Haughton is a
hamlet
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in the English county of
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
.
Haughton lies on the south bank of the
River Maun
The River Maun is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source lies in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and from there it flows north east through Mansfield (which takes its name from the river), Edwinstowe and Ollerton, these being the heart of the Sher ...
about one mile south west from
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 ...
(where the population is included). Administratively it forms part of the
Bassetlaw district.
See also
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Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire
References
External links
Haughtonin Joseph Rodgers, ''The Scenery of Sherwood Forest with an Account of some Eminent People there'', (1908
in Cornelius Brown, ''A History of Nottinghamshire'', 1896
in Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: republished with large additions by John Throsby, vol III, p359-361, 1790.
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Hamlets in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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