Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire
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Hawksworth is a village in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located 10 miles south of Newark-on-Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 127.
The Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth
Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth
The Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth is a parish church in the Church of England in Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:The church dates...

is Norman, with an elaborate tympanum, but was almost completely rebuilt in the 19th century. There is a Saxon cross shaft.

The name "Hawksworth" derives from the old english "worth" to mean farm and the owner of aforementioned original farm, Hawk. It is mentioned twice in the domesday book with a taxable value in total of 1.7 geld units.
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