Shelton is an English village and
civil parish in the
Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. According to the 2001 census, Shelton had a population of 107,. At the 2011 census, the statistics for Shelton included
Sibthorpe
Sibthorpe is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, in Nottinghamshire, England. There is no parish council, only a parish meeting.
Toponymy
The place-name Sibthorpe seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, ''Sibba'', + ...
, and the population was 307. The village lies south of
Newark-on-Trent, on the north side of the
River Smite
The River Smite, a tributary of the River Devon, flows for through Leicestershire and south-east Nottinghamshire, England. The source is near the hamlet of Holwell, Leicestershire and it joins the Devon near Shelton, Nottinghamshire. The Sm ...
, near where it joins the
River Devon. It has no
parish council, only a
parish meeting.
Heritage
The parish church of
St Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
is Norman. The west tower was removed in 1837 and replaced with a bellcote. It has a
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
cross shaft with
interlace work. Shelton Hall to the west of the church dates from the late 18th century.
Transport
The village is served by twice-weekly Nottsbus Connect buses (Tuesday and Thursday) between
Bottesford,
Bingham and
Lowdham.
Timetable. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
/ref> The nearest railway station is at Bottesford (5.5 miles/9 km), with services between Nottingham and Grantham or Skegness.
References
External links
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Rushcliffe
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