Shelton, Nottinghamshire

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Shelton
Nottinghamshire
Main Street Shelton - geograph.org.uk - 81672.jpg
Main Street, Shelton
Location
Grid reference: SK779446
Location: 53°0’0"N, 0°50’24"W
Data
Population: 307  (2011)
Post town: Newark
Postcode: NG23
Local Government
Council: Rushcliffe
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rushcliffe

Shelton is a village in Nottinghamshire; a small village, with a population recorded at the 2011 census as 307. The village is eight miles south of Newark-on-Trent, on the north side of the River Smite, near where it joins the River Devon.

About the village

The parish church of St Mary is Norman. The west tower was removed in 1837 and replaced with a bellcote. It has an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft with interlace work.

Shelton Hall to the west of the church dates from the late 18th century.[1]

Outside links

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References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 309