Whatton

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=
latitude= 52.95
longitude=-0.89
official_name =Whatton
population =781
shire_district=Rushcliffe
shire_county= Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Rushcliffe
post_town= NOTTINGHAM
postcode_district = NG13
postcode_area=NG
dial_code=01949
os_grid_reference= SK746392

Whatton (otherwise Whatton in the Vale) is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire.

Whatton lies in the Vale of Belvoir on the south bank of the River Smite just to the north of the major A52 road twelve miles east of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 781 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798533&c=Whatton&d=16&e=15&g=479582&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206827260828&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Whatton CP (Parish)"] ] . It is served by Aslockton railway station, across the river to the north of the village. Administratively it is part of the borough of Rushcliffe.

Whatton Mill was a five-storey brick tower windmill built in 1820. It had four patent sails (sails with shutters instead of cloth) two of which were double. Milling ceased c. 1916 when the last miller, John Frederick Houghton, fell off the fantail after an argument with his son Jasper. The capless tower is now a listed building [Shaw, T. (1995). "Windmills of Nottinghamshire". Page 42. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3] .

ee also

*Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton

References

External links

* [http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=9575 Details of the conservation area]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Whatton/ GENUKI(tm) page]