Laxton Castle

St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Laxton is a Grade I listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Laxton, Nottinghamshire.

Laxton is a small village in the civil parish of Laxton and Moorhouse in the English county of Nottinghamshire, situated about 25 miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. In 1981 Laxton was sold to the Crown Estate, which is committed to maintaining the open field system. The population of the civil parish (including Ompton and Ossington) at the 2011 Census was 489.Laxton is best known for having the last remaining working open field system in the United Kingdom. Its name is recorded first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Laxintone, and may come from Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, meaning the 'farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa'. It is possibly the namesake of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, and thus ultimately of all the other towns named Lexington in the United States.

Laxton and Moorhouse is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of two settlements: A village, Laxton A hamlet, Moorhouse.The parish was previously known as Laxton until 1990 when Moorhouse was included in the title.

Egmanton is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, and is located one mile south of Tuxford and one mile north of Laxton. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 286. The name derives from the Old English words for Ecgmund's farm/settlement. The nearest larger towns are Retford and Newark-on-Trent. It is located approximately 35 metres above sea level. It is part of the Caunton Ward of the administrative district of Newark and Sherwood District Council and the county of Nottinghamshire. It lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Newark. Egmanton was mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. According to the 2001 census it has 254 inhabitants in 101 households [1]. The amenities include an Anglican church, a village hall (formerly the old school) and a pub, 'The Old Plough'. The main economic activity in the village is farming.

The Church of Our Lady of Egmanton (St. Mary's Church) is a Church of England parish church in Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, and the location of the Shrine of Our Lady of Egmanton. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

Beth Shalom (lit. "House of Peace"), also named the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, is a Holocaust memorial centre near Laxton in Nottinghamshire in England. Opened in 1995, it is England's only dedicated Holocaust museum, though there is also a permanent exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum and another in Huddersfield, the Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre, which was opened in 2018. The centre was founded by brothers James and Stephen Smith following a 1991 visit to Israel during which a trip to Yad Vashem changed the way they looked at history and the Holocaust.The museum seeks to educate primary school children about the Holocaust through its primary exhibit on children's experiences, funded in part by a lottery grant of nearly £500,000. Prince Harry was educated about the Holocaust at the Centre after he was criticised for wearing a Nazi armband as part of an Afrika Korps costume to a fancy dress party.On 21 July 2010, almost twenty years after the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre was founded, James and Stephen Smith and their mother Marina were each awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Nottingham Trent University.

Tuxford Central railway station is a former railway station in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England.

Kneesall is a village and civil parish in the East Midlands of England in the county of Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 221. Forming part of the Newark and Sherwood district, Kneesall is situated on the A616 between Newark-on-Trent and Ollerton. The village is three miles from neighbouring Eakring and four miles from Laxton. Kneesall has a small C of E primary school teaching children from many of the surrounding villages, and making up a part of the 3KANDO network, along with Averham, and Dean Hole C of E Primary. Kneesall was once well known for its one pub, The Angel Inn. The Angel has changed management multiple times in the last decade, most recently reopening in summer 2014. Though having no shops, the village did have a post office, that was closed in 1995. The centre of the villages activities are in the Church, which in 2004 was partly converted into the Bill Helmsley Community Centre, which continues to host local clubs and many events. Kneesall is home to Old Hall, built c. 1515–1540 and likely to be the oldest brick building in Nottinghamshire.There was a windmill beside the Newark Road, marked on a 1774 map, which replaced an earlier mill known as Mettam's Mill. In 1795 the mill belonged to William Taylor.Though Kingston farm has not been active in Kneesall since 2003, Kneesall is surrounded by open fields that are still farmed by a contractor producing crops such as wheat and rape seed, and still has a dairy farm, providing milk for local villages. The village, though having a 30 mph speed limit throughout, has seen many car accidents, some of which have been fatal.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Kneesall is a Grade I listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Kneesall.

Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,813 in the 2021 Census.

St Nicholas's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire.

Cratley is a lost village in Nottinghamshire, England. It may have been located close to North Laithes Farm at Kneesall although an alternative site east of Laund Wood has been suggested. Another name's for the settlement is Cratela, or Creilage. Two field names on the Estate Map of the Liberty of Rufford i.e. (Rufford Estate) in 1637 are given as East and West Credlin. The Village of Cratley was listed as Crastell in the Domesday Book as having 22 villeins and 2 bordars, i.e. 22 villagers, 2 smallholders. 4 Ploughlands. 2 Lord's Plough Teams for the Demesne Lands of the Manor. and 9 Men's Plough Teams. Each Ploughteam had 8 Oxons. Total population in 1086 was 24 households (quite large), Total tax paid by all the owners: 2.5 geld According to the Domesday Book Tax was paid on 26 Acres of Demense Meadow Land, and 0.5 leagues of WoodlandLord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman. Value to the Lord was in 1066 £6. [Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert de Gant, who was a Tenant-in-chief of the capital manor, held directly of the Crown. Head of the Manor: Wellow. which makes Cratley a Sub Manor of the Lordship of Wellow in Nottinghamshire, England. Soon after the foundation of Rufford Abbey by Gilbert de Gant, on 12 July 1147,The Village of Cratley was reduced to a grange and the villagers gradually evicted and resettled at Wellow.