Styrrup is a village in the
civil parish
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of
Styrrup with Oldcotes on the
B6463 road in the
Bassetlaw district, in the
English county
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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 ...
. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 731, an increase from the 685 of 2011.
It is near the small town of
Harworth. The village is surrounded by farmland and is approximately 1 mile from the
A1 road intersection at
Blyth. The housing consists primarily of modern properties constructed in the 1970s and numerous barn conversions arranged off the Main Street. The local pub, The White Swan, has been demolished and replaced by modern housing.
Etymology
In the
Domesday survey it is mentioned as ''Estirapc'' - Eastern
rape
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- as it lies on the borders east of the west
riding of York.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Styrrup with Oldcotes
References
UK Villages Styrrup
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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