Laneham

thumb|right|Signpost in Laneham Laneham is a village and civil parish on the banks of the River Trent in Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 392. It is due west of Lincoln and east of Retford.

==Geography== The Parish of Laneham had a total population of 279 people at the 2001 census, at the 2011 census was 312 people, and in 2021 the count grew to 392, approaching the 410 people who lived in the village in 1851. The parish covers an area of , and includes the two settlements of "Town" Laneham and "Church" Laneham, separated by the village beck and a short stretch of low-lying ground. The eastern boundary is formed by the River Trent. Prior to 1884, the parish included of land used for parture on the eastern bank of the Trent, but most of this was transferred to the parish of Kettlethorpe. Communication to the east was once easier, as a ferry crossed the river here until 1922. The ferry had a very long history, since a list of stock held by the manor in 1388 included two gangways, which were used by passengers boarding the ferry. The last known ferryman was William Johnson. thumb|Steps at the site of Laneham ferry