Retirement Properties Spotlight in Southwell

Southwell was mentioned as Sudeuuelle in Domesday and belonged to the Archbishop of York with three mills, a fishpond and and a ferry. Southwell Minster, the mother church of Nottinghamshire, was begun in the early 12th Century and retains all three original towers. The town is situated on the River Greet and has a number of historic buildings including the 15th century Saracen's Head where Charles I stayed before his surrender to the Scottish Army at Kelham, There are a good range of shops and the nearby village of Fiskerton has a railway station.