Flawborough

Flawborough is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.

Flawborough
Church of St Peter, Flawborough
Flawborough Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	307 (2011 Census) (with Sibthorpe/Shelton)
OS grid reference	SK 78287 42860
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG13
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rushcliffe

Geography

The settlement is situated 7 miles south of Newark-on-Trent, at the northern tip of the Vale of Belvoir. Alverton is half a mile to the east, and Shelton is a mile to the north. For 2011 census purposes due to being a small community, its population is reported together with nearby Sibthorpe/Top Green and Shelton as having a total of 307 residents.[1]

Comprising mainly farmland, this linear village has a single primary road through its centre (Main Street)[2] and one minor (Shelton Lane). It is approached along the crest of a hill (39 metres (128 ft), highest point) from its southern boundary by Longhedge Lane, and the farmland falls away to its western boundary, the River Smite. This is a deep channel, with normally only 12 inches of water, but as it is the vale of Belvoir's “drain” it can rapidly rise over twenty feet and flood.[3] At the northern tip of the parish, the River Smite joins the River Devon, also from the Vale of Belvoir.

There is evidence of old quarry workings in the east of the parish.[4]

History

Key buildings include the unused Grade II listed, nineteenth century rebuilt Church of St Peter,[2] and Flawborough Hall which was once owned by Major Edward Harold Spalding, a partner in the Griffin & Spalding department store in the Old Market Square of Nottingham. The business was subsequently bought out by and rebranded to Debenhams. Spalding later became the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1951.[5] The Hall is now the operating premises for a local farm.

Dallington was a nearby tiny community but by the nineteenth century was virtually deserted and considered to be a lost village.[6] Both it and Flawborough were notable enough to be recorded in the Domesday Book.[7][8] The wider area at the turn of the century was held by the Duke of Newcastle who was Lord of the manor and sole landowner.[8]

References

1. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
2. "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Flawborough - 1272725 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
3. "History | Flawborough Farms". www.flawboroughfarms.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. "Geograph:: Old quarry working near Flawborough © Kate Jewell". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
5. "No. 39175". The London Gazette. 16 March 1951. p. 1428".
6. Sites (www.communitysites.co.uk), Community. "Lost village | Dallington | Notts Places | Our Nottinghamshire". www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
7. The National Archives. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
8. GENUKI. "Genuki: Flawborough, Nottinghamshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2020.