Awsworth
| Awsworth | |
|---|---|
 The crossroads | |
| OS grid reference | SK4843 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
Awsworth is a village and civil parish in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,266 in 2001.[1] The village is near the edge of the Greater Nottingham area, between Kimberley and Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Awsworth has been a civil parish since 1894.[2] Awsworth has had its fair share of troublemakers living there and a main ringleader of a lot of the trouble goes by the name of Michael Wigley, he also sells crack , there has been many reported sightings of him and a fellow gang member 27 year old Ashley bates who goes by the alias ' BATESY ' committing Many illegal acts including exposing them selfs out side aswsorth primary school an injunction has been put on them so they cannot go within 200 yards of the grounds . Police warn people to approach these characters with Care .
The parish church of St Peter consists of a remaining chancel from the brick church of 1746 and a nave which was rebuilt in 1902-03 by Naylor and Sale of Derby in a freely adapted Gothic style. A northwest tower was projected but never built.[3]
Railways
Awsworth once had a station on the Great Northern (later LNER) line from Nottingham to Derby which crossed the Erewash Valley to Ilkeston over the Bennerley Viaduct, closed in September 1964. At Awsworth Junction, a short distance to the east, a branch line curved away northwards to Pinxton. This line closed in January 1963. Near the junction it crossed a viaduct almost half a mile in length across the Giltbrook valley, known variously as Awsworth Viaduct, Giltbrook Viaduct, Kimberley Viaduct, but more commonly in the local area as the "Forty Bridges," though the actual combined number of arches and girder spans was 43. This viaduct is no more, but the Bennerley Viaduct is still in place.
References
- ^ 2001 census
- ^ History of Awsworth, accessed 13 August 2008
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1951) Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 31
Further reading
- Lee, John.M. (2006). A Brief History of Awsworth (First ed.).
- Thoroton, Robert (1797). History of Nottinghamshire. John Throsby. pp. 250–251.
External links
- Awsworth Parish Council
- History of Awsworth
- Awsworth and District History Society
- Awsworth Cricket Club
- Awsworth Scouts
- Party On The Rec 2 | Awsworth Summer Carnival
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