Styrrup with Oldcotes is a

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in the

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district, within the county of

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, England. The overall area had a population of 684 at the 2011 census. The parish lies in the north of the county. It is 138 miles north west of

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, 31 miles north of the city of

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, and 15 miles east of the city of

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. The parish rests alongside the county border with

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Toponymy

Styrrup is mentioned in the

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in 1086 as ''Estirape'', the name having some topographical meaning (perhaps regarding the shape of a nearby hill). Oldcotes derives from 'owl-cottages', having changed through forms such as ''Ullcoats'' and ''Oldcoates'' to its present spelling. The parish was singularly called Styrrup until 1951.

Geography

Location

The parish lies along the north west boundary of the Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire border. It is surrounded by the following local areas: *

Tickhill Tickhill is a market town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, close to the border with Nottinghamshire. At the 2001 census it had a population of 5,301, reducing to 5,228 at the 2011 Census. Geography It ...

Harworth Harworth is an area in the civil parish of Harworth Bircotes (with Bircotes) in the Bassetlaw district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is approximately north of Worksop. The population of the civil parish was 7,948 in the 2011 Census. Hist ...

and

Bircotes Bircotes is an area in the civil parish of Harworth Bircotes (with Harworth) in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the border with South Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish was 7,948. The local school in the area is ...

to the north *

Langold Langold is a village in the civil parish of Hodsock, in the Bassetlaw district, north Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2011 census it was defined as a ward of Bassetlaw Council with a population of 2,472. It was built to provide housing for the m ...

Hodsock Hodsock is a settlement and civil parish about 4 miles from Worksop, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish includes the village of Langold and the country house Hodsock Priory. In 2011 the parish had a ...

and

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to the south *

Ranskill Ranskill is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with its nearest town being Retford approximately 5 miles (8 kilometres) south. The Ranskill parish according to the 2001 census has 2,226 residents, ...

and

Scrooby Scrooby is a small village on the River Ryton in north Nottinghamshire, England, near Bawtry in South Yorkshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 329. Until 1766, it was on the Great North Road so became a stopping-off poi ...

to the east *

Firbeck Firbeck is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between Maltby and Oldcotes, off the A634 and B6463 roads. Firbeck had a population of 3 ...

and Maltby to the west.

Settlements

The parish consists of two settlements: * Oldcotes * Styrrup

Oldcotes

This lies south west of Styrrup along the southern border. It is focused around the A634 Maltby to Blyth road, and the A60.

Styrrup

Styrrup is based in the north of the parish, lying just to the left of the

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trunk road. It is a linear settlement, clustered mainly around Main Street on the B6463 road.

Landscape

Predominantly, many of the parish residents are clustered around the villages. Outside of these is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting. Several small wooded areas exist mainly to the centre and east of the parish.

Water features

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forms the east boundary of the parish *

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is to the north west along the county border * Oldcotes Dyke is the south border of the parish. It is a tributary of the Ryton, but branches from it in the adjacent Blyth parish.

Land elevation

The parish is relatively low-lying. The land height varies from in the south to in the centre and west. There is a

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which was used by the former

Harworth Colliery Harworth Colliery was a colliery near the town of Harworth Bircotes in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England. It was abandoned in 2006 due to troubles at the seam. UK Coal, who owned and maintained the mine, were waiting for a contract to make ...

, this rises to .

Governance

Although discrete settlements, these are managed at the first level of public administration as Styrrup with Oldcotes Parish Council. At district level, the wider area is managed by Bassetlaw District Council, and by

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at its highest tier.

History

Much of the area was owned by the

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. A notable

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by the middle 1800s was

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of nearby Serlby Hall, with holdings around Styrrup. There was once an association with Styrrup and Oldcotes as

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s under the parishes of Blyth and Harworth. The common land was enclosed in 1802. Edward Chaloner, a Liverpool timber businessman built a number of buildings in Oldcotes including the Catholic church in the mid 19th century. The Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1840. Oldcotes had an extensive brewery in the mid 1800s formed by the Smith and Nephew business. The East Lodge was built in 1855 and is associated to the nearby

Hermeston Hall Hermeston Hall is a manor house near to the villages of Oldcotes and Langold, and within the parish or Hodsock, northwestern Nottinghamshire, England. It is located in a lane just off the A60 road, just south of the village of Oldcotes on the road ...

, of the east edge of Oldcotes village. A number of

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were established in the area around Oldcotes Dyke about this time. In earlier times a lake called White Water existed and was the only natural lake in the county, it had since been drained in the 1800s by William Mellish and turned into farmland. The A1(M)

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bypass in the area opened in 1961. The area was surrounded by collieries;

and Harworth were linked by railway branches from what is now the freight-only

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, the lines going through the west and north of the parish, with the mines closing in 1968 and 2006 respectively.

Economy

The Brunel Park

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is in the north of the parish, east of Styrrup. There is a public house in Oldcotes, The ''King William IV''. A Sunday market and car boot site lies alongside the A634 road in the south of the parish. Styrrup Hall is a modern

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and

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and was established in 2000 on former agricultural land. The nearby former Styrrup Hall is a farm and private residence.

Religious sites

There are two churches, both in Oldcotes village: * Church of St. Mark, which is a Church of England parish church; * St. Helen's Rectory, which is

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. There is a

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chapel building in Oldcotes which has been

deconsecrated Deconsecration, also called secularization, is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously consecrated by a minister or priest of that religion. The practice is usually performed on churches or synagogues to b ...

and is now a private dwelling.

Landmarks

Protected areas

There is a

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defined for Oldcotes.

Listed buildings and locations

Over 20 buildings and residences throughout the parish are

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as features of historical interest primarily in Oldcotes with two in Styrrup, including: A Grade II* arch associated with

Serlby Hall Serlby Hall is a grade I listed 18th century mansion and estate in Nottinghamshire, England, located 7 miles north-east of Worksop. It is constructed of red brick and ashlar with a hipped slate roof. It is built in two storeys with a nine bay f ...

A World War I memorial in Oldcotes The Oldcotes churches, including the deconsecrated Wesleyan chapel An ancient Roman villa site in Oldcotes is registered as a

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Transport

The A1(M) trunk route runs through the parish. The A60, A614, A634 and B6463 are other key routes in the area.

References

{{Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District