Place:North Leverton with Habblesthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England

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NameNorth Leverton with Habblesthorpe
Alt namesHabblesthorpesource: former civil parish merged 1884
Applethorpesource: alternate name for above
Coatessource: hamlet in parish
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.329°N 0.822°W
Located inNottinghamshire, England
See alsoBassetlaw Wapentake, Nottinghamshire, EnglandWapentake in which the place was located
East Retford Rural, Nottinghamshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, Englanddistrict covering the area since 1974
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North Leverton with Habblesthorpe is a village and civil parish in the northeast of the English county of Nottinghamshire. The population (including the hamlet of Coates) as at the 2011 Census was 1,047.

The village has a working windmill which was built in 1813 and is a grade II* listed building. The parish church of St Martin is medieval, the oldest part being the south doorway built ca. 1200. The ornate window tracery of the south aisle and the chancel, dating from ca. 1300–40, is the chief feature of interest. The west tower is Perpendicular. Habblesthorpe Manor is a small early 17th century brick built house.

North Leverton and Habblesthorpe were separate ancient parishes and civil parishes until they merged in 1884. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

North Leverton

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of North Leverton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LEVERTON (NORTH), a parish, with a village, in East Retford [registration] district, Notts; on the Retford and Lincoln railway, at Leverton [railway] station, 2½ miles W of the river Trent, and 5½ E of East Retford. Post town, South Leverton, under Retford. Acres: 1,050. Real property: £2,593. Population: 329. Houses: 79. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value: £200. Patron: the Bishop of Manchester. The church is old but good, and has a tower. Charities £5."

Habblesthorpe

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Habblesthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"APPLETHORPE, Apesthorpe, or Habblesthorpe, a parish in East Retford [registration] district, Notts; on the verge of the county, 1 mile E of Leverton [railway] station, and 5½ E of East Retford. It contains the hamlet of Coates; and its Post Town is Sturton under Retford. Acres: 1,040. Real property: £1,369. Population: 142. Houses: 26. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value: £81. Patron: the Bishop of [Lincoln]. There is no church; but there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £62."


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