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton In Lindrick
Carlton in Lindrick is a village and civil parish about north of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 5,623, including nearby Wallingwells. Toponyms "Carlton", a common English place name, derives from the Old English for "kings' town" or "freemen's town". " Lindrick", denoting the land of the linden or lime tree is the name of the ancient district, most of which is now in South Yorkshire. Places of worship St John the Evangelist's Church is an 11th-century late Saxon building with Norman, 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic and 19th-century Gothic Revival additions. St John's is the most important surviving Saxon or Saxon-Norman building in Nottinghamshire and a Grade I listed building. There is a service every Sunday morning at 10.30. The Wesleyan chapel built in Carlton in 1861 now serves Carlton Methodist Church, as part of the Trinity Methodist Circuit. A service is held every Sunday at 10.45 am. Wallingwells Priory In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carburton
Carburton or Carberton is a small village on the west side of Clumber within the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is primarily rural and residential. The church of Saint Giles is an unusual shape and dates back to the early 12th century, parish records date back to the 1530s Carburton stands on the River Poulter, on the Ollerton Road and is very close to Clumber Park. It is surrounded by four major cities, those being Doncaster, Lincoln, Sheffield and Nottingham, which is around away. Whilst London is away via the M1. History In 1848 it was written that Carburton was part of the Hatfield division of the Bassetlaw wapentake north division of the county of Nottingham situated about SSE from Worksop. The township contained 193 inhabitants and 1,516 acres of land. The Duke of Portland was the sole owner and lord of the manor, however the Duke of Newcastle owned about 40 acres, which was inclosed in Clumber Park. In 1853 it was written that the chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothamsall
Bothamsall is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 185, increasing (with the inclusion of Bevercotes and Haughton) to 270 at the 2011 Census. History and amenities The village is situated about seven miles south of East Retford. The parish church of St Peter and St Mary was built in 1845, replacing an earlier church from which the font was retained. Next to the River Meden at the west end of the village is a small motte-and-bailey castle.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. The Robin Hood Way waymarked long-distance footpath passes through the village. Lound Hall Lound Hall is a substantial 70-room country house which sits on the outskirts of Bothamsall village. The current house was built in the 1930s for Sir Harald Peake, although there has been a manor house on the site since the 1700s. The ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bole, Nottinghamshire
Bole is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is close by the River Trent, on the eastern side of which is Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. At one time the village stood – like the neighbouring parish of West Burton – very near to an oxbow lake, known as Bole Round. However flooding led to the original course of the River Trent being diverted after 1792. The parish now lies within a landscape largely dominated by the West Burton power stations. According to the 2001 census Bole had a population of 140, increasing to 247 at the 2011 Census. History The parish church of St Martin was extensively rebuilt in 1865–66 by Ewan Christian. In former times the village also had shops, public houses and a post office. The original church was mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. From an early date the vicarage was in the patronage of the prebendary of Bole, being until 1841 part of the Peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and chapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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