| Main | Births etc |
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| Sturton le Steeple | |
 Sturton le Steeple Sturton le Steeple shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 486 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Bassetlaw |
| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RETFORD[1] |
| Postcode district | DN22 |
| Dialling code | (44)01427 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
Sturton le Steeple is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles east of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population (including Littleborough, Notts) of 497,[2] reducing slightly to 486 as at the 2011 Census.[3]
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has a 14th-century tower with 12 pinnacles. The rest of the church was rebuilt after a fire in 1901–02.[4]
Pastor John Robinson was born in Sturton Le Steeple about 1576, the first child of John and Ann Robinson. John Robinson was the founder of the Pilgrims who sailed to North America in the Mayflower.
References[]
- ^ "Villages within the Retford post town" (accessed 3 November 2014).
- ^ "Area: Sturton le Steeple CP (Parish)"
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129271&c=Sturton+le+Steeple&d=16&e=62&g=6456327&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460137153664&enc=1. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 340–341. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
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