Walkeringham | |
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Village and civil parish | |
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Walkeringham | |
Parish map | |
Location within Nottinghamshire | |
Area | 4.74 sq mi (12.3 km2) |
Population | 1,118 (2021) |
• Density | 236/sq mi (91/km2) |
OS grid reference | SK 771923 |
• London | 135 mi (217 km) SSE |
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 | walkeringham |
Walkeringham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908, [1] increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census, [2] and additionally to 1,118 at the 2021 census. [3] The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century. [4] It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds.
Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older people. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).
The place-name Walkeringham seems to contain an Old English personal name Walhhere, + -ingas (Old English) meaning the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . , + hām (Old English) a village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., etc, so possibly ‘village of the people of a man called Walhhere. [5]
Walkeringham appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Wacheringeham and as Wacheringham. [6]
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