Darlton
| Darlton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Giles, Darlton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK773735 |
| Location: | 53°15’0"N, -0°50’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 110 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newark |
| Postcode: | NG22 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bassetlaw |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Darlton is a small village in Nottinghamshire. It is on the A57 road about the miles north-east of Tuxford.
The population of the civil parish was 110 at the 2011 Census.
The Church of England parish church, St Giles, is of the 12th century and in the Romanesque 'Transitional' style. In 1855 it was heavily restored by the architect T.C. Hine.[1]
History and heritage
Kingshaugh House was originally a hunting lodge built to serve the eastern Le Clay division of Sherwood Forest. It was fortified with earthworks in a rebellion of 1196 against King John]]. A new lodge was built in 1210–11 at a cost of £550 but was abandoned after 1217. The present Kingshaugh House is a late 17th-century farmhouse that appears to incorporate some masonry from the lodge.[2]
Darlton is the birthplace of Charles Read (1604–1669), who became a wealthy shipper in Kingston upon Hull. In 1667 Read founded a grammar school and a set of almshouses at Drax in Yorkshire. When Read died, his will founded further grammar schools at Tuxford in Nottinghamshire and Corby Glen in Lincolnshire.
The site of Whimpton Village, a deserted mediæval village, is about a mile east of Darlton.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
- ↑ Nottinghamshire history: Kingshaugh