South Leverton

Coordinates: 53°19′12″N 0°49′23″W / 53.320°N 0.823°W / 53.320; -0.823

South Leverton is a village and civil parish in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, England, four miles from Retford. According to the 2001 census it has a population of 478.

Geography

South Leverton has a village hall, public house and private school called Orchard School. The parish covers a large area in an east-west direction, stretching across to Cottam in the east and Grove in the west. The parish boundary stretches right to the perimeter of the power station itself, along Cottam Road. To the north is North Leverton with Habblesthorpe and Treswell is to the south. Cottam Power Station is actually in the parish of Treswell. The division between South and North Leverton is the level crossing of the railway that runs through the parish, and eventually to a power station two miles to the south-east.

History

The parish church of All Saints has a square tower at the western end, north and south aisles to either side of the nave, a south porch, a chancel and a vestry. The fabric dates from the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and the building was restored in the nineteenth century. Ewan Christian worked on the chancel in 1868, and C. Scholefield worked on the rest of the building in 1897. The building has been a grade II* listed structure since 1967. On Retford Road there is a building which was formerly a priory, parts of which date from the twelfth century. It was restored in the nineteenth centurt, when a large extension was added, and is now used as a home for the elderly. It is a grade II listed structure. There is also a grade II listed, single storey brick-built former Methodist chapel on Church Street, which was erected in 1847.