Grassthorpe is a
hamlet
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and
civil parish
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in the
Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest district by area in the county. The council is based in Newark-on-Trent, the area's largest town. The district also incl ...
district of
Nottinghamshire
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, England. Population from the
2021 census was 55 residents.
A former chapel of
St James Saint James or St. James may refer to:
People Saints
*James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just
*James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater
*James, son of Alphaeu ...
was in the village. It was converted into a cottage and barn during the reign of
Elizabeth I
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. There is also a disused watermill.
In the 1660s Gresthorpe Hall (i.e. Grassthorpe) was rented to Robert Shawe who supported the Quaker William Smith of Besthorpe (d. 1672) in speaking to 150 people of the ‘lowest and meanest’ sort there. Smith was allowed to attend by his Nottingham gaoler Robert White causing a sharp complaint in August 1669 from Rev John Hewes, the vicar of Normanton.
There are three
windmills
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Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; ...
recorded at Grassthorpe.
# A post mill was moved to
Tuxford
Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,809 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census.
Geography
Its nearby towns are Oll ...
in 1814.
# A composite post mill was moved in 1870, again to Tuxford.
# A tower windmill in an orchard belonged to the Seels family. The miller in 1844 was Thomas Seels; the mill passed to Samuel Seels, who was 82 in 1935. The windmill was 3 storeys high, wide at the base, having 2 pairs of stones and dressing machinery. The top of the mill was pulled down by engine in 1934. At some time previously the sails had been blown down, supposedly being "too heavy".
There are four
Grade II Listed
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buildings in the village:
* The Pinfold, Copper Hill
* The Pigeoncote at The Manor House
* The Manor House and Boundary Wall
* Snowdrop Cottage, Town Street
See also
*
Listed buildings in Grassthorpe
Grassthorpe is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains five Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the li ...
References
External links
Newark and Sherwood
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Hamlets in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire