Orston

Also known as Orston, Nottinghamshire

Orston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham. It borders the parishes of Scarrington, Thoroton, Flawborough, Bottesford and Elton on the Hill. The population at the 2011 census was 454, increasing to 512 residents at the 2021 census.

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It sits within the topics Borough of Rushcliffe, Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire and Gypsum mines in England.

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Locality: Rushcliffe
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 454

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Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Rushcliffe
Population: 454

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==History== The place-name Orston seems to contain an Old English personal name, Osica, with -ingtūn (Old English), a settlement called after, or connected with..., so probably, "farm/settlement connected with Osica". Some early spellings are Oschintone in the Domesday Book of 1086, Orskinton in 1242, Orston in 1284, and Horston in 1428. It lay in Bingham Wapentake (hundred) until such units were abolished under the Local Government Act 1894.

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