Blidworth Bottoms Explained

Country:England
Region:East Midlands
Shire County:Nottinghamshire
Coordinates:53.086°N -1.12°W
Shire District:Newark and Sherwood
Constituency Westminster:Sherwood
Static Image Name:Blidworth Bottoms Fox and Hounds 24 June 2017.jpg
Static Image Caption:Fox and Hounds, Calverton Road, Blidworth Bottoms
Civil Parish:Blidworth
Postcode District:NG21
Postcode Area:NG
Post Town:Mansfield

Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, near to Blidworth and Ravenshead. Population details are included in the civil parish of Blidworth. The hamlet includes Bottoms Farm, the Fox and Hounds public house, a riding school and a small number of houses.

In the 19th century a barn was converted into a Primitive Methodist chapel. Well attended when recorded in the 1851 Religious Census,[1] it had fallen into decline by the 1900s.[2]

The location has also been known as Lower Blidworth.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

53.086°N -1.12°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/resources/files/1851ReligiousCensus.pdf 1851 Religious Census
  2. http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/genuki/blidworth.htm blidworth
  3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp282-286#h3-s7 Blidworth (St. Mary) parish
  4. https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/125457/rec/1 Blidworth and Lower Blidworth
  5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c55ce3a4-ea82-4b8c-9ce7-960f660d8c90 Lower Blidworth, Lodge Farm, Appleton Dale, New Lane...1925-1926
  6. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02015066/officers Kirkfields Riding School, Calverton Road, Lower Blidworth
  7. https://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/media/nsdc-redesign/documents-and-images/your-council/your-council/elections/elections-latest-news/district-and-parish-elections-4-may-2023/Rainworth-South-&-Blidworth_SI_010323.pdf Rigg Lane, Lower Blidworth