Clayworth

Clayworth
Civil parish
St Peter's Church
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Clayworth is located in Nottinghamshire
Clayworth
Clayworth
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area3.33 sq mi (8.6 km2)
Population311 (2021 Census)
• Density93/sq mi (36/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 73043 88123
• London130 mi (210 km) SE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRETFORD
Postcode districtDN22
Dialling code01777
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.clayworth​-parish.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°23′00″N 0°54′41″W / 53.383333°N 0.911361°W / 53.383333; -0.911361

Clayworth is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 319,[1] increasing to 419 (which included Wiseton) at the 2011 Census.[2] In the Census 2021 Clayworth alone was reported to be 311 residents.[3] The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Retford, on the River Idle. Clayworth appears as Clavord in the Doomsday Book, where 37 households were registered in the parish, which in the context of the Doomsday Book was considered to be a large population. At that time Clayworth paid low amounts of tax at 2 geld units.[4] By 1769 Clayworth appears as Cloworth.[5] Clayworth was described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887 as having a population of 439, with 2,076 acres of land.[6]

  1. ^ "Area: Clayworth CP (Parish)", Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Clayworth parish (E04007798)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Place: Clayworth". Open Doomsday. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Gazetteer entries for Clayworth". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 16 April 2012.