Eakring
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Eakring is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Its population at the 2011 census was 419, and this increased to 440 residents for the 2021 census. There was sizeable oil production there in the mid-20th century.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newark and Sherwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 419
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Eakring
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK 673623
- UK place.population
- 440
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Newark and Sherwood
- UK place.map_type
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.post_town
- NEWARK
- UK place.postcode_district
- NG22
- UK place.postcode_area
- NG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01623
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sherwood
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
- UK place.mapframe
- yes
- UK place.mapframe zoom
- 12
- UK place.mapframe point
- none
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Heritage
- Notable people
- World War II oil
- Geological survey
- Drilling
- See also
- References
- External links
Eakring is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Its population at the 2011 census was 419, and this increased to 440 residents for the 2021 census. There was sizeable oil production there in the mid-20th century.
The village's name is of Old Norse origin: eik-hringr, which means "the circle of oak trees".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eakring” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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