Headon cum Upton
Headon cum Upton is a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Headon, Upton and the hamlet of Nether Headon. The parish is adjacent to Askham, Gamston, East Drayton, Eaton, Grove, Rampton and Woodbeck, Stokeham and Treswell. In 2011 the parish, together with Stokeham had a population of 253. The area is 3.5 miles south east of the nearest market town Retford, 26 miles north east of the county town Nottingham and 125 miles north of London. Headon cum Upton shares a parish council with Grove and Stokeham. There are 6 listed buildings in Headon cum Upton. Toponymy Headon was known as Hedun in the Domesday Book and is possibly derived from the Old English for high hill. Upton was also in Domesday as Upetun, and may have referred to an 'Up Farm' or 'Up town'. Nether Headon means 'under Headon'. Geography Location The parish lies in the north east portion of the Nottinghamshire county and southern area of Bassetlaw district. It is one of the larger parishes in Bassetlaw, with almost 3000 acres. It is surrounded by the following local areas: Grove to the north Askham to the south East Drayton, Rampton and Woodbeck, Stokeham and Treswell to the east Eaton, Gamston and Retford to the west. Settlements The parish consists of three settlements and a mixed use area: Headon This is the historic village in the area. Primarily residential with several farms, it is located in the southern centre of the parish, and clustered around three roads - Yew Tree Road and Thorpe Street, with the community amenities of a church and village hall on Church Street. Upton The hamlet is a linear settlement in the very south of the parish, ¾ km (0.46 mi) south of Headon. It is predominantly laid out along Main Street for ½ km (0.31 mi). The area is mainly a mix of residential, farm houses and agricultural buildings. There are some farm houses and cottages on the fringes of the location but there is very little by way of public facilities. Nether Headon This hamlet is ½ km (0.31 mi) to the north of Headon. Primarily residential and agricultural, it is a linear settlement aligned to Greenspotts Lane. Ladywell Rise/Nether Headon Camp This is a former World War II era prisoner of war camp which afterwards was converted into a primarily industrial area with some residential plots, located north of Lady Well Lane. It is considered a distant portion of Nether Headon. and includes a number of tenanted residential housing fronting the road, with industrial properties mainly further inset of the site. Landscape Predominantly, many of the parish residents are clustered around the villages. Outside of these is a scattering of farms, farmhouses and cottages amongst a wider rural setting. Some small wooded areas exist, mainly to the north of the villages. The parish is low-lying. The land height is lowest in the south east corner of the parish, at around