Ossington
Ossington | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | NEWARK | |
Postcode district | NG23 | |
Dialling code | 01636 | |
Police | Nottinghamshire | |
Fire | Nottinghamshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Ossington is a village and civil parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, England 7 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. The population count was 109 residents at the 2021 census.[1] It was centred on Ossington Hall, the ancestral home of the Denison family, but the house was demolished in 1964 and all that remains are a few outbuildings and a private chapel that now serves the parish as Holy Rood Church, Ossington. This is a Grade I listed building, originally 12th century and rebuilt in 1782–1783 by the architect John Carr, with minor 19th-century alterations and additions. It includes earlier monuments and stained glass. There is a barrel organ built by Thomas Robson in 1840.
Ossington Hall
The house was then inherited by Denison's nephew,
Air base
During the Second World War a large Royal Air Force station known as RAF Ossington was laid out on land close to the Ossington estate. It opened on 18 January 1942 as the base for No. 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit and was transferred to No. 93 (Training) Group RAF Bomber Command in 1943. In January 1945 it was finally transferred to RAF Transport Command No. 6 Lancaster Finishing School, before it was closed in August 1946. The hall formed part of the accommodation for the airfield.
Demolition
After the Second World War, the hall fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1964. An urn from the estate survives in the grounds of Flintham Hall. Some other outbuildings and a small well remain.
See also
- John Denison of Ossington (c. 1758 - 1820}, father of Viscount Ossington
- John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington
- William Evelyn Denison
- George Anthony Denison
- Listed buildings in Ossington
- Ossington Street
- Ossington Avenue
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Ossington Holy Rood, History Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project. Accessed October 2014.
- ^ "Denison Family of Ossington". Retrieved 27 March 2013.
External links
Media related to Ossington at Wikimedia Commons
- Ossington history in About Nottinghamshire: Its Places And Its People, By Cornelius Brown, F.R.S.L., Nottinghamshire Guardian (1889)
- Ossington history in Autumn excursion, Transactions of the Thoroton Society, (1902)
- Photo of Ossington Hall in 1913 Francis Frith
- The papers of the Denison estate held by The University of Nottingham
- RAF Ossington The Wartime Memories Project – RAF Ossington