Holbeck,_Nottinghamshire

Holbeck, Nottinghamshire

Holbeck, Nottinghamshire

Human settlement in England

Holbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 census it the parish a population of 449,[1] reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 Census.[2] It is an estate village built for the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey.

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History

Holbeck was formerly a township in the parish of Norton-Cuckney,[3] from 1866 Holbeck was a civil parish in its own right,[4] on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Norton and Cuckney and Welbeck to form "Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck".[5]

St Winifred's Church

Main article: St Winifred's Church, Holbeck

The parish church of St Winifred was built between 1913 and 1916, for the benefit of the Dukes of Portland, and as a burial place for the dukes and their families. It also contains the tombstone of Lady Ottoline Morrel.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Area: Holbeck CP (Parish)"
  2. [2]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    "History of Holbeck, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Relationships and changes Holbeck Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "The Bassetlaw (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2022" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. [6]
    Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

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