Whatton-in-the-Vale
Also known as Whatton, Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire
Whatton-in-the-Vale is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir, with the River Smite to the west and a subsidiary, the River Whipling to the east, mainly north of the trunk A52 road, east of Nottingham. The parish had a population of 843 at the 2011 census, increasing to 874 at the 2021 census.
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- Rushcliffe
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- England
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- United Kingdom
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Whatton-in-the-Vale is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir, with the River Smite to the west and a subsidiary, the River Whipling to the east, mainly north of the trunk A52 road, east of Nottingham. The parish had a population of 843 at the 2011 census, increasing to 874 at the 2021 census.
==Etymology== The place name seems to contain the Old English word hwǣte for wheat, + tūn (Old English) meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate, etc., so "Farm where wheat is grown." "In the Vale," i. e. the Vale of Belvoir. The place appears as Watone in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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