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Hawton
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Hawton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies two miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Newark-on-Trent, near the River Devon, a tributary of the River Trent. Its population was recorded as 147 in the 2011 census (including Thorpe). Hawton alone reported 80 residents at the 2021 census.
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- Locality
- Newark and Sherwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Newark and Sherwood
- Population
- 147
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Hawton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies two miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Newark-on-Trent, near the River Devon, a tributary of the River Trent. Its population was recorded as 147 in the 2011 census (including Thorpe). Hawton alone reported 80 residents at the 2021 census.
==Historical role== Hawton played an important part in the English Civil War as a Roundhead encampment against the Royalist stronghold in Newark. Redoubt earthworks from that time are still visible in the village. The Grade I listed parish church of All Saints was erected in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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