Gonalston
Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England
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::summary Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England ::
::data[format=table title="infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| coordinates | |
| static_image_name | Cottages on Gonalston Lane, Gonalston - geograph.org.uk - 4224618.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Gonalston Lane. |
| map_type | Nottinghamshire |
| official_name | Gonalston |
| shire_district | Newark and Sherwood |
| shire_county | Nottinghamshire |
| region | East Midlands |
| constituency_westminster | Newark |
| post_town | NOTTINGHAM |
| postcode_district | NG14 |
| postcode_area | NG |
| dial_code | 0115 |
| os_grid_reference | SK 67809 47478 |
| type | Village and civil parish |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 12 |
| mapframe-point | none |
| static_image_2_caption | Parish map |
| area_total_sq_mi | 1.71 |
| population | 83 |
| population_ref | (2021) |
| london_direction | SSE |
| london_distance_mi | 110 |
| :: |
| country = England | coordinates = | static_image_name = Cottages on Gonalston Lane, Gonalston - geograph.org.uk - 4224618.jpg | static_image_caption = Gonalston Lane. | map_type = Nottinghamshire | official_name = Gonalston | shire_district = Newark and Sherwood | shire_county = Nottinghamshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Newark | post_town = NOTTINGHAM | postcode_district = NG14 | postcode_area = NG | dial_code = 0115 | os_grid_reference = SK 67809 47478 | type = Village and civil parish | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-point = none | static_image_2_caption = Parish map | area_total_sq_mi = 1.71 | population = 83 | population_ref = (2021) | london_direction = SSE | london_distance_mi = 110
Gonalston is a small village in Nottinghamshire lying just to the north-east of Lowdham and almost upon the A612 trunk road that runs from Nottingham to Southwell. Gonalston comprises 1,096 acre of arable and pasture land in about equal portions, interspersed with 106 acre of wood and plantations. It lies on a small river called the Dover Beck which separates the village from Lowdham and which flows south-east into the River Trent 2 mi away. Population for the 2021 census was 83 residents.
Toponymy
Gonalston seems to contain the Old Norse personal name, Gunnolf, + tun (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Gunnolf's farm/settlement'.
Historical
According to Francis White's Directory of Nottinghamshire of 1853, Gonalston
Notable buildings
The parish church of St Laurence dates from the 14th century. It lies outside the village centre, in the grounds of the rectory, close to the manor house and home farm.
The village was famed in ancient times for its hospital or spital now lost, and its effigies of Crusaders. "William de Heris, in the reign of Henry III, founded an hospital here called the Spital, 'to the honour of St. Mary Magdalene;' the successive rectors of the parish were masters, and formerly preached their induction sermon upon its ruins."
Archaeology
Some recent and important archaeological discoveries have been made in the East Midlands and especially in the silts of the Trent Valley area. This includes finds in Gonalston. At Holme Dyke, Gonalston, Neolithic pottery has been excavated from a ring ditch, and a Late Bronze Age domestic site (as a burnt mound) was uncovered by quarry workings.
Notes
References
- "Gonalston parish".
- J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p.166; A.D.Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p.152; E .Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (Oxford, 1960), p.166
- F. White "Directory of Nottinghamshire" (Sheffield, 1853)
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50984 'Godwick – Goodmanham'], A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 312–15
- http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/15nottneba.pdf {{Webarchive. link. (24 September 2006 .)
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