| Shire County: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||
| Dial Code: | 01636 / 01777 / 01780 | ||||||||
| Postcode Area: | NG | ||||||||
| Postcode District: | NG22 | ||||||||
| Post Town: | NEWARK | ||||||||
| Constituency Westminster: | Newark | ||||||||
| Region: | East Midlands | ||||||||
| Shire District: | Newark and Sherwood | ||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||
| Population Ref: | (2021 Census) | ||||||||
| Population: | 251 | ||||||||
| Official Name: | Laxton and Moorhouse | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.1871°N -0.9119°W | ||||||||
| Static Image Caption: | St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton | ||||||||
| Static Image Name: | Church of St Michael, Laxton - geograph.org.uk - 4116964.jpg | ||||||||
| Os Grid Reference: | SK 73715 66925 | ||||||||
| Type: | Civil parish | ||||||||
| Static Image 2 Name: |
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| Static Image 2 Caption: | Parish map | ||||||||
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.26 | ||||||||
| London Distance Mi: | 120 | ||||||||
| London Direction: | SE | ||||||||
| Parts: | Laxton and Moorhouse |
Laxton and Moorhouse is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England.
It consists of two settlements:
The parish was previously known as Laxton until 1990 when Moorhouse was included in the title.[1]
See main article: Laxton, Nottinghamshire. Laxton is best known for having the last remaining working open-field system in the United Kingdom. Its name is recorded first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Laxintone, and may come from Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, meaning the 'farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa. It is possibly the namesake of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, and thus ultimately of all the other towns named Lexington in the United States.[2]
See main article: Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire. This is 2 miles east of Laxton, Predominantly, it is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting. These are grouped around three roads meeting by a single junction: Green Lane, Moorhouse Lane, and Ossington Lane.