Cuckney
St Mary's Church Norton Cuckney
Cuckney Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	215 (2001 census)
Civil parish	Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
District	Bassetlaw
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANSFIELD
Postcode district	NG20
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°14′06″N 1°09′14″W / 53.235°N 1.154°W / 53.235; -1.154

Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Market Warsop. In 2001 the parish had a population of 215.In 2001 the parish had a population of 31.^[1]

The A60 road connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckney Hill.

History

The grounds of Cuckney Parish Church, a Grade I listed building, contain the remains of Cuckney Castle.

George Sitwell, Ironmaster mined iron locally and he built a blast furnace here in the seventeenth century.^[2]

In 1853 there were two large watermills on the river Poulter in Cuckney, one for cotton, another for corn. An earlier cotton mill had burnt down in 1792.

On 1 April 2015 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Norton to form "Norton and Cuckney".^[3] On 1 April 2023 it became part of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck.^[4]

The school

The upstream mill is now a primary school. Cuckney Church of England Primary School has 140 pupils on its roll.^[when?]