Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet about 0.5 km south of Old Blidworth.īlidworth seems to contain the Old English personal name, Blitha' + worð (Old English) an enclosure, so 'Blitha's enclosure'. The area around Main Street, west of Beck Lane and including the church, is Old Blidworth, containing some of the oldest buildings. These are mainly in estates north of Dale Lane, known as New Blidworth. Its history can be traced back to the 10th century, although many of the current houses were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at Blidworth Colliery (1926–1989). The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457.
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