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Newark and Sherwood

 
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Newark and Sherwood District
Newark and Sherwood
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Geography
Status: District
Region: East Midlands
Admin. County: Nottinghamshire
Area:
  Total:
Ranked 61st
651.3 km²
Admin. HQ: Newark
ONS code: 37UG
Demographics
Population:
  Total (2007 est.):
  Density:
Ranked 187th
112,600
173 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.5% White
Politics
Newark and Sherwood District Council
http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Patrick Mercer,
Paddy Tipping

Newark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton. Other settlements in the district include:

Averham
Balderton, Bathley, Bilsthorpe, Blidworth, Boughton, Brough
Carlton-on-Trent, Caunton, Clipstone, Collingham, Cromwell
Eakring, Edingley, Edwinstowe, Egmanton
Farndon, Farnsfield, Fernwood, Fiskerton
Gunthorpe
Halam, Halloughton, Hawton, Hockerton
Kelham, Kirklington, Kirton, Kneesall
Laxton, Little Carlton, Lowdham
Maplebeck, Morton
North Muskham, Norwell
Ossington, Oxton
Perlethorpe
Rainworth, Rolleston
South Muskham, Sutton-on-Trent
Upton
Walesby, Wellow, Weston, Winkburn

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell Rural District. It was originally known just as Newark : the name was changed by the council effective 1 April 1995.

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Coordinates: 53°06′N 0°57′W / 53.10°N 0.95°W / 53.10; -0.95



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