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Listed Buildings In Widmerpool
Widmerpool is a civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains four Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Widmerpool and the surrounding area. All the listed buildings are in the village, and consist of a church, a former English country house, country house, and two smaller houses. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Widmerpool Lists of listed buildings in Nottinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widmerpool
Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles south-south-east of Nottingham and some 7.5 miles north-east of Loughborough. It is one of Nottinghamshire's oldest settlements and is just over a mile west of the A46 (the Fosse Way). Extensive dual carriageway road works along the A46 have now been completed. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 262, increasing to 339 at the 2011 census, and falling slightly to 327 residents at the 2021 census. Until the 1960s there had not been any building in the village for 100 years. Widmerpool is also the surname of a disreputable character in Anthony Powell's twelve-volume sequence of novels ''A Dance to the Music of Time''. The connexion between the village and the character can be explored at Kenneth Widmerpool. History The history of the village is intrinsically linked to that of the family of the manor. A manor house is thought to have been present since Henricus de Diddisworth adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
