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Cuckney is a village and former
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the
Bassetlaw district of
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...
, England, located between
Worksop
Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...
and
Church Warsop. In 2001 the parish had a population of 215.
The
A60 road connects Church Warsop and Cuckney via
Cuckney Hill.
History
The grounds of
Cuckney Parish Church, a
Grade I listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
building, contain the remains of
Cuckney Castle.
George Sitwell,
Ironmaster
An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain.
The ironmaster was usually a larg ...
mined iron locally and he built a blast furnace here in the seventeenth century.
[Philip Riden, 'Sitwell, George (bap. 1601, d. 1667)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200]
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In 1853 there were two large watermills on the river Poulter in Cuckney, one for cotton, another for corn. An earlier cotton mill had burnt down in 1792.
On 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Norton to form " Norton and Cuckney". On 1 April 2023 it became part of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck.
It is also believed that the Battle of Hatfield Chase
The Battle of Hatfield Chase (; ) was fought on 12 October 633 It pitted the Northumbrians against an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia. The Northumbrians were led by Edwin and the Gwynedd-Mercian alliance was led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda. ...
took place close to Cuckney due to the discovery of a mass burial beneath the church, and due to the etymological links of nearby Edwinstowe, named after the king that died in the battle.Investigators hope to prove ancient battle took place near Mansfield
''Chad'' 18 October 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022
The school
The upstream mill is now a primary school. Cuckney Church of England Primary School has 140 pupils on its roll.
See also
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Listed buildings in Norton and Cuckney
References
External links
Link about Cuckney
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Former civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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