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Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, the ancient Sherwood Forest and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton. Many settlements in the west of the district, such as Ollerton are former coal mining villages. Southwell is a small Georgian town with a Minster. The south-eastern settlements are home to many people who commute into Nottingham for work. Newark-on-Trent, together with Balderton, forms the largest urban concentration. Newark-on-Trent has many important historic features including Newark Castle, Georgian architecture and a defensive earthwork from the British Civil Wars.
Other settlements in the district include:
Sherwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mark Spencer, a Conservative.
Ollerton and Boughton is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The main settlements in the civil parish are the small town of Ollerton and the villages of New Ollerton and Boughton. The civil parish was formed in 1996, when the civil parishes of Ollerton and Boughton were merged. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 9,840.
Ollerton Town Football Club is a football club based in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England. As of the 2018–19 season, the men's side is a member of the Northern Counties East League whilst the ladies team plays in the East Midlands Women's Regional Football League.
Peter Ollerton is a former Australian football (soccer) forward who represented Australia 55 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 20 goals. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and also represented Victoria.
Marthall is a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is around 3 miles from Knutsford.
Boughton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, two miles east of the small town of Ollerton. It was a civil parish until 1996, but the civil parish was then abolished and merged with the civil parish of Ollerton to form the new civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton.
Edwinstowe railway station is a former railway station in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England.
Ollerton railway station is a former railway station in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England.
The Dukeries Academy is a secondary school, community college and leisure centre situated in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. It offers education for students aged 11–19 and is a specialist technology college. Adult education and Whitewater also offer a range of level 2 and 3 courses, including GCSEs and BTECs.
Opened in September 1964 as, with Kirkby in Ashfiled Comprehensive School, the first Nottinghamshire County Comprehensives - Fairham Comprehensive School in Nottingham had preceded them, then the School immediately proved to be a high quality "Community Provision" at a time when the village and neighbouring Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe - who provided young people as pupils at the school - were thriving mining communities. The School/College/Academy therefore celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014.
The Dukeries has been visited by Ed Balls, Sebastian Coe and Gordon Brown. Balls described it as "a school of the 21st century". The school received a "satisfactory" grade after an OFSTED inspection.
Jason Elliott Ferguson is a former professional snooker player and current chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. He reached the World Snooker Championship on three occasions, and was for four seasons ranked in the world's top 32 players, reaching a peak position of #28.
The East Midlands Regional Women's Football League is at the fifth and sixth levels of the English women's football pyramid, with the seven other Regional Leagues – Eastern, London & SE, Southern, South West, West Mids, North East and North West. The East Midlands Regional Women's Football League feeds directly into the Midland Combination Women's Football League, and lies above the Leicestershire Women's Football League, Lincolnshire Women's Football League, Northamptonshire Women's Football League, Nottinghamshire Women's Football League and the Derbyshire Girls & Ladies League in the pyramid. The pyramid structure was founded in 1998.
St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton.
Ollerton is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 11 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". Apart from the village of Ollerton, the parish is rural. Other than a milepost, all the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, all but one dated before 1800.
Withnell is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. It contains 19 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". Apart from the village of Withnell, the parish is mainly rural. Many of the listed buildings are, or originated as, farmhouses or farm buildings. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the parish, and six of the bridges crossing it are listed. The other listed buildings include cottages, large houses, and a set of stocks.
The 2016–17 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 35th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.
The 2017–18 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 36th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.
