Norwell, Nottinghamshire

St. Laurence's Church, Norwell

Norwell is a village and parish near Newark-upon-Trent, in central Nottinghamshire, England. It is close to the border with Lincolnshire, and approximately 2 miles from the A1 road. The village appears in the Domesday Book as Nortwelle.^[1] There is a medieval parish church dedicated to St Laurence. There is a public house called 'the Plough'.

On the south side of the Church is a well-defined rectangular moat with a single causeway, into the central area, which would have given access to the medieval "Hall" or house:

"The manor house was built of timber and plaster, roofed with slates, and four rooms on the ground floor and three room on the upper storey; it stood on a mound (Mota) which was surrounded by a moat. A wooden bridge over the moat connected the house to a large outer courtyard where there were extensive outbuildings. In the North of the courtyard there were stables, and a new barn; to the South a bakery, 'hall for husbandry' and brewhouse; to the West another barn, a granary, a dovecote and gatehouse; and to the East 'le olde orcherd'."

Norwell Mill, a tower windmill west of the church, built in 1852 as a four-storey mill, was dismantled in 1920 and reduced to a three-storey stump, roofed over and used as a store. The mill was bought in 1977 and has been undergoing restoration since 1980, the tower being built up to its original height of 42 feet^[2][3].

See also

• St. Laurence's Church, Norwell

References

1. ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 345. ISBN 0198691033.
2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
3. ^ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 31. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3

External links

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Coordinates: 53°08′N 0°51′W / 53.133°N 0.85°W / 53.133; -0.85