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Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln and north-east of Nottingham. The population at the United Kingdom 2021 census, 2021 census was 23,740. It is near North Wheatley. The town is bypassed by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. The borough of East Retford was enlarged in 1878 to include Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, Ordsall, West Retford and part of the parish of Clarborough. The East Retford (UK Parliament constituency), East Retford constituency was a noted example of a rotten borough, being effectively controlled by local landowners the Dukes of Newcastle until reformed in the early nineteenth century. Retford and the surrounding area was also a centre of Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformism. Etymology The origins of the town's name are unknown and have been sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassetlaw District
Bassetlaw is a local government Non-metropolitan district, district in north Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Worksop; the other towns in the district are Retford, Tuxford and Harworth Bircotes. The district also contains numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Bassetlaw is bounded to the south by the Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield District, Mansfield districts, to the south-west by the Bolsover District, Bolsover district of Derbyshire, to the north-west by the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham and the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, to the north by North Lincolnshire, and to the east by West Lindsey. The district council is a non-constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole of two former districts and most of another two, which were all abolished at the same time: *Municipal Borough of East Retford, Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
