Askham, Nottinghamshire
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Askham is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the Bassetlaw district 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 ...
, England, about six miles south-east of
East Retford East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 183, decreasing slightly to 181 at the 2011 Census. St Nicholas' Church is Norman, restored in 1906–07.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''. page 59.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.


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Aerial photo of Askham with notes

Photos of Askham
* Villages in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub