Weston, Nottinghamshire

Weston
Weston
	Weston Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	393 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK775679
District	Newark and Sherwood;
Shire county	Nottinghamshire;
Region	East Midlands;
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.

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[1] "Area: Weston CP (Parish)"

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.