# Orston
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{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Orston
| country = England
| region = East Midlands
| shire_district = [Rushcliffe](/source/Borough_of_Rushcliffe)
| shire_county = [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire)
| coordinates = {{coord|52|57|N|0|52|W|scale:25000}}
| post_town = NOTTINGHAM
| postcode_area = NG
| postcode_district = NG13
| dial_code = 01949
| constituency_westminster = [Newark](/source/Newark_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| static_image_name = Church of St Mary, Orston - geograph.org.uk - 2322488.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church, Orston
| population = 512
| population_ref = (2021)
| type = [Village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish)
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 11
| mapframe-point = none
| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.05
| os_grid_reference = SK 770410
| london_distance_mi = 105
| london_direction = SSE
| website = {{url|http://www.orstonparish.co.uk}}
}}
'''Orston''' is an English village and civil parish in the [Rushcliffe](/source/Borough_of_Rushcliffe) borough of [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), 15 miles (24 km) east of [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham). It borders the parishes of [Scarrington](/source/Scarrington), [Thoroton](/source/Thoroton), [Flawborough](/source/Flawborough), [Bottesford](/source/Bottesford%2C_Leicestershire) and [Elton on the Hill](/source/Elton_on_the_Hill). The population at the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) was 454,[{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127278&c=Orston&d=16&e=62&g=6458207&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460563011106&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |access-date=13 April 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}] increasing to 512 residents at the [2021 census](/source/2021_United_Kingdom_census).[{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007990|title=Orston parish|accessdate=12 February 2024}}]
==History==
The place-name Orston seems to contain an [Old English](/source/Old_English) personal name, ''Osica'', with ''-ingtūn'' (Old English), a settlement called after, or connected with..., so probably, "farm/settlement connected with Osica".[J. Gover, A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton (eds), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p. 227; A. D. Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p. 262; E. Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 1960), p. 351.] Some early spellings are ''Oschintone'' in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086, ''Orskinton'' in 1242, ''Orston'' in 1284, and ''Horston'' in 1428. It lay in [Bingham Wapentake](/source/Bingham_Wapentake) (hundred) until [such units](/source/Hundred_(county_division)) were abolished under the [Local Government Act 1894](/source/Local_Government_Act_1894).
The population of Orston was 351 in 1801, 391 in 1821, and 439 in 1831.[William White: ''History, Gazetteer and Directory of Nottinghamshire...'' (Sheffield, 1832), p. 479. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3cHAAAAQAAJ Retrieved 3 April 2016.]] More detail on the village history and sources for it appears on the village website.[Orston Village site [http://orstonparish.co.uk/about-2/ Retrieved 20 November 2014.]] There is a short description of the village in 1870–1872 in [John Marius Wilson](/source/John_Marius_Wilson)'s ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''.[A Vision of Britain through Time. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7720 Retrieved 20 November 2014.]]
Orston farming showed a variant of the [open-field system](/source/Open_field_system) with four fields instead of three. An [enclosure act](/source/Inclosure_Acts) was passed in 1793. A survey of Orston's present appearance and history as a conservation area was made in 2010.[Rushcliffe Borough Council. [http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/media/rushcliffe/media/documents/pdf/planningandbuilding/conservationareas/Orston_Appraisal_and_Management_Plan.pdf Retrieved 20 November 2014.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129073634/http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/media/rushcliffe/media/documents/pdf/planningandbuilding/conservationareas/Orston_Appraisal_and_Management_Plan.pdf |date=29 November 2014 }}]
== Governance ==
Orston has a parish council and belongs under [Rushcliffe Borough Council](/source/Rushcliffe_Borough_Council). The member of parliament for the Newark constituency, to which Orston belongs, is [Robert Jenrick](/source/Robert_Jenrick) of Reform UK.
==Gypsum, brickworks and spa==
There are still gypsum quarries in the area. Indeed, Orston in earlier centuries was once primarily a mining village, and probably the most important source of gypsum in the East Midlands. According to the Nottinghamshire volume of the ''Victoria History of the Countries of England'', the gypsum at Orston was the "finest in the Kingdom". The remains of several brickworks have also been identified. Mining subsidence has been a problem in some parts of the village, affecting also the church. A full account of the quarrying and mining in the village has appeared.[''Bulletin of the Peak District Mines and Historical Society'' 11/4, Winter 1991: [http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2011-4%20-%20Gypsum%20Working%20in%20the%20Parish%20of%20Orston,%20Not.pdf Retrieved 20 November 2014] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173215/http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2011-4%20-%20Gypsum%20Working%20in%20the%20Parish%20of%20Orston,%20Not.pdf |date=6 May 2012}}]
The village had a brief 18th-century period as a medicinal spring for "hydrochondriac melancholy, scurvy, want of appetite, indigestion, stoppage of urine, obstruction of the bowels, ulcers in the lungs, and for spitting of blood", but there does not appear to have been appreciable commercial development of the spring.[Our Nottinghamshire. The mineral springs and spas of Nottinghamshire [http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page_id__887.aspx Retrieved 20 November 2014]. This includes a photograph of the remains of the well head.]
