Beckingham, Nottinghamshire

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Beckingham
Civil parish
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All Saints' Church
Beckingham, Nottinghamshire
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Beckingham
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area4.13 sq mi (10.7 km2)
Population1,288 (2021)
•  Density 312/sq mi (120/km2)
OS grid reference SK7890
•  London 135 mi (217 km)  SE
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN10
Dialling code 01427
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Website www.beckinghamcum​saundby-pc.gov.uk
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England
Nottinghamshire
53°24′N0°50′W / 53.40°N 0.83°W / 53.40; -0.83

Beckingham is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,168, reducing to 1,098 in 2011 [1] but increasing to 1,288 in 2021. [2]

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History

The parish church of All Saints is mostly of the 13th century, though the exterior is apparently 15th century. The west tower has buttresses, battlements, gargoyles and pinnacles. There is a north chancel chapel and sedilia. [3] It is a Grade II* listed building. [4]

A tower windmill was built some time prior to 1840 to the north of the village (grid reference SK772904 ). The tower was straight-sided. In 1841 the mill had 2 pairs of millstones driven by 4 common sails, described as "self-regulating cloth and rollers to the sails". By 1850 the mill had been fitted with a pair of patent sails, retaining one pair of rollers; these drove 3 pairs of millstones.

Although an independent parish, it still shares a parish council with neighbouring Saundby. [5]

Sale of mill in 1777 To be Sold to the beſt Bidder; On Thurſday the Eleventh Day of September 1777, between the Hours of Five and Seven in the Afternoon, at the Marquis of Granby in Gainſburgh, in the County of Lincoln. A Well Accuſtomed Corn WIND MILL, ſituate at Beckingham in the County of Nottingham, with a Dreſſing Mill therein. and the Ground whereon the ſame doth ſtand, with a new erected Brick and Tile Dwelling Houſe, Barn, and Stable to the ſame belonging and adjoining. For further Particulars enquire of Leonard Billet the Tenand, who will ſhew the Premiſſes.

Stamford Mercury 21 Aug. 1777 p.4 col.1

Beckingham Marshes

Beckingham Marshes is a RSPB nature reserve. Nearby there is a crude oil and gas production field run by IGas Energy. The wells in the field were fracked using the older less controversial technique. [6]

Old Willow Works - Beckingham Marshes Barn and Beck House on the Old Trent Road - geograph.org.uk - 1756307.jpg
Old Willow Works – Beckingham Marshes

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Beckingham (Bassetlaw) parish (E04007790)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, N. (1951) Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 34
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1045129)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Council". www.beckinghamcumsaundby-pc.gov.uk. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Lowbridge, Caroline (21 August 2013). "Fracking confusion: How UK has been 'fracked' for decades". BBC News. Retrieved 23 August 2013.



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