Location Page, with notes on the Village

The location of Everton, on the A631, 3 miles east of Bawtry, is shown below. To find the Village Hall turn into the centre of the village opposite the Sun Inn (left if coming from Bawtry, right from Gainsborough) into High Street. The Hall is located about a quarter of a mile along High Street at the junction with Church Street (the 3rd turning on the left).

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Multi Media Mapping.

A Brief History of Everton

Everton is an ancient North Nottinghamshire village, which straddles the busy A631, once part of the main Roman route from Lincoln to York. The remains of a Roman fort are to be found at the western edge of the parish, where one can imagine Roman soldiers pausing before crossing the River Idle to Bawtry.

In the time of the Danish settlement, the village was known as Eofor-tun (wild boar farm) and later recorded in the Domesday survey as Evreton.  Agriculture was always the main occupation of the residents until mechanisation meant that the same acreage could be worked by tractor as by horse, with a fraction of the manpower. At the same time almost universal car ownership and high speed rail links opened up the village to commuters to towns such as Doncaster, Retford, Sheffield, and for a few brave souls, London.

The Viking settlement of Everton has been the subject of a play: "Scafti's Saga"  presented by our Youth Theatre.  Details of this and of Everton in the times of the Vikings are on our youth page.

With a current population just short of 650 the village boasts a 12th century church, a chapel, school, a studios/antique shop, a hair dressers, a nursery (plant variety) and two pubs. Recreational facilities include football and cricket pitches, tennis courts and bowls green.

Although no longer in use, there can also be seen a windmill tower and brewery.

On nearby Barrow Hills, there is good walking and excellent views, both to the north across the Isle of Axholme and South across the rolling North Nottinghamshire countryside.

Facilities for Theatre Goers

Our plays are normally staged in the Village Hall, formerly a tithe barn, and then the village school until the building of the present Everton Primary School.

Audiences of up to 80 can be accommodated, and there is wheelchair access and a hearing aid loop.  The hall has just been fully re-furbished and has had disabled toilet facilities installed.

Parking is available on Church Street and High Street.

A warm welcome will be given to all pre (and post!) theatre goers at the Sun Inn and the Blacksmith's Arms (situated at the western end of Church Street). Both hostelries serve meals.

More details of Everton can be found on the village community web page: http://www.evertonvillage.org.uk