Church Laneham is a hamlet in

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

, England. It is located 9 miles east of

Retford Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England, and one of the oldest English market towns having been granted its first charter in 1105. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterf ...

, on the west bank of the tidal section of the

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. The hamlet is within the Laneham

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, and is ½ mile to the east of Laneham. It was an estate village of the

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, and the location of a ferry crossing of the river, commemorated by the name of the public house The Ferry Boat Inn which continues to operate opposite the lane which used to be the entrance to the ferryport. It is in the Tuxford and Trent ward of Bassetlaw Council.

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Hamlets in Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub