Ompton

Ompton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, three miles south-east of Ollerton. It is in the civil parish of Ompton, but for census purposes its population count is included together with the civil parishes of Laxton and Moorhouse, and Ossington.[1].Kneesall lies to the southwest, and Wellow to the north west . It has a red-brick chapel of 1860. About half a mile to the west is a water pumping station, built 1965–68 as a tiled pyramid on a glazed plinth.[2]

Ompton
Ompton
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population449 (2011) including Laxton and Moorhouse with Ossington
OS grid referenceSK688651
Civil parish
  • Ompton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRETFORD
Postcode districtNG22
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

References

  1. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 282.

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