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The village, but not the church, is mentioned in Domesday Book.

The history of St Laurence has been bound up with Southwell Minster for almost one thousand years.

Rare classical beauty (built in 1784 by John Carr of York) behind gilded 19th century gates and surrounded by woods on the edge of the village.

The church has Anglo Saxon origins but is mainly 14th and 15th century.

Originally consisting of a chancel and nave, the church dates back to the end of the 12th century and is dedicated to St. Wilfrid, as are so many other churches in the Trent Valley.

Said by many to be the best kept secret among the forty two English cathedrals, it is a gem dating from 1108.

Cromwell, a small village of around 200 inhabitants, lies to the west of the Trent about five miles north of Newark.

Holme was a much more frequented place until the 16th century, when the River Trent changed course to leave it isolated on the eastern bank.

A medieval church containing Norman fabric and which was a chapel of ease for the parish of Norwell existed on the site of the present building; it was demolished in 1849.

The church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch stands on a rise above the village, with recorded evidence of a moat and with the former large parsonage house and manor house in close proximity.