Weston, Nottinghamshire

Weston
Village and civil parish
All Saints' church
Parish map
Weston
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
Population333 (2021)
• Density123/sq mi (47/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 775679
• London120 mi (190 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.westonparishnotts.org.uk

Weston is a village and civil parish 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] Weston alone reported 333 residents at the 2021 census.[3] 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.[4]

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."

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References

  1. ^ "Area: Weston CP (Parish)"
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Weston (Newark and Sherwood) parish (E04007955)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp. 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.