Walkeringham

Walkeringham  is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 908, increasing to 1,022 at the 2011 census. The parish church of St Mary Magdalen is 13th century. It has one public house: The Fox and Hounds.

Southmoor lodge, employs 29 local people to care for 40 older peoples. It also has a former station house (now a private residence) and a level crossing across Station Road. The end of Station Road is cut off by the River Trent. Walkeringham's housing was extended in the mid-1960s to accommodate the workers of West Burton Power Station. The village also has a small school, which has recently been extended with a new hall (2010).

Toponomy
The place-name Walkeringham  seems to contain an Old English personal name Walhhere, + -ingas (Old English) meaning  the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . , + hām (Old English) a village, a village community, a manor, an estate, a homestead., etc, so possibly ‘village of the people of a man called Walhhere. 

Walkeringham appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Wacheringeham  and as Wacheringham.

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Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire
Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Category:Bassetlaw District