Epperstone

Epperstone is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire located near Lowdham and Calverton. The village had a population (including Gonalston) of 589 at the time of the 2011 Census. Many inhabitants commute to work or school in Nottingham (10 miles, 16 km).

Epperstone is located in the valley of the Dover Beck 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Southwell. The Dover Beck is joined by the Order Beck in the village. The parish has an area of 2,343 acres (948 ha), of which 250 acres (100 ha) are wooded. It is adjacent to Gonalston, Lowdham, Woodborough, Calverton and Oxton.

Epperstone lies in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. The district council has had a Conservative majority since 2007. It belongs to Newark constituency, whose member since 2014 has been Robert Jenrick (Conservative). The village has a parish council. It was formerly in Thurgarton Wapentake (i. e. Hundred).

Epperstone seems to contain the Old English personal name, Eorphere, + tun (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Eorphere's farm/settlement'.

In the 1086 Domesday Survey Epperstone was recorded as having had a church and a priest. Evidence has also been found of a church in Saxon times. The only relics left of any date earlier than that of the existing church are pieces of the font, a finial in the churchyard, and the lower part of the wall of the nave.

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