Nostell
53°38′46″N 1°23′38″W / 53.646°N 1.394°W
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Nostell is an estate about 4 miles ESE of Wakefield the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell which had a population of 90 in 2001,[1] and 164 at the 2011 census (including Wintersett).[2]
The Nostell Estate was centred on Nostell Priory, an 18th-century Palladian historic house, on the site of an Augustinian priory which received its charter in 1121. The house has interiors by Robert Adam and furniture by Thomas Chippendale. The house was owned by the Winn family and is now in the care of the National Trust.[3] Wragby Church is at the entrance to the grounds of Nostell Priory.[4]
Coal mining on the Nostell Estate began in the 9th century and continued until 1987. Nostell Colliery was known locally as 'the family pit' due to the welfare schemes introduced by the Winn family far in advance of similar schemes before nationalisation. In 1880, terraced houses nicknamed "Cribbin's Lump" were built close to the colliery. They were renamed "New Crofton" by Lord St Oswald but the nickname remained until the houses were demolished in the 1980s. Nostell Colliery closed in 1987.[5]
Nostell Cricket Club was established pre-1897 opposite the priory entrance.[6]
In the 1870–1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, "Foulby, Nostell and Huntwick" was described as an extra-parochial tract within Pontefract parish, with a population of 145 people in 27 houses.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 September 2009
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell Parish (E04000234)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Nostell Priory". National Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "St Michael & Our Lady, Wragby". The Church of England. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Pit closures, year by year". BBC News. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Nostell St Oswald CC". play-cricket.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Huntwick, West Riding". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
External links
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Media related to Nostell at Wikimedia Commons