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Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire

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Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire history

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Prehistory

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) hunter-gatherers are known to have occupied caves at Creswell Crags on the Notts/Derbys border near Worksop for thousands of years down to 10,000 BC. During the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), the Trent Valley became a multi-channelled river system with extensive wetlands and developed a heavily forested landscape. A detailed pollen sequence taken from a peat-filled former river channel at Girton has revealed changes in the floral environment between 7000 BC and 1000 BC.

Roman

Fieldwalking next to A1133 just south of Besthorpe revealed a dense scatter of pottery indicating one of the sites on an elevated gravel terrace safe from flooding. These sites would have links with the Roman road system (Fosse Way) and traded to a degree with the ‘small town’ at Crococalana (Brough) and the larger urban centre of Lindum (Lincoln)

Post-Roman

In post-Roman times the area continued to be settled with the best excavated evidence coming from a site just 500 metres north of Girton. At Mill Farm are the remains of a Windmill, consisting of the oak post, quarter bars and cross trees of a Post mill inside a brick roundhouse, now used as a store.

Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire etymology

Besthorpe’s name is derived from the Scandinavian word ‘thorpe’ meaning outlying farmstead or hamlet. It indicates that there was sufficient settlement here in the period of the Danelaw in the 10th century to give the place a name.

Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire geography / climate

East Nottinghamshire Sandlands are an increasingly rare habitat supporting grass heaths, bracken, gorse and broom. The River Fleet and the fields to the west are part of the Trent Washlands which provide the village with its River Meadowlands landscape of meadow and river pastures. Millennium Wood, alongside the A1133, was planted originally in 2000 and bluebells were added to mark the Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Besthorpe Nature Reserve

The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust have spent many years reworking old sand and gravel quarries into a nature reserve. Over 100 species of birds have been recorded including tree-nesting great cormorants, a major heronry and sand martins.

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Best Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire places to visit

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Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire’s information audio spots:

Ashby de la Launde Ashby de la Launde is a small village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The village is situated just west of Digby, and east of the A15 and B1191 roads.

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