Caythorpe is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

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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 ...

, England. It is situated north-east from

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, close to the

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. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 259, increasing to 271 at the time of the 2011 census,. and dropping to 257 at the 2021 census. The hamlet has a water mill dated 1749. A

windmill A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...

stood in a field called Fairholme, later Woolf's Farm. This may be the mill referred to in an advertisement in the Nottingham Review of 1851: "Excellent Windmill containing two pair French Stones, dressing machine etc., cottage, stable, outbuildings, 7 to 8 acres land in occupation of Mr. Arnold." This mill is reputed to have been sold and transferred to Epperstone.Sharp, A.; O'Neill, J. (1992): ''Not Forgetting Caythorpe'', Trent Valley Local History Group, Nottingham. p.31 A windmill site is shown on the First Series Ordnance Survey map ().

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* Newark and Sherwood Hamlets in Nottinghamshire {{Nottinghamshire, state=expanded Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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