Widmerpool

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 52.85
longitude=-1.06
official_name =Widmerpool
population =262
shire_district=Rushcliffe
shire_county= Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster=Sherwood
post_town= NOTTINGHAM
postcode_district = NG12
postcode_area=NG
dial_code=0115
os_grid_reference= SK632280

Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire , about 10 miles south of Nottingham. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 262 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798534&c=widmerpool&d=16&e=15&g=479849&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206358391403&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Widmerpool CP (Parish)"] ] . Until the 1960s there had not been any building in the village for 100 years. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul was rebuilt at a cost of £10,000 in the period 1888-1895. Widmerpool Hall on the north side of the village was built in 1872. It is currently undergoing renovation for residential purposes, and was previously the HQ of the AA Patrol Service Training School [Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. "The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire".Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.] . The development of Widmerpool Hall will provide 9 apartments, 11 mews style houses and 4 detached houses.There is a brook called Fairway Brook passing through Main Street and Old Hall Drive which joins the Trent near Newark. Widmerpool was recently awarded the 'Best Kept Village' award for Nottinghamshire [ [http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=10301&doc=7881 "Wonderful Widmerpool is champion of champions", Rushcliffe Borough Council, November 2007] ] .

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There is a very detailed history of the village "Widmerpool a Century of Change 1900 to 2000" produced by Geoff Brooks of New Manor Farm Widmerpool (the oldest and one of the few people living in the village who was born there).

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