Holbeck, Nottinghamshire

Holbeck

Chapel of St. Winifred
Holbeck
Holbeck shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 195 (2011)
OS grid reference SK544732
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORKSOP
Postcode district S80
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Holbeck is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 449,[1] reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 Census.[2] It is an estate village built for the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey.

St Winifred's Church

The parish church of St Winifred was built between 1913–1916, for the benefit of the Dukes of Portland, and as a burial place for the dukes and their families. It also contains the tombstone of Lady Ottoline Morrel.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Holbeck CP (Parish)"
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 145. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

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