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Orston is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England nearby to Thoroton, Elton on the Hill and Bottesford.
The name Orston is thought to originate from the Old English Ordricestune which means 'the farmstead of Ordric" Ordric was the leader of the small settlement. Some early references to the settlement are Oschintone 1086 (the Domesday Book), Orskinton 1242, Orston 1284 and Horston 1428.
Although there are gypsum quarries in the area, Orston was once primarily a mining village. In earlier centuries Orston was probably the most important source of gypsum in the East Midlands. According to the Nottinghamshire volume of the Victoria History of the Countries of England, the gypsum at Orston was the "...finest in the Kingdom".
The village contains St. Mary's Church and the village pub, the "Durham Ox". The River Smite flows through Orston and it has a large clay shooting ground just outside the village on the Bottesford Road. Built in 1939, Orston Primary School has about 100 pupils aged between four and eleven years old. Elton and Orston train station on the outskirts of the village links it to Grantham and Nottingham.
Orston has a population of around 450 people.
It also recently won "Best kept village" for the second year running in Nottinghamshire in the 300-700 population category.
Coordinates: 52°57′N 0°52′W / 52.95°N 0.867°W
External links
Categories:- Nottinghamshire geography stubs
- Villages in Nottinghamshire
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