Holbeck, Nottinghamshire
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| Holbeck | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Chapel of St. Winifred | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK544732 |
| Location: | 53°15’0"N, 1°10’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 195 (2011) |
| Post town: | Worksop |
| Postcode: | S80 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bassetlaw |
Holbeck is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, adjacent to the border with Derbyshire. It is located six miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 449,[1] reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 Census.[2] It is an estate village built for the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey.
The civil parish originates as the township of the ancient parish of Norton Cuckney. It also includes the extra-parochial place of Woodhouse Hall.
St Winifred's Church
The parish church of St Winifred was built between 1913–1916, for the benefit of the Dukes of Portland, and as a burial place for the dukes and their families. It also contains the tombstone of Lady Ottoline Morrel.[3]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Holbeck, Nottinghamshire) |
- ↑ "Area: Holbeck CP (Parish)"
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124669&c=Holbeck&d=16&e=62&g=6456354&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460298213891&enc=1. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
