# Gonalston
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{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.020|-0.989|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}
| static_image_name = Cottages on Gonalston Lane, Gonalston - geograph.org.uk - 4224618.jpg
| static_image_caption = Gonalston Lane.
| map_type = Nottinghamshire
| official_name = Gonalston
| shire_district = [Newark and Sherwood](/source/Newark_and_Sherwood)
| shire_county = [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire)
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [Newark](/source/Newark_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town = [NOTTINGHAM](/source/Nottingham)
| postcode_district = NG14
| postcode_area = NG
| dial_code = 0115
| os_grid_reference = SK 67809 47478
| type = [Village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish)
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 12
| mapframe-point = none
| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| area_total_sq_mi = 1.71
| population = 83
| population_ref = (2021)
| london_direction = SSE
| london_distance_mi = 110
}}
'''Gonalston''' is a small [village](/source/Village) in [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire) lying
just to the north-east of [Lowdham](/source/Lowdham) and almost upon the [A612 trunk road](/source/A612_road) that runs from [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) to [Southwell](/source/Southwell%2C_Nottinghamshire). Gonalston comprises {{convert|1,096|acre|km2 sqmi}} of arable and pasture land in about equal portions, interspersed with {{convert|106|acre|km2}} of wood and plantations. It lies on a small river called the Dover Beck which separates the village from [Lowdham](/source/Lowdham) and which flows south-east into the [River Trent](/source/River_Trent) {{convert|2|mi|km}} away. Population for the [2021 census](/source/2021_United_Kingdom_census) was 83 residents.[{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007906|title=Gonalston parish|accessdate=2 February 2024}}]
==Toponymy==
Gonalston seems to contain the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) personal name, ''Gunnolf'', + ''tun'' (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Gunnolf's farm/settlement'.[J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p.166; A.D.Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p.152; E .Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (Oxford, 1960), p.166]
==Historical==
According to Francis White's ''Directory of Nottinghamshire'' of 1853, Gonalston
{{blockquote|is a small rural village and parish, near the Dover Beck, {{convert|4|mi|km}} south-south-west of [Southwell](/source/Southwell%2C_Nottinghamshire), containing 100 inhabitants and {{convert|862|acre|km2}} of land, enclosed in 1768, when {{convert|155|acre|km2}} were allotted for the tithes. John Francklin Esq. owns the whole lordship, and is patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £7 19s 2d, now £324, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Edward Walker Foottit B.A. The church, dedicated to [St Lawrence](/source/St_Lawrence), is a small structure, with a tower and two bells, and was rebuilt in 1852. In Thoroton's time it contained some ancient figures of crusaders, but they were either destroyed or removed at the diminution of the church. They have since been taken up by the present proprietor, under the superintendence of Rd. West Macott Esq. R.A., and are about to be placed in the name of the new edifice.[F. White "Directory of Nottinghamshire" (Sheffield, 1853)]}}
==Notable buildings==
The parish church of [St Laurence](/source/St_Laurence's_Church%2C_Gonalston) dates from the 14th century. It lies outside the village centre, in the grounds of the rectory, close to the manor house and home farm.
The village was famed in ancient times for its hospital or spital now lost, and its effigies of [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders). "William de Heris, in the reign of [Henry III](/source/Henry_III_of_England), founded an hospital here called the Spital, 'to the honour of [St. Mary Magdalene](/source/St._Mary_Magdalene);' the successive rectors of the parish were masters, and formerly preached their induction sermon upon its ruins."[[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50984 'Godwick – Goodmanham'], A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 312–15]
==Archaeology==
Some recent and important archaeological discoveries have been made in the East Midlands and especially in the silts of the [Trent](/source/River_Trent) Valley area. This includes finds in Gonalston. At Holme Dyke, Gonalston, [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) pottery has been excavated from a ring ditch, and a Late [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) domestic site (as a burnt mound) was uncovered by quarry workings.[http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/15nottneba.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924044634/http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/15nottneba.pdf |date=24 September 2006 }}.]
==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Gonalston](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Gonalston)
==Notes==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Gonalston}}
* [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1903/summer/gonalston.htm 1903 article concerning Gonalston church and Spital]
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Category:Newark and Sherwood
Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire
Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
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