Bassetlaw
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Bassetlaw District | |
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Shown within Nottinghamshire | |
Geography | |
Status: | District |
Region: | East Midlands |
Admin. County: | Nottinghamshire |
Area: - Total | Ranked 67th 637.86 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Worksop |
ONS code: | 37UC |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 193rd 109,377 171 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.5% White |
Politics | |
Bassetlaw District Council http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Conservative |
MPs: | John Mann, Patrick Mercer |
Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford.
Other settlements in the borough include:
- Askham
- Babworth, Beckingham, Bircotes, Blyth, Bole, Bothamsall
- Carburton, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Clarborough, Clayworth, Cuckney
- Darlton
- East Drayton, East Markham, Eaton, Elksley, Everton
- Gamston, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Grove
- Harworth, Hayton, Headon, Holbeck
- Langold
- Markham Moor, Mattersey, Milton, Misson, Misterton
- Normanton-on-Trent, North Leverton-with-Habblesthorpe, North Wheatley
- Oldcotes
- Rampton, Ranby, Ranskill, Rhodesia, Rockley
- Saundby, Scrooby, Shireoaks, South Leverton, Sutton cum Lound, Sturton le Steeple
- Torworth, Treswell
- West Drayton, West Markham, West Stockwith, Woodbeck
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Worksop and Retford and Worksop Urban District and Retford Rural District.
Districts of England - East Midlands | |
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |