A busy and warm visit to Carlton on Trent situated on the East Coast Mainline during the afternoon of Saturday 26th May 2018. We were planning here for around 2 hours or so but i thought we could make a stop at another location on the way back.
Carlton on Trent info:
Carlton-on-Trent is a small village and civil parish in England, located between the River Trent and the A1 road near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.The population of the civil parish was 228 at the 2001 census increasing marginally only to 229 at the 2011 census.
The village forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district, it is also served by a Parish Council.
The village has several entries in the Domesday Book, mainly for the year 1086 relating to the Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations. Associated names for these entries include The Earl Tosti and the Man of Rodger De Bully.
Carlton Mill was a six-storey brick tower windmill built before 1821. The tower is still standing, as a shell without floors, to a height of 60 feet.
Old station:
Carlton on Trent railway station was a railway station that served the village of Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England from 1850 to 1953 on the East Coast Main Line.
The station opened in 1850 by the Great Northern Railway. The station was situated north of Newark North Gate and south of Crow Park station. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic in 1953.
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