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National Apprenticeship Week 6-12 Febraury 2023
National Apprenticeship Week 2023 National Apprenticeship Week returns this month, focusing on the many ways that apprentices are having a positive impact in the workplace. We have both in-person and online…
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Eligible households with children urged to apply for support to help ease cost of living pressures
Households with children who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) in the county are to receive extra support to help cover the costs of food and energy bills this winter.…
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Love Poetry
14 February 2023
A relaxing afternoon celebrating the language of love in the company of Westhorpe Peotry Group on St Valentine's Day. Refreshemnts included. Tickets £5
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Exploring C S Lewis through Narnia Saturday
18 February 2023
C.S. Lewis’ Narnia novels are known and loved by many people, as both entrancing fantasy tales and images of faith. We will use The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in discussion…
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Spring Plant Hunters’ Fair
19 March 2023
The annual Plant Hunters’ Fair in August is so popular that we’re having two this year including our first ever spring plant fair. Sunday 19 March, 11am-4pm A wide selection…
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Spring Craft Fair
25 March 2023
Due to popular demand and the success of the annual Winter Craft Fair, we will be hosting a Spring Craft Fair this year at Southwell Minster. Saturday 25 March, 10am –…
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Useful Information
Southwell’s PCSO contact number
PCSO Richard Dunn Mobile telephone number 07595 074292
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Community groups can now apply for new cost of living grants
Community groups can now apply for new cost of living grants Voluntary organisations and community groups helping local residents can now apply for two new Local Community Fund (LCF) cost…
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Review of our Neighbourhood Plan
Review of our Neighbourhood Plan [caption id="attachment_13388" align="alignnone" width="300"] Draft Proposals[/caption] The Neighbourhood Plan, which became part of the District Council’s Planning Policy in 2016, is due to be…
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How to report pot holes easily
As a direct response to concerns raised by local residents, Notts County Council is spending an extra £20million on the county’s residential roads over the next four years. This is just…
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Add your organisation
To add your group or business to our website, please simply download and complete the form from the link below and send it to admin@southwell-tc.gov.uk. You will need to open the…
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Did you know?
Stocking Knitting
In the mid 19th century, stocking knitting was a common home employment and in 1844 it is recorded that there were 120 frames in Southwell with 65 workshops. Sunnyside (Westhorpe) was a row of knitters’ cottages. The row was partially demolished to widen the Halam Road)
Read More Another Southwell
There is another Southwell in South Africa, built and named by settlers from Southwell Nottinghamshire
Read More Southwell Parish Workhouse
Southwell Parish Workhouse (not to be confused with the National Trust managed Workhouse on the Upton Road) was built in 1808 on Moor Lane (now Nottingham Road) to accommodate 84 paupers. It is currently the home of Southwell Baptist Church.
Read More Local inns
Before the Court House was built, some of the local inns (including the George and Dragon, now the Bramley Apple pub) were used to conduct public administration and act as local courts.
Read More World War 1
In World War 1 a total of 650 men from Southwell served their country. Nearly 250 died – almost twice the 10% average for Britain and the Allies
Read More Henry Merryweather
Henry Merryweather senior moved to Southwell to become a gardener to Rev J D Becher at Norwood Hall before buying two fields and setting up his garden nursery on land adjacent to the Hall
Read More The Crown Hotel
The Crown Hotel on the Market Place (at the junction of Church Street and Westgate) dates back to the early 18th Century and at one time was owned by the Chapter of Southwell Minster
Read More Piggery
Many innkeepers kept pigs and the piggery at the Hearty Goodfellow was so big that it occupied the whole garden area at the back
Read More Bramley apple
The cultivation of the Bramley apple was pioneered by Southwell nurseryman Henry Merryweather junior whose nursery was sited off Halam Road
Read More Burgage Manor
Burgage Manor at the top of the Burgage Green was used as a hospital for most of World War 1
Read More Southwell Races
In the early 19th century, Southwell Races were held on the Burgage on a regular basis. The event at Whitsuntide being the most popular. In 1815 prizes included a saddle and bridle for the winner of the main race and a tea kettle for the winner of the Ass Race.
Read More Place or Square
Southwell has both a Market Place (the original site of the town’s market) and a Market Square (where the current Market is held) How confusing!!
Read More King Charles 1
King Charles 1 spent his last night of freedom in the Saracen’s Head in 1646, on the Market Place before surrendering to the Scottish levelers at Kelham
Read More Black Bull Inn
The Black Bull Inn was where Mix Mix and The Hen House shops are now, but some of the original outbuildings can be seen if you go through the alleyway into Bull Yard
Read More Admiral Rodney
Admiral Rodney was known as Rodney’s Head in 1780 named after Admiral Rodney a naval hero in the Battle of Cape Vincent.
Read More Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust (aka Shane Fenton aka Bernard Jewry) was a boarder at Southwell Minster Grammar School where he formed his first band
Read More Weavers
From the middle ages, Southwell had many groups of weavers who produced ‘plain linens, woolens and ticking’ both at home and later in textile-producing premises. Local names such as Weavers Yard in Farthingale reflect this
Read More House of Correction
Houses of Correction were not gaols but were places where people who were considered to be ’wantonly idle or disorderly’ could be set to work to try to reform their characters and act as a deterrent for others. The first Master of the Nottinghamshire House of Correction situated on the Burgage was appointed in 1611.
Read More Malting Oven
There is a bricked-up malting oven (probably serving the local pubs on King Street) in the pathway beside the Bramley Centre (the library)
Read More Cotton Mill
A large cotton mill built in 1784 can be clearly seen at Maythorne on the outskirts of Southwell. It was later converted to silk production and is currently apartments
Read More Memorial Cross
After the end of WW1, the residents of Southwell raised the funds to erect Memorial Cross on the Burgage in 1921 at a cost of £446
Read More The Minster
In the Middle Ages Southwell was visited by many pilgrims who came to see a supposedly miracle-working cross in the Minster? (which may explain why there are so many inns near the Minster!)
Read More Matthew Horne
Matthew Horne, actor (Gavin in Gavin and Stacey’ ) was a pupil at the Minster School
Read More Coaching Inns
Between 1780 and 1850 Southwell had three Coaching Inns – the Saracen’s Head, the Crown, and Admiral Rodney – all still open in the town. The coaches took passengers to and from destinations as far afield as Manchester, Birmingham. Gainsborough, Hull, Lincoln, Barton, Derby, Buxton as well as to more local places such as Mansfield and Nottingham
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