SK76 in Nottinghamshire
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Contents
Introduction
This article includes historical and architectural notes such as might be made in preparation for a holiday in the area, travelling from one village to another, walking around the villages and occasionally on footpaths in the surrounding countryside. The selected photographs are mainly of the village streets, churches and notable buildings.The idea for this format of article and the choice of hectad came after reading the report on the Society for Landscape Studies Spring Weekend in March 2011. The villages visited fitted neatly into SK76, apart from a small area in Carlton-on-Trent.
The villages given main headings are all civil parishes, and are ancient parishes unless otherwise stated.
Information has been gathered from the following sources:
Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England - Nottinghamshire, 1951
Ed. John Hadfield, The Shell Book of English Villages, 1980 (ShEV)
Society for Landscape Studies Newsletter, Summer 2011 (SLS)
Frederic Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. 2, 1991
Listed building descriptions
websites where links are shown
image descriptions
Carlton-on-Trent
Carlton on Trent was a chapelry of Norwell until it became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1874. It became a civil parish in 1866. (Youngs)
Grey House and Grey House Cottage on what was once the Great North Road through Carlton-on-Trent.
by Richard Croft
Dates from 1765 and was designed either by John Johnson of Leicester or by its owner, Joseph Pocklington.
by Jonathan Thacker
Carlton Hall, Church Lane, is Grade II* listed. The entrance front shown in the above image is only part of a long building. The west front, facing the garden, is symmetrical, with a "projecting pedimented central bay with parapet, flanked by single pedimented wings with projecting pedimented central bays. Central pedimented Doric porch with double glazed door." (quoted from the listing text)
Park Farm House, Grade II listed, formerly an inn. 18C with attached dining room by Joseph Pocklington, 1788. This was possibly the former Bell Hotel, a coaching inn.
During the 18C and 19C a small dock developed of which the quay, a small crane and shed remain. The village windmill survives as a hollow tower. (SLS) The wharf is on Ferry Lane at SK802642. The windmill tower is at SK80286436, next to the river bank at Mill Farm, Ferry Lane.
Caunton
On the approach to Caunton can be seen the windmill now converted into a private dwelling. Caunton Mill, also known as Sharp's Mill, was a brick tower windmill with an ogee cap, built before 1825. It was out of use in the 1930s. The height of the tower is 43 feet. Bet you have a nice view from this dwelling.
by roger geach
A well kept church with a long history. The south arcade is Norman and the north arcade is 13th century with a 15th century tower and a chancel by Ewan Christian in 1869.
by Richard Croft
This photograph of the rear of the Caunton Beck Inn is one of the earliest to be submitted to Geograph; image no. 1330.
To the west of the village, Beesthorpe Hall is a late Georgian house in an estate with a lodge at the end of the access lane, and two farms.
Pevsner mentions two other houses, Caunton Manor, a 18C house added to in the early 20C, and Grange House was built of brick in the 18C.
The large-scale OS map also shows a chapel at the end of Norwell Road near the junction with Main Street. However this is not shown on the 1:25000 map.
Cromwell
Looking south to the MOT testing station and still-working phone box. Like so many communities along the A1, the main road now bypasses and the wide village main street becomes a quiet haven.
by Trevor Rickard
Attractive 13th century parish church with 14th and 15th century additions, including the 1427 tower. Partly restored 1873-76 by Ewan Christian. A Grade 1 Listed building.
by Trevor Rickard
This 13th century church stands in the village which was once the ancient seat of the Cromwell family, one of whom, the Lord Treasurer Cromwell, lived at Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire.
by Christine Hasman
In the churchyard is a notable headstone to Lucia Anne Buckley Harris, d.1926, with a Pietà in the Gill style by Cribb of Ditchling, 1927 (Pevsner).
This former rectory and dower house contains Vina Cooke's excellent museum of dolls and childhood memorabilia.
by Paul Shreeve
The former Rectory is a five-bay brick house in the style of c.1700 (Pevsner).
Looking north from a small car park for the Cafe Amore in the foreground; BP filling station and Londis shop in the background.
by Trevor Rickard
A1 Northbound, Carlton-on-Trent.
Themed American Diner "Picture the rock and roll years in the States - the boys cruising in their Chevys and Buicks, taking their dates to the diner for a thick shake and fries. OK Diner gives you the whole 50s experience - the authentic diner setting, the music, the grill menu cooked to order just how you like it and a warm welcome." Link
Themed American Diner "Picture the rock and roll years in the States - the boys cruising in their Chevys and Buicks, taking their dates to the diner for a thick shake and fries. OK Diner gives you the whole 50s experience - the authentic diner setting, the music, the grill menu cooked to order just how you like it and a warm welcome." Link
by Tim Marchant
(The parish boundary on the 1:25000 map shows that the OK Diner is in Cromwell, not Carlton on Trent.)
Traces of a Roman bridge across the Trent have been found. (Pevsner)
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