St Michael's Church, Cotham

Cotham, Nottinghamshire is a small village near Newark-on-Trent in the East Midlands of England.

Cotham railway station was a railway station serving the village of Cotham, Nottinghamshire. It was the only intermediate station on the Great Northern Railway Newark to Bottesford line, which was effectively a northern continuation of the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879. It was served by through services to the joint line, but only one of these remained in 1910 and this had been withdrawn by 1922. Although Cotham station itself closed in 1939 occasional passenger services between Nottingham to Newark continued to use the line until 1955. The singled branch line was then freight only until it closed on 16 April 1987. The track was lifted in 1988. The line from Bottesford West Junction to Newark had remained in use until 1987 mainly for oil trains from Immingham on the River Humber to an oil refinery at Rectory Junction, Colwick. After closure of the line these trains ran via Nottingham or Grantham.

The River Smite, a tributary of the River Devon, flows for 20 miles (32 km) through Leicestershire and south-east Nottinghamshire, England. The source is near the hamlet of Holwell, Leicestershire and it joins the Devon near Shelton, Nottinghamshire. The Smite and its tributaries, such as the River Whipling, the Stroom Dyke, and the Dalby Brook, drain an area of 193 square kilometres (75 sq mi) of farmland in the Vale of Belvoir.

Shelton is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. According to the 2001 census, Shelton had a population of 107,. At the 2011 census, the statistics for Shelton included Sibthorpe, and the population was 307. The village lies 8 miles (13 km) south of Newark-on-Trent, on the north side of the River Smite, near where it joins the River Devon. It has no parish council, only a parish meeting.

All Saints' Church, Hawton, is a parish church in the Church of England in Hawton, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

Hawton is an English village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, about two miles (3.2 km) south of town of Newark-on-Trent, near the River Devon, a tributary of the River Trent. Its population was recorded as 147 in the 2011 Census.

Royal Air Force Balderton or more simply RAF Balderton was a former Royal Air Force station located 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south of Newark-on-Trent, sandwiched between the now extinct Great Northern Railway (GNR) Bottesford-Newark line and the A1 road in Nottinghamshire, England. Balderton airfield opened in June 1941 with a grass surface over stiff clay, it was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the Second World War it was used primarily as a troop carrier transport airfield and after for munitions storage before it finally closed. A notice in The Times for 20 May 1957 lists the airfield as one of those no longer needed by the RAF. The airfield was built to a dispersed plan. By 1943 the airfield had tarmac landing areas with three intersecting runways and 50 hard standings suitable for Heavy Bombers. In 1944 it was used by Bomber Command's 5 Group. There were two T-2 aircraft hangars, two Glider hangars and one B1 type hangar by 1944. There were 1510 male and 208 female personnel stationed on the base at that time. Part of the accommodation was temporary, and the officers accommodation was at a nearby hospital, Balderton Hall. (Now the Fernwood development) During the airfields short operational life over two hundred aircrew failed to return and paid the ultimate sacrifice, a little known fact in Nottinghamshire's history. Today, the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields and a gypsum quarry.

Staunton (also known as Staunton-in-the-Vale) is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the Vale of Belvoir and shares it with the local Staunton family, which has resided in the area since the Norman Conquest and possibly before, making them one of the English families living longest on its own estate.

Kilvington is a hamlet and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, part of the Newark and Sherwood district. Dr Robert Thoroton in Antiquities of Nottinghamshire mentions enclosure 'about the Year 1750', but an Act of Parliament to enclose about 400 acres was passed in 1804 and the Award, mentioning 410 acres of the township of Alverton in Staunton, together with Kilvington, is dated 1810.It is combined with its neighbouring parish of Alverton to form an area for a parish meeting. Population information is included in the civil parish of Staunton.

St. Lawrence's Church, Thorpe is a parish church in the Church of England in Thorpe, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest. The abolitionist Lucy Townsend lived at the rectory with her husband and they are both buried here.

Flawborough is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.

Elm Avenue is a cricket ground in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1930 when it was opened by the Ransome & Marles Company. During its history, the ground has played host to 23 Nottinghamshire Second XI matches in both the Minor Counties Championship and Second Eleven Championship.Nottinghamshire first played first-class cricket at the ground in the 1966 County Championship when it played Lancashire. From 1966 to 1978, the ground hosted 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Worcestershire.The ground held its first List-A match in 1970 when Nottinghamshire played Somerset in the John Player League. Between 1970 and 1976, the ground held 4 List-A matches, the last of which saw Nottinghamshire play Middlesex in the 1976 John Player League.In local domestic cricket, the ground was formerly the home venue of Newark Ransome and Marles Cricket Club.