Barnby Moor is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 257 (2001 census), increasing to the 2011 Census to 278.[1] The village is about three miles north of East Retford.
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Population | 278 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SK6684 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | RETFORD |
Postcode district | DN22 |
Dialling code | 01777 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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The A638 passes through the village.
The hamlet of Bilby is within the parish of Barnby Moor constituting a detached portion thereof due to being separated by narrow strips of Hodsock and Babworth. This means Barnby Moor is one of a very small number of civil parishes in England to still have a detached portion. [2]
Beatrice Tomasson, the mountaineer, was born here in 1859 to William and Sarah Anne Tomasson, she was their second child.[3]
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