Edwalton is an area of

West Bridgford West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Not ...

in the Borough of Rushcliffe, in

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, England, covering Gamston and the older Edwalton village. The population of the Rushcliffe Ward was 3,908 at the 2011 Census. A 2019 estimate put it at 4,892.

History

One of the earliest mentions of Edwalton village is in the

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where it features among lands given to

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by King William 1.''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 779 This land required more than three

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and consisted of of meadow. After the marriage of the heir to West Bridgford's landowners, the Musters family, into the Chaworth family, the areas of West Bridgford and Edwalton were joined as West Bridgford Urban District and now as part of Rushcliffe Borough.

Notable people

* Arthur Richardson (1860–1936), a Nottinghamshire tea merchant, elected several times as a Liberal or Labour Member of Parliament, died in Edwalton. * Thomas Collins (1895–1964), a county cricketer for Nottinghamshire and Hampshire, died in Edwalton in 1964.

Property

While the official boundaries of Edwalton are uncertain, Boundary Road is commonly accepted as the division from West Bridgford. Edwalton contains some of Nottingham's most expensive properties: Valley Road, Melton Road, Croft Road and Village Street include properties worth over a million pounds. Edwalton Hall, the largest, was once the residence of the Chaworth family and is now an exclusive complex of mews houses and

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. For a time it became a hotel and restaurant, before being developed by

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. Today it includes a gym, swimming pool and

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lawn. In recent years developers have laid out new housing estates in the area known locally as Sharphill Farm. These are primarily of high-specification family homes, with good road links for commuters. Edwalton is varied architecturally. Landmark bespoke houses are common, but most of it is now composed of large housing estates, first built in the early 1950s, with subsequent estates added in the 1980s to the present day. Many council houses and flats were privately bought under the

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of the 1980s. Only a small number now belong to

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. There is also a general store, post office, newsagent, café, hair salon, pharmacy and a dog groomer within the main shopping area of Earlswood Drive. The Anglican

Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton The Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton is a Church of England church in Edwalton, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt by Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily in 1894. A vestry was added by L.W. N ...

has its own page. Edwalton Community Church in Wellin Lane offers community services such as a pre-school, a toddlers group, a ladies' fellowship group and children's activities, and a "Blessings in a Box" scheme for the financially challenged.Pre-school site.
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Bus transport

*Nottingham City Transport ** 6: Nottingham – West Bridgford – Edwalton *Trentbarton ** 'The Keyworth': Nottingham Broadmarsh – West Bridgford – Edwalton – Tollerton – Plumtree –

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References

External links

Churches:
Edwalton Community ChurchHoly Rood church
Schools:
Edwalton Primary School
Amenities:
Golf Course
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