Epperstone

Epperstone is an English village and civil parish in mid-Nottinghamshire, located near Lowdham and Calverton.

The only relics left of any date earlier than that of the existing church are pieces of the font, a finial in the churchyard, and the lower part of the wall of the nave.

The books were kept in the schoolroom until 1843, when the donor erected a building and vested it, together with the library, in trustees for the use of the Epperstone's parishioners.

The free school was purchased in 1838 with money raised by subscription, and a grant from the National Society.

It moved to a larger building in the Oxton road, dating from 1855, when the earlier schoolhouse was sold.

[9] The present joint parish with Gonalston, Woodborough and Oxton is part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

The adjacent village hall provides a children's play area, and there is a full-sized cricket pitch.

[16] The village has a Women's Institute and a Crafts Club, and Wednesday coffee mornings are held at the church.

The proceeds of about £8500 were divided among Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, St Ann's Food Bank and Epperstone Church.

The report notes Epperstone's "very distinctive character... a combination of topography, buildings, trees and walls....

It also notes, "The approach to the village from the west is along a tunnel formed by overhanging trees, including ash, holly, maple, horse chestnut and yew.

[5] It came as an improvement to the A6097 (previously B688) road between the A46 near Saxondale and the A614 at Farnsfield, crossing the River Trent at Gunthorpe.