Weston, Nottinghamshire

Weston
Village and civil parish
All Saints' church
Map
Parish map
Weston is located in Nottinghamshire
Weston
Weston
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
Population333 (2021)
• Density123/sq mi (47/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 775679
• London120 mi (190 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG23
Dialling code01636
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.westonparishnotts.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°12′N 0°50′W / 53.20°N 0.84°W / 53.20; -0.84

Weston is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 312,[1] increasing to 393 (and including Grassthorpe) at the 2011 census,[2] Weston alone reported 333 residents at the 2021 census.[3] The parish church of All Saints is 13th century. At the south-east end of the village are three 16th century tenements built with cruck trusses.[4]

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this: "WESTON, a parish, with a village, in Southwell district, Notts; on the Great Northern railway, 3 miles NNW of Carlton-on-Trent. Post town, Newark. Acres, 1,690. Real property, £2,745. Pop., 380. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £500. Patron, Earl Manvers. The church was recently repaired, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school."

  1. ^ "Area: Weston CP (Parish)"
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Weston (Newark and Sherwood) parish (E04007955)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.