Blidworth
Sign in to saveBlidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457, this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newark and Sherwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,457
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Sign saying Blidworth welcomes careful drivers, with images of Robin Hood, the church and a coal mine
- UK place.map_type
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.official_name
- Blidworth
- UK place.population
- 4,295
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Newark and Sherwood
- UK place.shire_county
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sherwood
- UK place.post_town
- Mansfield
- UK place.postcode_district
- NG21
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Newark and Sherwood
- Population
- +4457
- Image
- Blidworth the Black Bull 24 June 2017.jpg
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- The Final Countdown
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- Helmut Thielicke
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Druid Stone
- 12th to 13th Centuries
- Robin Hood
- 19th and 20th Centuries
- Blidworth Mill
- Blidworth Welfare Band
- Housing
- Blidworth Welfare Football Club
- Places of worship
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457, this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census.
==Toponymy== Blidworth seems to contain the Old English personal name, Blitha' + worð (Old English) an enclosure, so 'Blitha's enclosure'.