Misson, Nottinghamshire

Misson
St John the Baptist's Misson
Misson Misson shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	745 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK690949
District	Bassetlaw
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN10
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°27′N 0°58′W / 53.45°N 0.96°W / 53.45; -0.96

Misson is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 12 miles north of Retford, and not directly accessible from the rest of Nottinghamshire. Misson Springs, which lie north of the village itself, is the northernmost place within the county. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 698,^[1] increasing to 711 at the 2011 census.^[2]

The parish church of St John the Baptist was rebuilt after extensive damage by lightning in 1894. About a mile north-west of the village is RAF Misson.^[3]

Permission has been granted for test for shale gas in Misson. ^[4]

Toponomy

The place-name Misson is possibly a derivative of an Old English word, mos, 'moss, marsh, bog', hence 'mossy or marshy place'. Alternatively the name may contain Old Norse mysni, 'a water-plant’, perhaps the water-arum.^[5]

Misson appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Misna and Misne^[6]

References

↑ "Area: Misson CP (Parish)"
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 178. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
↑ . BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37990643. Missing or empty |title= (help)Shale gas drilling plan in Misson approved
↑ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.87; A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.244; E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.328
↑ National Archives: E 31/2/2/3734

External links

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Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire

Unitary authorities	Nottingham

Boroughs or districts	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe

Major settlements	Arnold Beeston Bingham Calverton Carlton Cotgrave Eastwood Harworth Hucknall Kimberley Kirkby-in-Ashfield Mansfield Newark Nottingham Ollerton Rainworth Retford Ruddington Stapleford Southwell Sutton-in-Ashfield West Bridgford Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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