Caunton 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 authorit ...
in the
Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell R ...
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 trad ...
on the
A616, north-west of
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road bypasses the town on the line ...
, in the NG23 postcode. The population (including Maplebeck and Winkburn) of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 483.
The village is notable for its association with
Samuel Hole
Samuel Reynolds Hole (5 December 1819 – 27 August 1904) was an English Anglican priest, author and horticulturalist in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th.
Life
Hole was born at Ardwick near Manchester the only son of Samue ...
, who is buried in the churchyard of
St. Andrew's Church. He was the village's vicar for a short while before becoming Dean of Rochester and lived in the manor. The manor house now has its own equestrian centre and a
mini golf course.
The village pubs are The Plough and the country pub, Caunton Beck, both on Main Street.
Caunton Mill, also known as Sharp's Mill, was a 43 ft brick tower windmill, with an ogee cap, built before 1825. It was out of use in the 1930s. The mill survives without its cap, machinery and gallery.
Caunton was used as a filming location for the majority of the
second-series episodes of the popular British comedy drama ''
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' () is a British comedy-drama television programme about seven British construction workers who leave the United Kingdom to search for employment overseas. In the first series, the men live and work on a building site in ...
'', about a group of seven British migrant construction workers, with Beesthorpe Hall being used as Thornely Manor which was being renovated as part of the storyline.
The hamlet of
Knapthorpe is to the south of the village and A616 road, and within the parish boundary.
HMS ''Caunton'', named after the village, was a in service from 18 December 1952 to 1970.
References
External links
Village church history websiteCricket clubPhoto galleryPrimary school
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Villages in Nottinghamshire
Newark and Sherwood