Weston, Nottinghamshire
Weston | |
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Location within Nottinghamshire | |
Population | 393 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SK775679 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWARK |
Postcode district | NG23 |
Dialling code | 01636 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
Weston is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 312,[1] increasing to 393 (and including Grassthorpe) at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish church of All Saints is 13th century. At the south-east end of the village are three 16th century tenements built with cruck trusses.[3]
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this: "WESTON, a parish, with a village, in Southwell district, Notts; on the Great Northern railway, 3 miles NNW of Carlton-on-Trent. Post town, Newark. Acres, 1,690. Real property, £2,745. Pop., 380. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £500. Patron, Earl Manvers. The church was recently repaired, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school."
References
- ^ "Area: Weston CP (Parish)"
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.