- East Markham
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.25
longitude= -0.89
official_name= East Markham
population =
shire_district=Bassetlaw
shire_county =Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Newark
post_town= NEWARK
postcode_district = NG22
postcode_area= NG
dial_code= 01777
os_grid_reference= SK741731East Markham, historically also known as Great Markham, is a small village near
Tuxford ,Nottinghamshire . It lies about 8km south ofRetford . It is sandwiched between theEast Coast Main Line (to the east), the A1 to the west and A57 to the north.It has a sister village,
West Markham , which is smaller and on the other side of the road (old A1-B1164) between Tuxford andMarkham Moor . To the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/167112 south] isTuxford . East Markham has a Church of St. John the Baptist [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/238922] , village hall, village store, a charity playgroup and a primary school. The two village pubs are the " [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/126048 Crown Inn] " and the " [http://www.everards.co.uk/pubs/queens_hotel_107 Queens Hotel] ", both on High Street (the former A57). East Markham also features a playgroup, Pippins Pre-School, and a primary school. East Markham is also home to some very professional tradesman such as Dave Johnson and Darren Hill (plumber).Cleveland Mill was a tower windmill in East Markham, built in 1837 at a cost of £420 for the miller Thomas Lighfoot. It was 42 feet high, with four storeys and four sails. The mill was worked by wind until c. 1920. Thereafter steam or oil engines were used. The mill was owned by the Lightfoot family through most of its working life. It was sold for conversion to a house in 1976 [Shaw, T. (1995). "Windmills of Nottinghamshire". Page 17. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3] .
References
The village now can claim to be one of the best kept villages in nottinghamshire.
External links
* [http://www.eastmarkham.notts.sch.uk East Markham Primary School]
* [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/eastmarkham.htm Cornelius Brown writing in 1896]
* [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1907/summer/eastmarkham1.htm East Markham church]
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