Newstead, Nottinghamshire#Newstead Colliery Village

{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Miner's Head Totem Pole - Detail - geograph.org.uk - 994755.jpg

| static_image_caption = Miner's Head Totem Pole

| official_name = Newstead

| country = England

| region = East Midlands

| os_grid_reference = SK 519528

| coordinates = {{coord|53.070|-1.222|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}

| population = 1,333

| population_ref = (2021)

| shire_district = Gedling

| shire_county = Nottinghamshire

| constituency_westminster = Sherwood

| post_town = NOTTINGHAM

| postcode_district = NG15

| postcode_area = NG

| dial_code = 01623

| type = Village and civil parish

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| static_image_2_caption = Parish map

| area_total_sq_mi = 3.19

| london_distance_mi = 115

| london_direction = SSE

| website = [https://www.newsteadparishcouncil.org.uk www.newsteadparish{{wbr}}council.org.uk]

}}

Newstead is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England in the borough of Gedling.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):{{ISBN|0 319 24040 1}} It is situated between the city of Nottingham and the towns of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Hucknall.

A former coal mining village, and previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. The parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. It had at the 2001 census a population of 1,194,{{cite web|title=Parish Headcounts: Gedling|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790492|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=9 September 2011}} increasing to 1,312 at the 2011 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126943&c=newstead&d=16&e=62&g=6457087&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460471367978&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=12 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} and 1,333 at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007871|title=Newstead parish|accessdate=16 February 2024}}

Newstead Primary School is a state run primary school for children aged 5 to 11.

Newstead railway station is on the Robin Hood Line, which runs from Nottingham to Worksop.

Newstead Colliery Village

The colliery village was built at Newstead in the late-19th century for miners at Newstead and Annesley collieries.{{cite PastScape |mnumber=1038798 |mname=Newstead Colliery Village |accessdate=15 August 2015 | mode=cs2}} Newstead Colliery operated between 1874 and 1987.

The former mining location has now been redeveloped into a nature reserve and business park. Hazelford Way Industrial Estate is home to several large companies including Bunches Florapost; Badgemaster; and Leivers and Millership.

Newstead Abbey

{{Main|Newstead Abbey}}

This is situated amongst parkland to the east of the village, and was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was the ancestral home of Lord Byron. It is now a museum and events venue.{{Cite web |title=What's on |url=https://newsteadabbey.org.uk/whats-on |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Newstead Abbey |language=en-GB}}

Gallery

File:Newstead - terraced houses.jpg|Terraced houses in Newstead

Notable people

  • Richard Allsebrook, footballer
  • Michael Shelton, Paralympic gold medal-winning snooker player{{Cite web |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/346274 |title=TOKYO GOLD |website=bufvc.ac.uk |publisher=British Universities Film & Video Council |access-date=2022-08-16 |quote=Michael Shelton, a paraplegic miner, wins a gold medal in the paraplegic Olympic Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195047/http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/346274 |archive-date=2017-02-22 |url-status=live }}
  • Enid Bakewell, cricketer

See also

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