Treswell, Nottinghamshire
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Treswell is a village in north Nottinghamshire
in England
. The village is under the administration of Bassetlaw
Council and Treswell parish council. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 231.
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book
as Tireswelle and probably came from Anglo-Saxon
Tīres wella = "well or spring belonging to [a man named] Tīr".
The parish church of St John the Baptist is built in the Perpendicular style. The main structure dates from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, although it was restored in 1855, the square tower was restored in 1900, and internally the furniture dates from the nineteenth century. It has been a grade I listed building since 1967.
Rampton Secure Hospital
is nearby.
, near Saxilby
in 1805. He was referred to as "Thomas Otter otherwise Temporel." Otter was probably married already, and his new 'wife' was already pregnant; he had also been drinking at the Sun Inn, Saxilby, where the inquest was held. Joseph Rodgers, in The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, refers to Treswell as his origin and the 'Stamford Mercury' reported him as from 'Truswell'. Otter was hung in Lincoln then gibbeted at the spot where he committed the crime, still commemorated in the name of Otter's Bridge Service Station nearby. A number of sinister events were linked to his case, with momentoes of the crime disappearing from pubs such as the Drinsey Nook - only to reappear at the scene of the crime. The gibbet
supposedly collapsed on a workmen while being erected, killing him. Years afterwards a dying old man confessed to having witnessed the murder when awoken from a drunken sleep in a field nearby.
oilfield which runs beneath it, and there are four nodding donkey
oil pumps located over well heads to the north east of the village. The field produces high-grade crude oil, which is taken by road to a collection centre at Gainsborough
, from where it is transferred by rail to be refined at Immingham
. Because of its quality, it is used for the production of chemicals and plastics, rather than for fuel. Oil was discovered here in the late 1950s or early 1960s, after Dr Mosaddeq took power in Iran
and nationalised the oil industry there. Displaced engineers working for British Petroleum returned to the UK, and South Leverton oilfield was one of several which were identified at that time as a result of their exploration skills.
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The village is under the administration of Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford...
Council and Treswell parish council. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 231.
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as Tireswelle and probably came from Anglo-Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
Tīres wella = "well or spring belonging to [a man named] Tīr".
Buildings
The village has a population of 260 living in 83 dwellings. Treswell has one post box, an old fashioned red telephone booth, a bus stop, a petrol and service garage and an active village hall. The village also has a 19th century Methodist church but this recently closed and is being converted into a house.The parish church of St John the Baptist is built in the Perpendicular style. The main structure dates from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, although it was restored in 1855, the square tower was restored in 1900, and internally the furniture dates from the nineteenth century. It has been a grade I listed building since 1967.
Rampton Secure Hospital
Rampton Secure Hospital
Rampton Secure Hospital is a high security psychiatric hospital near the village of Woodbeck between Retford and Rampton in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England...
is nearby.
History
Treswell has rarely featured in history, but it was the home of Tom Otter, who murdered his wife of one day in a field at Drinsey NookDrinsey Nook
Drinsey Nook is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about south west of Saxilby, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire.It is most notable for the case of Tom Otter, a man who murdered his new wife in 1805...
, near Saxilby
Saxilby
Saxilby is a large village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west of Lincoln, on the A57 road at the junction of the B1241. It is part of the civil parish of Saxilby and Ingleby, along with the nearby village of Ingleby. Population of the civil parish in 2001 was...
in 1805. He was referred to as "Thomas Otter otherwise Temporel." Otter was probably married already, and his new 'wife' was already pregnant; he had also been drinking at the Sun Inn, Saxilby, where the inquest was held. Joseph Rodgers, in The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, refers to Treswell as his origin and the 'Stamford Mercury' reported him as from 'Truswell'. Otter was hung in Lincoln then gibbeted at the spot where he committed the crime, still commemorated in the name of Otter's Bridge Service Station nearby. A number of sinister events were linked to his case, with momentoes of the crime disappearing from pubs such as the Drinsey Nook - only to reappear at the scene of the crime. The gibbet
Gibbet
A gibbet is a gallows-type structure from which the dead bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. In earlier times, up to the late 17th century, live gibbeting also took place, in which the criminal was placed alive in a metal cage...
supposedly collapsed on a workmen while being erected, killing him. Years afterwards a dying old man confessed to having witnessed the murder when awoken from a drunken sleep in a field nearby.
Oilfield
Treswell is located over the South LevertonSouth Leverton
South Leverton is a village and civil parish in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, England, four miles from Retford. According to the 2001 census it has a population of 478.-Geography:...
oilfield which runs beneath it, and there are four nodding donkey
Pumpjack
A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well....
oil pumps located over well heads to the north east of the village. The field produces high-grade crude oil, which is taken by road to a collection centre at Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...
, from where it is transferred by rail to be refined at Immingham
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...
. Because of its quality, it is used for the production of chemicals and plastics, rather than for fuel. Oil was discovered here in the late 1950s or early 1960s, after Dr Mosaddeq took power in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and nationalised the oil industry there. Displaced engineers working for British Petroleum returned to the UK, and South Leverton oilfield was one of several which were identified at that time as a result of their exploration skills.