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
The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each ...
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 traditi ...
. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 685.
It is near the small town of
Harworth
Harworth is an area in the civil parish of Harworth Bircotes (with Bircotes) in the Bassetlaw district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is approximately north of Worksop. The population of the civil parish was 7,948 in the 2011 Census.
Histo ...
. 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
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it is mentioned as ''Estirapc'' - Eastern
rape
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- as it lies on the borders east of the west
riding of York.
References
UK Villages Styrrup
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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