Norton, Nottinghamshire

Norton and Cuckney is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The overall area had a population of 351 at the 2011 census. The parish lay in the north west of the county, and south west within the district. The parish lies close to the county border with Derbyshire. It is 125 miles north west of London, 20 miles north of the city of Nottingham, and 5 miles north of the market town of Mansfield. The area was bordering Sherwood Forest and has associations with mining interests and the Welbeck Estate.

St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cuckney.At the edge of the churchyard are the remains of Cuckney Castle, a motte and bailey castle listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. The Norton and Cuckney, and the Holbeck and Welbeck parishes ceased to exist on 31 March 2023 (2023-03-31), after which they were merged into the present entity.At the time of the 2011 census, the total population of the then independent civil parishes was 550, and this dropped to 530 in the 2021 census.

Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop (grid reference SK566714). It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. It was razed after The Anarchy in the reign of King Stephen. There are now the low remains of a motte, partly enclosed by a wide ditch and to the west the faint remnants of a bailey. These remains can be found at the edge of the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney. Cuckney motte and bailey castle is listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.In the 1950s, a mass grave of approximately 200 human remains was found in a trench near the churchyard, leading to speculation regarding a battle near the site.

Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Market Warsop. In 2001 the parish had a population of 215.In 2001 the parish had a population of 31.The A60 road connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckney Hill.

Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground is a cricket ground at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. The county match on the ground was in 1901, when Nottinghamshire played Derbyshire in the grounds first first-class match. The ground held a further first-class match in 1904 when Nottinghamshire played Derbyshire.

Cuckney Hill lies between the village of Cuckney and the town of Market Warsop, in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. Locals ironically to it as 'Cuckney Mountain', as it is in fact quite small and does not stand out in the local Meden Valley region because of Welbeck Colliery's pit tip, adjacent to Cuckney Hill. Cuckney Hill is located on the A60 road and is surrounded by trees, farmland and the pit tip. From the top of the hill you can see the whole of Market Warsop.

Welbeck Abbey is a mansion situated in the village of Welbeck, which is within the civil parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland. It is in the Dukeries as one of four contiguous ducal estates in North Nottinghamshire and the house is a grade I listed building.

Meden Vale is a small former coal mining village originally known as Welbeck Colliery Village prior to renaming in the late 1960s.It is situated close to the small town of Market Warsop, in north Nottinghamshire, England, off the main A60 Mansfield to Worksop road, and lies within Mansfield District Council administrative area and Mansfield Parliamentary constituency, represented since 2017 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party. It is in the civil parish of Warsop. There is a small collection of shops, Post Office, a garage and the Three Lions public house. The River Meden flows through the village alongside the main road. The village has a rugby union side which plays in the RFU Midlands 5 East (North) division.

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Warsop. Several gravestones, the boundary wall, gates, piers and overthrow in the churchyard are Grade II listed. Warsop parish centre in the church grounds is Grade II* listed

Welbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is slightly to the south-west of Worksop. In 2001 the parish had a population of 31.Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery.The cricketer Ted Alletson, who held a batting world record for 50 years, is from Welbeck. Archduke Franz Ferdinand accepted an invitation from the Duke of Portland to stay at Welbeck Abbey and arrived with his wife, Sophie, by train at Worksop on 22 November 1913. This was almost a year before his assassination, which triggered the First World War. The Archduke narrowly avoided being killed in a freak hunting accident during his stay.

The Robin Hood Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in the Midlands of England.