Country: | England |
Static Image: | Chapel of St Winifred, Holbeck - geograph.org.uk - 1168784.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 250px |
Static Image Caption: | Chapel of St. Winifred |
Coordinates: | 53.25°N -1.18°W |
Official Name: | Holbeck |
Population: | 195 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck |
Shire District: | Bassetlaw |
Shire County: | Nottinghamshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Bassetlaw |
Post Town: | WORKSOP |
Postcode District: | S80 |
Postcode Area: | S |
Os Grid Reference: | SK544732 |
Holbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles south-west of Worksop. According to the 2001 census it the parish 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.
Holbeck was formerly a township in the parish of Norton-Cuckney,[3] from 1866 Holbeck was a civil parish in its own right,[4] on 1 April 2023 the parish was abolished and merged with Norton and Cuckney and Welbeck to form "Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck".[5]
See main article: St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. The parish church of St Winifred was built between 1913 and 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.[6]