Morton, Nottinghamshire

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Morton
Nottinghamshire

Main Street Morton
Location
Grid reference: SK726511
Location: 53°2’60"N, -0°55’12"W
Data
Post town: Newark
Postcode: NG25
Local Government
Council: Newark and Sherwood

Morton is a village in the east of Nottinghamshire, just half a miles west of the larger village of Fiskerton and the broad River Trent. It is four and a half miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent. The Nottingham to Newark stretch of the main railway line runs along the edge of the village.

The parish church St Denis, was built in 1756,[1] and is a Grade II* listed building. The current organ was installed in 1967 by Cantril of Castle Donington. It was originally built by W Hadfield of London. The church is in a joint parish with: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Upton and Holy Trinity Church, Rolleston.

St Denis, Morton

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References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 180

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