Norwell is a village

Village

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 and parish

Parish

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 near Newark-upon-Trent, in central Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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, England

England

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. It is close to the border with Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, and approximately 2 miles from the A1 road. The village appears in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 as Nortwelle. There is a medieval parish church

Parish church

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 dedicated to St Laurence. There is a public house called 'the Plough'.

On the south side of the Church is a well-defined rectangular moat with a single causeway, into the central area, which would have given access to the medieval "Hall" or house:

"The manor house was built of timber and plaster, roofed with slates, and four rooms on the ground floor and three room on the upper storey; it stood on a mound (Mota) which was surrounded by a moat. A wooden bridge over the moat connected the house to a large outer courtyard where there were extensive outbuildings. In the North of the courtyard there were stables, and a new barn; to the South a bakery, 'hall for husbandry' and brewhouse; to the West another barn, a granary, a dovecote and gatehouse; and to the East 'le olde orcherd'."

Norwell Mill, a tower windmill

Windmill

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west of the church, built in 1852 as a four-storey mill, was dismantled in 1920 and reduced to a three-storey stump, roofed over and used as a store. The mill was bought in 1977 and has been undergoing restoration since 1980, the tower being built up to its original height of 42 feet.

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