Back كالڤيرتون ARZ Calverton, Nottinghamshire Catalan Calverton (parokya) CEB Calverton, Swydd Nottingham Welsh Calverton (Nottinghamshire) Basque Calverton (Nottinghamshire) French Calverton (Nottinghamshire) Dutch Calverton (Nottinghamshire) Polish Calverton, Nottinghamshire Swedish Calverton, Nottinghamshire Turkish
| Calverton | |
|---|---|
| Village and civil parish | |
 Main Street, Calverton | |
 Parish map | |
  Calverton Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Area | 6.63 sq mi (17.2 km2) |
| Population | 7,282 (2021 census)[1] |
| • Density | 1,098/sq mi (424/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK 61480 49285 |
| • London | 110 mi (180 km) SSE |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG14 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www.calvertonparishcouncil |
Calverton (/ˈkælvərtən/)[2] is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England and of some 4,247 acres (6.636 sq mi; 1,719 ha; 17.19 km2) in size. It is in the Gedling district, about 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Nottingham, 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Mansfield, and situated, like nearby Woodborough and Lambley, on one of the small tributaries of the Dover Beck. The 2021 census found 7,282 inhabitants in 3,120 households.[3] About 2 miles (3.2 km) miles to the north of the village is the site of the supposed deserted settlement of Salterford.
The parish is bounded on the south-east by Woodborough, to the south-west by Arnold, Papplewick and Ravenshead, to the north by Blidworth, and to the north-east by Oxton and Epperstone.[4]
During most of its existence Calverton was a forest village, in that part of Sherwood known as Thorney Wood Chase, with a rural economy limited by a lack of grazing land, in which handicrafts (like woodworking and the knitting of stockings), must in consequence have assumed a more than usual importance.[5] The parliamentary enclosure of 1780 brought some agrarian progress to the village, but it was not until the opening of a colliery by the National Coal Board in 1952, that the village began to assume its present identity, with new housing estates and marked population growth. The colliery closed in 1999 and while a small industrial estate provides some local employment, Calverton has taken on the character of a large commuter village.
In May 1974 the village was officially twinned with Longué-Jumelles, in the Loire valley of France.
- ^ "Office for National Statistics".
- ^ Pointon, G. E. (1983). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Calverton (Gedling) parish (E04007867)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Calverton ecclesiastical parish map; The Civil Parish is larger and includes part of Daybrook ecclesiastical parish, either side of Gravelly Hollow.
- ^ J. Thirsk, (ed.), The Agrarian History of England and Wales, Vol.IV, 1500–1640 (Cambridge, 1967), p. 97; J. R. Birrell, "Peasant Craftsmen in the Medieval Forest", Agricultural History Review, 17 (1969), passim.