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Latest revision as of 21:57, 1 October 2021

Wiseton
Nottinghamshire

Cottages in Wiseton
Location
Grid reference: SK716898
Location: 53°24’4"N, -0°55’23"W
Data
Post town: Doncaster
Postcode: DN10
Local Government
Council: Bassetlaw
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bassetlaw

Wiseton is a small village and country estate in Nottinghamshire, in the north of the county, between the villages of Gringley-on-the-Hill and Everton, some five and a half miles south-east of Bawtry and eight miles west of Gainsborough. There is also a nearby hamlet called New Wiseton.

The Chesterfield Canal is cut through the landscape nearby, and there are several bridges in the vicinity.

History

The earlier hall was built in 1771 and was demolished in 1960. The estate belonged the Acklom family before belonging to the wealthy Spencer family.[1] In 1832, the country estate at Wiseton covered 930 acres, 872 of which belonged at the time to John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer of Althorp. Spencer owned paintings by Holbein, Barlow and Caravaggio at the house, by all accounts a most handsome edifice.[2]

At the time of John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72), Wiseton had a population of 124 people with 24 houses.[3]

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