Population 745 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Nottinghamshire | OS grid reference SK690949 Country England Post town DONCASTER District Bassetlaw | |
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Misson is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 12 miles north of Retford, and not directly accessible from the rest of Nottinghamshire. Misson Springs, which lie north of the village itself, is the northernmost place within the county. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 698, increasing to 711 at the 2011 census.
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Map of Misson, Doncaster, UK
The parish church of St John the Baptist was rebuilt after extensive damage by lightning in 1894. About a mile north-west of the village is RAF Misson.
Permission has been granted for test for shale gas in Misson.
Toponomy
The place-name Misson is possibly a derivative of an Old English word, mos, 'moss, marsh, bog', hence 'mossy or marshy place'. Alternatively the name may contain Old Norse mysni, 'a water-plant’, perhaps the water-arum.
Misson appears in the Domesday survey of 1086 as Misna and Misne