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Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire

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Fishing and agriculture remained important, but with close proximity to the River Trent, Fiskerton developed other industries. By 1842 there were wharfs, coal yards and warehouses along the river front together with a large malthouse owned by Newark brewer, James Hole. There was a watermill on the
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The large malthouse on The Wharf closed in 1904 when James Hole decided to concentrate business in Newark, the premises being converted into a grain-store, with the wharf used for loading and unloading materials destined for Southwell corn mill. In the 1970s it became a boat-building business and
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An important development was the opening of the Nottingham to Lincoln railway in August 1846 with the station close to the village centre. By the end of the century, many wharfs and warehouses had disappeared, replaced by substantial residences like Fiskerton House and Fiskerton Manor on the
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with a substantial brick roundhouse, standing off Station Road. A mill was marked at this site on Chapman's map of 1774. The mill ceased working some time in the last quarter of the 19th century. Only the roundhouse now remains.
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Until the 1950s there was a ferry boat service over to the other side of the River Trent at Stoke Field. Fiskerton Mill lies on the River Greet a few hundred yards upstream from its junction with the River Trent.
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The village's location beside the Trent attracts walkers, picnickers and casual visitors in summer, centred on the riverside pub/restaurant (was called the Bromley Arms, renamed as
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The 1086 Domesday entry for Fiskerton mentioned arable land enough for seven ploughs, two mills, a fishery, a ferry and 42 acres of meadow, pasture and woodland.
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area in 2002, which gave the village a permanent open space known as the Village Green, culminating in Fiskerton being the commuter village of today.
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Christian circles as the homeplace of Henri and Connie Staples, who lived there from 1964 to 2000 and regularly held 'revival meetings' in the
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Fiskerton Ferry from a tinted postcard c.1907 with the large redbrick building mostly-known as Bromley Arms
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Walkers looking towards the old Bromley Arms pub and mooring showing flood defence wall to right
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Residential development occurred within Fiskerton between 1960 and 2000s, including the
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in 2014) and used as a friendly café-type base also serving snacks and refreshments.
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at Fiskerton showing flood defence wall which continues along waterfront
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Picnicking at riverside informal parking area downstream of
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Doubt has been cast, however, on whether it was truly a
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River Greet and a windmill on what is now Station Road.
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Fiskerton is located in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Civil parish
Fiskerton cum Morton
District
Newark and Sherwood
Shire county
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
NG25
Police
Nottinghamshire
Fire
Nottinghamshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
Newark
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
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