Rufford
Rufford is a locality in Ollerton and Boughton, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Rufford is situated nearby to the town Ollerton, as well as near the village Wellow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rufford Abbey and St Giles’ Church, Ollerton.
Rufford Abbey
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Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.
St Giles’ Church, Ollerton
Church
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St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rufford and Ollerton.
Rufford
Hamlet
Rufford, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, is the site of two villages whose inhabitants were evicted in the 12th century. Cistercian monasteries were established and the monks wished to ensure their isolation.
Ollerton
Town
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ollerton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries.
Wellow
Village
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wellow is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 444, increasing to 470 at the 2011 census, but falling slightly to 463 at the 2021 census.
Rufford
- Type: Locality
- Location: Ollerton and Boughton, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1838° or 53° 11′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.02751° or 1° 1′ 39″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C5W5XMC+GXGeoNames ID
13281140
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