Weston, Nottinghamshire

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

{{for|other places named Weston|Weston (disambiguation)}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_caption = All Saints' church

| coordinates = {{coord|53.20|-0.84|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}

| official_name = Weston

| population = 333

| population_ref = (2021)

| shire_district = Newark and Sherwood

| shire_county = Nottinghamshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Newark

| post_town = NEWARK

| postcode_district = NG23

| postcode_area = NG

| dial_code = 01636

| os_grid_reference = SK 775679

| type = Village and civil parish

| static_image_name = Weston (Notts) All Saints' church (26685893062).jpg

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| static_image_2_caption = Parish map

| area_total_sq_mi = 2.71

| website = {{URL|https://www.westonparishnotts.org.uk}}

| london_distance_mi = 120

| london_direction = SSE

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Weston is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 312,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798476&c=NG23+6SS&d=16&e=15&g=479482&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1207430374784&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area: Weston CP (Parish)"] increasing to 393 (and including Grassthorpe) at the 2011 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130455&c=Weston&d=16&e=62&g=6457903&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460208776337&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=9 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Weston alone reported 333 residents at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007955|title=Weston (Newark and Sherwood) parish|accessdate=7 February 2024}} The parish church of All Saints is 13th century. At the south-east end of the village are three 16th century tenements built with cruck trusses.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp. 289–290. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this:

"WESTON, a parish, with a village, in Southwell district, Notts; on the Great Northern railway, 3 miles NNW of Carlton-on-Trent. Post town, Newark. Acres, 1,690. Real property, £2,745. Pop., 380. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £500. Patron, Earl Manvers. The church was recently repaired, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school."

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Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire

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Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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