Laxton and Moorhouse

Laxton and Moorhouse
Civil parish
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton
Parish map
Laxton and Moorhouse Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	6.26 sq mi (16.2 km2)
Population	251 (2021 Census)
•  Density	40/sq mi (15/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 73715 66925
•  London	120 mi (190 km)  SE
District	Newark and Sherwood
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Places	Laxton and Moorhouse
Post town	NEWARK
Postcode district	NG22
Dialling code	01636 / 01777 / 01780
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Newark
Website	www.laxtonandmoorhouseparishcouncil.co.uk
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°11′13″N0°54′43″W / 53.187060°N 0.911928°W / 53.187060; -0.911928

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. ^[1]

Laxton

Main article: Laxton, Nottinghamshire

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. ^[2]

Moorhouse

Main article: Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire

This is 2 miles east of Laxton, Predominantly, it is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting. These are grouped around three roads meeting by a single junction: Green Lane, Moorhouse Lane, and Ossington Lane.

See also

• Listed buildings in Laxton and Moorhouse

References

1. "LGBCE | Nottinghamshire | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  186.

External links

• Laxton & Moorhouse Parish Council