Walkeringham
| Walkeringham | |
|---|---|
| Village and civil parish | |
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Walkeringham | |
Parish map | |
Walkeringham 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).
Toponymy
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]
See also
References
- ^ "Area: Walkeringham CP (Parish)"
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Walkeringham parish (E04007846)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 362. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
- ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.41; A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.362; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.492
- ^ National Archives: E 31/2/2/3636
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