East Markham
| East Markham | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Through the churchyard gates, East Markham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK741731 |
| Location: | 53°15’0"N, -0°53’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,160 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newark |
| Postcode: | NG22 |
| Dialling code: | 01777 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bassetlaw |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
East Markham, historically also known as Great Markham, is a small village near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,160. The village is to be found about five miles south of Retford, sandwiched between the East Coast Main Line (to the east), the A1 to the west and the A57 to the north.
The sister village, West Markham, is smaller and on the other side of the road (old A1-B1164) between Tuxford and Markham Moor. To the south is Tuxford.
Parish church
The parish church is the Church of St John the Baptist. The church is medieval, of the 14th and 15th centuries, but it was restored between 1883 and 1887 by John Oldrid Scott.[1] The tower was restored in 1981. The East window is by Ninian Comper.
The church is a Grade I listed building.[2]
St John, East Markham is in a group of parishes which includes St Nicholas' Church, Askham; St Helen's Church, Grove; and St Peter's Church, Headon-cum-Upton.
About the village
There is one remaining village pub, the Queens Hotel, on the High Street. A second pub the Crown Inn closed down in approx. 2012 and was sold to developers who have turned it into a residential property. The Post Office closed in 1994 and after the village shop closed it re-opened with new owners in 2019.
Cleveland Mill was a tower windmill in East Markham, built in 1837 at a cost of £420 for the miller Thomas Lightfoot. It was 42 feet high, with four storeys and four sails. The mill was worked by wind until c. 1920. Thereafter steam or oil engines were used. The mill was owned by the Lightfoot family through most of its working life. It was sold for conversion to a house in 1976.[3]
Heavy manufacturing used to be found in East Markham, such as Hermans chicken factory and was historically known for its many orchards that used to surround the village, most of which closed in the 1980s (Hermans) or were replanted in the case of orchards. The village also produces its own cider, by the name of Bad Apple.
Society
There is village hall, which hosts a charity playgroup and a primary school.
East Markham also features a playgroup, Pippins Pre-School, and a primary school.
Sporting facilities include a crown green bowling club, two tennis courts and a football pitch which is home to East Markham FC and has a playing field with a BMX track.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Markham) |
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 115
- ↑ National Heritage List 1223679: Church of St John the Baptist (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 17. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3