Spalford
Spalford Chapel
Spalford is located in Nottinghamshire
Spalford
Spalford
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population85 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceSK8369
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG23
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
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53°12′46″N 0°44′54″W / 53.21275°N 0.74845°W / 53.21275; -0.74845

Spalford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Spalford was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) as 'Spaldesforde'.[1]

The hamlet is located between South Clifton and Weecar near the county boundary with Lincolnshire, north of Newark-on-Trent.[2] Spalford was a township in the parish of North Clifton,[3] it became a separate parish in 1866.[4]

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 85.[5]

To the west of the parish is the River Trent, and to the south is the Local nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest known as Spalford Warren. The reserve habitat is made up of blown sand heathland, which is rare in Nottinghamshire.[6]

Spalford Floodbank

In 1795 during the largest known flood on the Trent, the floodbank which is situated between Spalford and the river was breached. Floodwaters from the breach spread out across the low-lying land, even reaching the River Witham and flooding Lincoln. Some 20,000 acres were flooded for a period of over three weeks. A description of the breach was given as follows:

The bank is formed upon a plain of sandy nature, and when it was broken in 1795, the water forced an immense breach, the size of which may be judged from the fact that eighty loads of faggots and upwards of four hundred tons of earth were required to fill up the hole, an operation which took several weeks to complete.

The flood bank was subsequently strengthened and repaired, following further Trent floods in 1824 and 1852.[7]

Flood marker at nearby Girton showing the height of the 1795 flood and others
Spalford Warren
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References

  1. ^ "Spalford". domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey (2009). Lincoln & Newark-on-Trent. OS Landranger Map Series. Ordnance Survey. ISBN 9780319227213.
  3. ^ "North Clifton". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Spalford Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Spalford Warren SSSI Nature Reserve". nottinghamshirewildlife.org. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Upper Witham IDB History". upperwitham-idb.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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