==Amenities==
The village contains two churches: St Mary's Anglican Church, and Orston Methodist Church.[British Listed Buildings. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-448143-church-of-st-mary-orston-nottinghamshire Retrieved 20 November 2014.]] that forms part of the Cranmer Group, with [St Thomas's, Aslockton](/source/St_Thomas's_Church%2C_Aslockton), [St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth](/source/Church_of_St_Mary_and_All_Saints%2C_Hawksworth), [St John of Beverley, Scarrington](/source/Church_of_St_John_of_Beverley%2C_Scarrington), [St Helena's, Thoroton](/source/St_Helena's_Church%2C_Thoroton) and [St John of Beverley, Whatton](/source/Church_of_St_John_of_Beverley%2C_Whatton).[[http://www.cranmergroup.org.uk/ Retrieved 7 January 2016.]] Services are held about twice a month.[A Church Near You [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/calendar.php?V=17873&U=1&I=1&L=CW&T=April+2016 Retrieved 13 April 2016.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423125039/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/calendar.php?V=17873&U=1&I=1&L=CW&T=April+2016 |date=23 April 2016}}] The north aisle displays a restored military drum beaten at the [Battle of Waterloo](/source/Battle_of_Waterloo).[Depicted here among several other good photographs of the village and church: [http://nottsvillages.blogspot.hu/2015/07/orston.html Retrieved 27 May 2016.]] A notable record of the possessions owned by the church was made in the 16th century.{{Sfn|Briscoe|1881|pp=41-42}}
The Methodist church is part of the Grantham and Vale of Belvoir Circuit. Services are held on alternate Sunday mornings.[Circuit website [http://www.gvbcircuit.org.uk/orston.html Retrieved 20 November 2014.]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
The eight other listed buildings in the village are all Grade II.[British Listed Buildings. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/nottinghamshire/orston Retrieved 20 November 2014.]] Among them is Orston Hall (once Orston Rectory) by the architect [Charles Baily](/source/Charles_Baily).[Rushcliffe Borough Council: Orston Conservation Area Appraisal, June 2010, p. 13 [https://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/media/1rushcliffe/media/documents/pdf/planningandbuilding/conservationareas/Orston_Appraisal_and_Management_Plan.pdf Retrieved 1 October 2018.]]
The nearest shopping centres are at [Bingham](/source/Bingham%2C_Nottinghamshire) (6 miles, 10 km) and [Newark](/source/Newark_on_Trent) (10 miles, 16 km).
==School==
Orston Primary School, occupying premises built in 1939, had 158 pupils aged four to eleven in 2018, equally divided between boys and girls.
The 2010 full Ofsted report on the school rated it outstanding in all important respects.[Ofsted. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/122668 Retrieved 20 November 2014.]] Its excellent 2013 performance figures eased slightly in most subjects.[Ofsted School Data Dashboard [http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=122668 Retrieved 7 January 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203142850/http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=122668 |date=3 December 2014 }}][[https://www.schoolguide.co.uk/schools/orston-primary-school-nottingham Ratings. Retrieved 6 November 2018.]]
==Leisure==
The village pub, The Durham Ox,[''The [Durham Ox](/source/Durham_Ox)'' is a relatively common pub name in the East Midlands, derived from a famously large [Shorthorn](/source/Shorthorn) bullock of the early 19th century.] doubles as a traditional restaurant from Tuesday to Sunday.[Durham Ox [http://www.thedurhamoxorston.co.uk/ Retrieved 7 January 2016.]] A delicatessen and café called The Limehaus previously occupied the former post office, which now serves as a [day spa](/source/day_spa).[The Limehaus. [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-limehaus/330532610302418 Retrieved 20 November 2014.]]
There are various sports teams, clubs, and institutes active in the village.[Orston Shooting Ground. [http://www.orston.com/ Retrieved 20 November 2014.]]
==Transport==
[Elton and Orston railway station](/source/Elton_and_Orston_railway_station) on the outskirts of the village provides only a skeleton service of one train in each direction per day. The nearest stations with regular services to Nottingham, [Grantham](/source/Grantham), and beyond are [Bottesford](/source/Bottesford_railway_station) (2.4 miles, 4 km) and [Aslockton](/source/Aslockton_railway_station) (2.3 miles, 3.7 km).
A local hourly bus links Orston with Bingham and nearby villages.[833 [https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/1738431/833-bus-timetable.pdf Retrieved 13 July 2021.]]
The [A52 trunk road](/source/A52_road) between Nottingham and Grantham passes two miles south of the village. It is reached at Elton on the Hill, in a south-easterly direction at Bottesford, or in a westerly direction via [Scarrington](/source/Scarrington). Orston also lies on [National Cycle Route 15](/source/National_Cycle_Route_15).
==Environment==
The slow-running [River Smite](/source/River_Smite), which bounds the village on the western side, is 20 miles long. It is paralleled at Orston by the Northing and Bon Moor Drains. The Smite has its source at [Holwell, Leicestershire](/source/Holwell%2C_Leicestershire), and flows into the [River Devon](/source/River_Devon%2C_Nottinghamshire) at [Shelton](/source/Shelton%2C_Nottinghamshire).
Orston Millennium Green, created for 2001 beside the Smite on donated land, has a mown area for recreation and other sections with various nature and wildlife preservation areas. It is surrounded by a footpath.