Holbeck, Nottinghamshire

Human settlement in England

Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck

District

Bassetlaw

Nottinghamshire

Region

East Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWORKSOPPostcode districtS80PoliceNottinghamshireFire Nottinghamshire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament

Bassetlaw

List of places: UK; England; Nottinghamshire

53°15′N 1°11′W / 53.25°N 1.18°W / 53.25; -1.18

Holbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 census it the parish a population of 449,^[1] reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 Census.^[2] It is an estate village built for the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey.

History

Holbeck was formerly a township in the parish of Norton-Cuckney,^[3] from 1866 Holbeck was a civil parish in its own right,^[4] on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Norton and Cuckney and Welbeck to form "Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck".^[5]

St Winifred's Church

The parish church of St Winifred was built between 1913 and 1916, for the benefit of the Dukes of Portland, and as a burial place for the dukes and their families. It also contains the tombstone of Lady Ottoline Morrel.^[6]

References

^ "Area: Holbeck CP (Parish)"
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "History of Holbeck, in Bassetlaw and Nottinghamshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Holbeck Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "The Bassetlaw (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2022" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.