Holbeck is a village and former
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, now in the parish of
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the
Bassetlaw district, in the county of
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 located 6 miles south-west of
Worksop
Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...
. According to the 2001 census it the parish a population of 449, reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 Census. It is an estate village built for the
Dukes of Portland at
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey is an English country house near the village of Welbeck in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire. It was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries a residen ...
.
History
Holbeck was formerly a
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the parish of
Norton-Cuckney, from 1866 Holbeck was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with
Norton and Cuckney and
Welbeck
Welbeck is a village and former civil parish (now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck) within the Welbeck local voting ward of Bassetlaw District Council, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is slightly to the south-west of Work ...
to form "Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck".
St Winifred's Church
The parish church of
St Winifred was built between 1913 and 1916, for the benefit of the Dukes of Portland, and as a burial place for the dukes and their families. It also contains the tombstone of Lady Ottoline Morrel.
[Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire''. page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.]
See also
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Listed buildings in Holbeck, Nottinghamshire
References
External links
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Former civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
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