Edwalton, Nottinghamshire

Edwalton is a suburb to the south of Nottingham in England, contiguous with West Bridgford and Gamston and composed of the older Edwalton village and several much larger, post-war housing estates. The population of the Rushcliffe Ward named Edwalton Village was 3,908 at the 2011 Census.[1] A 2019 estimate put the population at 4,892.[2]

"Edwalton" redirects here. For the Scottish Painter, see Ed Walton.

Edwalton
Edwalton
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population3,908 (Ward. 2011)
OS grid referenceSK 59708 35357
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG12
Dialling code0115
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

History

One of the earliest mention of Edwalton village is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil[3] by the King. The land required more than three ploughs and consisted of 20 acres (8.1 ha) of meadow.

Since the marriage of the heir to the Musters' family estate (West Bridgford's former landowners) into the Chaworth family, the areas of West Bridgford and Edwalton have been conjoined, first as the West Bridgford Urban District Council, and now as part of Rushcliffe Borough Council.

Notable people
  • Arthur Richardson (1860–1936), a Nottinghamshire tea merchant elected several times as a Liberal or Labour Member of Parliament, died in Edwalton.[4][5]
  • Thomas Collins (1895–1964), was a county cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and Hampshire. He died in Edwalton in 1964.[6]

Property

While the official boundaries of Edwalton are debatable, Boundary Road is commonly accepted as the border between West Bridgford and Edwalton.

Edwalton contains some of Nottingham's most expensive properties, with Valley Road, Melton Road, Croft Road and Village Street containing properties worth over one million pounds. Edwalton Hall is the largest property in the suburb, and is now an exclusive complex of mews houses and apartments. Originally the private residence of the Chaworth family, it later became a hotel and restaurant before being developed by Crosby Homes. The complex includes a gym, swimming pool and croquet lawn. In recent years a number of developers have been developing new housing estates on the area known locally as Sharphill Farm. The estates are made up primarily of high spec, prestigious family homes, priced accordingly due to excellent road links for commuters and outstanding schools for children.

Edwalton is varied architecturally. Landmark bespoke houses are common, but the majority of Edwalton is now composed of large post-war housing estates, first constructed in the early 1950s, but with subsequent estates constructed during the 1980s to the present day. Many council houses and flats were privately bought under the Right to buy scheme of the 1980s. Only a small number of properties now belong to Rushcliffe Borough Council as its housing stock was dissolved in early 2003, with ownership transferring to Spirita Housing Association. On 1 April 2012 Spirita was dissolved and ownership of the former council housing stock was taken over by Metropolitan Housing Association Group, based in London.

Plans to provide Edwalton with a parish council were rejected after a two-stage consultation process culminating in a report issued in February 2014 by Rushcliffe Borough Council.[7]

Facilities

Edwalton has a state primary school and a golf course. There is also a Londis, a post office, a newsagent, a café, a hair salon, pharmacy and a dog groomer within the main shopping area of Earlswood Drive.

The Church of England is represented by the Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton, which has its own page. Edwalton Community Church in Wellin Lane offers community services such as a pre-school, a toddlers group, a ladies' fellowship group and children's activities. It also runs a "Blessings in a Box" scheme for the financially challenged.[8][9]

Bus transport
  • Nottingham City Transport
    • 6: Nottingham – West Bridgford – Edwalton
  • Trentbarton

References
  1. "Ruscliffe Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. City Population site, Edwalton. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 779 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
  4. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 163. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 210. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. Rushcliffe report on process. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. Pre-school site.

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