West Stockwith

St Mary the Virgin's Church, West Stockwith is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England.

The Trent Aegir, also known as the Eagre, is a tidal bore on the River Trent in England. At certain times of the year, the lower tidal reaches of the Trent experience a moderately large bore (up to five feet (1.5m) high). It is said to take its name from Ægir, a personification of the sea in Norse mythology, although this is disputed. A more likely derivation is from Old English ēagor (“flood, stream, water”).The Aegir occurs when a high spring tide meets the downstream flow of the river. The funnel shape of the river mouth exaggerates this effect, causing a large wave to travel upstream as far as Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and sometimes beyond. The Aegir cannot travel much beyond Gainsborough as the shape of the river reduces the Aegir to little more than a ripple, and weirs north of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire stop its path completely. The Aegir can be seen at Gainsborough, Morton, East Stockwith, West Stockwith and Owston Ferry. The Environment Agency used to publish predictions for the occurrence of the bore, but now no longer provide these. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) provides useful tidal prediction information. The UKHO have a free tidal prediction service which provides tidal times for the forthcoming week. A private prediction of the Aegir is regularly updated on an informational site about the neighbouring community of Crowle, Lincolnshire.It is alleged that King Cnut performed his purposely unsuccessful attempt to turn the tide back in the River Trent at Gainsborough. If this is the case, it is highly probable that Cnut was attempting to turn the Aegir tide.The Aegir features in Chapter 5 of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860): "Above all, the great Floss, along which they wandered with a sense of travel, to see the rushing spring-tide, the awful Eagre, come up like a hungry monster."

East Stockwith is a village within the civil parish of East Stockwith, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Trent, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Gainsborough. The River Trent Aegir, a tidal bore, reaches the village. In 2001 it had a total resident population of 209, increasing to 314 at the 2011 census.The hamlet and former civil parish of Walkerith, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south, is within East Stockwith parish.Opposite East Stockwith on the River Trent is West Stockwith, a large village within the county boundaries of Nottinghamshire. The two villages were once connected by a ferry which stopped in 1953.The village contains a church, a pub, The Ferry House, and two large arable farms growing mainly wheat and potatoes. The nearest town with schools and shops is Gainsborough. Local leisure activities include angling on the Trent, particularly for eels, and horse riding.

Walkerith is a hamlet within the civil parish of East Stockwith, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-west from Gainsborough and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from East Stockwith. The name 'Walkerith' derives from the Old English for 'landing place of a fuller'.Walkerith is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a small village and township in the Soke of Kirton, with a population of 80 in 252 acres (1 km2) of land. Trades listed included a boat builder, the licensed victualler of the Ferry Hotel, and four farmers.In 1885 Kelly's Directory recorded the village as a township within the ecclesiastical parish of East Stockwith, with its own ferry across the Trent, an area of 253 acres (1 km2), an 1881 population of 87, and a Wesleyan chapel built in 1834. Prior to 1866 Walkerwith was, for administrative purposes, a township, afterwards a civil parish.

Misterton railway station was a railway station in Misterton, Nottinghamshire, England which is now closed.It was opened by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway and closed by British Railways in 1961. Trains between Gainsborough and Doncaster continue to pass through.

Walkeringham railway station was a station in Walkeringham, Nottinghamshire. The station opened on 15 July 1867 and closed for passengers on 2 February 1959, although freight services continued until 19 August 1963 and trains between Gainsborough and Doncaster continue to pass through.

Misterton was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, from the part of the Gainsborough rural sanitary district which was in Nottinghamshire (the rest forming Gainsborough Rural District in Lincolnshire.) It included the following parishes Beckingham Bole Misterton Saundby Walkeringham West Burton West StockwithThe district was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order, and was added to the existing East Retford Rural District. Since 1974 it has been in the Bassetlaw district.

Misterton is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,140, and has risen to 2,191 residents in the 2021 census.

Morton is a suburban village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 1,325. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Gainsborough on the River Trent and forms part of a built-up area with the town. Morton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Mortune", with four households. It was a township of Gainsborough parish until 1846, when the first church, dedicated to Saint Paul, opened in the village. The church then became a chapelry, until 1866, when Morton was created a civil parish.The Grade II* listed church is dedicated to Saint Paul. The current building dates from 1890 to 1891 and was built to the designs of J. T. Micklethwaite and Somers Clarke, incorporating the tower of the church consecrated in 1846, which appears to have been re-faced. The width of the 1840s church decided the width of the nave of the current church. An 1890-91 building campaign was largely financed by the then Premier Baronet, Sir Hickman Becket Bacon, at a cost of £11,000. The church includes a chapel to Saint Hugh off the south aisle. Of note is the chancel carpet designed by William Morris and stained glass windows by Burne-Jones, executed by Morris & Co.Morton Trentside Primary School was built in 1843 as a National school. It was enlarged in 1871, and an infant schoolroom was added in 1882. It became Morton County Primary School in 1947 and in 1985-86 moved to a new site near to Morton playing fields. It took its present name in September 1999.The Manor House is a red-brick Grade II listed building dating from the mid-18th century with later alterations and additions, now part of an office complex.

Walkeringham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908, increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census, and additionally to 1,118 at the 2021 census. The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century. It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds. Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older peoples. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).

Haxey and Epworth railway station served the towns of Haxey and Epworth on the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England. It closed to passengers in 1959 and completely in 1964. From 2 January 1905, it provided an interchange with the Axholme Joint Railway, whose Haxey Junction station was immediately adjacent to it. Although the lines were connected, movement between the stations required two reversals. The interchange ceased on 1 February 1956 when the Haxey Junction to Epworth section of the Axholme Joint Railway was closed.Haxey was also the junction for the Bawtry to Haxey railway line, which was conceived as a trunk haul route for colliery output. The line never fulfilled that expectation, and the Haxey end may only have been used for wagon storage.

All Saints' Church, Misterton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Misterton, Nottinghamshire, England.