Nottington
| Nottington | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Nottington Malthouse | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY661827 |
| Location: | 50°38’34"N, 2°28’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 5,458 |
| Post town: | Weymouth |
| Postcode: | DT3 |
| Dialling code: | 01305 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Dorset |
Nottington is a village in Dorset, on the River Wey, which flows south through the village and soon in to Weymouth. It is just outside the suburbs of Weymouth, whose town centre is about two and a half miles to the south-east.
Nottington used to be frequented as a spa town: the spa was popular with "the quality from aristocratic Weymouth", who "flocked to drink the waters" which at the time were claimed to be beneficial for "eruptive complaints, scrophula, and loss of appetite."[1] In 1905, Sir Frederick Treves noted that the spa was "deserted" and "no longer rings with the laughter and jests of the seekers after appetite", but described the still-existing pump room as "an octagonal building of three stories, with something of the aspect of an enormous dove-cot."[1] The pump room still stands today, and is known as The Spa House.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir Frederick Treves (1905). Highways and Byways in Dorset. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. p. 233.
- ↑ "Nottington". Weymouth-Dorset.co.uk. http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/nottington.html. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
