Sturton le Steeple

Sturton le Steeple
Sturton le Steeple
 Sturton le Steeple shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 486 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK787838
DistrictBassetlaw
Shire countyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town RETFORD[1]
Postcode district DN22
Dialling code (44)01427
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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Coordinates: 53°21′N 0°49′W / 53.35°N 0.82°W / 53.35; -0.82

Sturton le Steeple is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles east of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population (including Littleborough, Notts) of 497,[2] reducing slightly to 486 as at the 2011 Census.[3] The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has a 14th-century tower with 12 pinnacles. The rest of the church was rebuilt after a fire in 190102.[4]

Pastor John Robinson was born in Sturton Le Steeple about 1576, the first child of John and Ann Robinson. John Robinson was the founder of the Pilgrims who sailed to North America in the Mayflower.

References

  1. "Villages within the Retford post town" (accessed 3 November 2014).
  2. "Area: Sturton le Steeple CP (Parish)"
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 340341. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
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