Cottam, Nottinghamshire

Not to be confused with Cotham, Nottinghamshire.
Cottam

Mickleholme Farm prior to demolition in 1964
Cottam
 Cottam shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 108 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK818800
DistrictBassetlaw
Shire countyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Retford
Postcode district DN22
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentBassetlaw
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Coordinates: 53°18′36″N 0°46′26″W / 53.310°N 0.774°W / 53.310; -0.774

Cottam is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire 8 miles east of Retford. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 Census was 108.[1] The village church of Holy Trinity is Norman in origin, restored in 1869 and again in 1890 with the addition of a bell turret. To the south of the village is Cottam Power Station with 8 cooling towers, built between 1964 and 1968.[2]

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

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