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Walkeringham


Walkeringham is located in Nottinghamshire

Walkeringham

Walkeringham



Walkeringham shown within Nottinghamshire

Population 1,022 (2011)
OS grid reference SK771923
District
  • Bassetlaw
Shire county
  • Nottinghamshire
Region
  • East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN10
Dialling code 01427
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands

EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Bassetlaw


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53°25′N 0°50′W / 53.42°N 0.84°W / 53.42; -0.84Coordinates: 53°25′N 0°50′W / 53.42°N 0.84°W / 53.42; -0.84

Walkeringham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908,[1] increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census.[2] > The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century.[3] It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds.


Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older peoples. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).



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The place-name Walkeringham seems to contain an Old English personal name Walhhere, + -ingas (Old English) meaning the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . , + hām (Old English) a village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., etc, so possibly ‘village of the people of a man called Walhhere.[4]


Walkeringham appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Wacheringeham and as Wacheringham.[5]



References





  1. ^ "Area: Walkeringham CP (Parish)"


  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 362. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.


  4. ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.41; A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.362; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.492


  5. ^ National Archives: E 31/2/2/3636




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