Newstead, Nottinghamshire

Newstead
Village and civil parish
Miner's Head Totem Pole
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Newstead is located in Nottinghamshire
Newstead
Newstead
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area3.19 sq mi (8.3 km2)
Population1,333 (2021)
• Density418/sq mi (161/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 519528
• London115 mi (185 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG15
Dialling code01623
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.newsteadparish​council.org.uk
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°04′12″N 1°13′19″W / 53.070°N 1.222°W / 53.070; -1.222

Newstead is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England in the borough of Gedling.[1] It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Hucknall.

A former coal mining village, and previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It had at the 2001 census a population of 1,194,[2] increasing to 1,312 at the 2011 census,[3] and 1,333 at the 2021 census.[4]

Newstead Primary School is a state run primary school for children aged 5 to 11.

Newstead railway station is on the Robin Hood Line, which runs from Nottingham to Worksop.

Newstead Colliery Village

The colliery village was built at Newstead in the late-19th century for miners at Newstead and Annesley collieries.[5] Newstead Colliery operated between 1874 and 1987.

The former mining location has now been redeveloped into a nature reserve and business park. Hazelford Way Industrial Estate is home to several large companies including Bunches Florapost; Badgemaster; and Leivers and Millership.

Newstead Abbey

Main article: Newstead Abbey

This is situated amongst parkland to the east of the village, and was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was the ancestral home of Lord Byron. It is now a museum and events venue.[6]

  • Terraced houses in Newstead
    Terraced houses in Newstead

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):ISBN 0 319 24040 1
  2. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Gedling". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Newstead parish (E04007871)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ Historic England, "Newstead Colliery Village (1038798)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 15 August 2015
  6. ^ "What's on". Newstead Abbey. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. ^ "TOKYO GOLD". bufvc.ac.uk. British Universities Film & Video Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Michael Shelton, a paraplegic miner, wins a gold medal in the paraplegic Olympic Games
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