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Civil parish in England
Laxton and Moorhouse
Civil parish
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton
Parish map
Laxton and Moorhouse is located in NottinghamshireLaxton and MoorhouseLaxton and MoorhouseLocation within Nottinghamshire
Area6.26 sq mi (16.2 km)
Population251 (2021 Census)
• Density40/sq mi (15/km)
OS grid referenceSK 73715 66925
• London120 mi (190 km) SE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PlacesLaxton and Moorhouse
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG22
Dialling code01636 / 01777 / 01780
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.laxtonandmoorhouseparishcouncil.co.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°11′13″N 0°54′43″W / 53.187060°N 0.911928°W / 53.187060; -0.911928

Laxton and Moorhouse is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England.

It consists of two settlements:

  • A village, Laxton
  • A hamlet, Moorhouse.

The parish was previously known as Laxton until 1990 when Moorhouse was included in the title.

Laxton

Main article: Laxton, Nottinghamshire

Laxton is best known for having the last remaining working open-field system in the United Kingdom. Its name is recorded first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Laxintone, and may come from Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, meaning the 'farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa'. It is possibly the namesake of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, and thus ultimately of all the other towns named Lexington in the United States.

Moorhouse

Main article: Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire

This is 2 miles east of Laxton, Predominantly, it is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting. These are grouped around three roads meeting by a single junction: Green Lane, Moorhouse Lane, and Ossington Lane.

See also

References

  1. "LGBCE | Nottinghamshire | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 186.

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Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire
Unitary authoritiesNottingham
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