of the town, alongside the River Greet Brackenhurst, an agricultural campus for Nottingham Trent University, is to the south Brinkley is a hamlet to the south-east along Fiskerton Road. Notable people In order of birth: St Edburga of Repton was translated from Repton Abbey to Southwell and died here about AD 700. Ælfric Puttoc (died 1051), Archbishop of York, died here. Geoffrey Plantagenet, natural son of King Henry II of England and Archbishop of York, was ordained priest here in 1181. Matthew Sylvester (c. 1636–1708), Nonconformist minister and religious writer, was born here. Thomas Spofforth (1743–1826), organist, died here. John Spray (c. 1768–1827), tenor singer and vicar choral for the Dublin cathedrals, was born here and sang as a boy in the Minster Choir. Reginald Spofforth (1769–1827), composer and organist, was baptised here. Mary Ann Brailsford, who grew the first Bramley cooking apple tree from seed, was baptised here in May 1791. Rev. John Thomas Becher (1770–1848), cleric, social reformer and friend of Lord Byron, was Vicar-General of Southwell Minster in 1818–1840. Richard Ingleman (1777–1838), architect and surveyor, died here. Henry Stenton (1815–1887) was a first-class cricketer and Southwell solicitor. Francis Tinley (1819–1889), first-class cricketer with Nottinghamshire, was born here, as was his first-class cricketing brother Vincent Tinley (1828–1899). Chappell Batchelor (1822–1884), organist and first-class cricketer, was born here and sang as a boy in the Minster Choir. John Hatfield (1831–1889), first-class cricketer, was born here. William Horsley (1835–1864), first-class cricketer, was born and died here. Sebastian Smith (1869–1948), a stage and film actor, was born here. Edmond Foljambe (1890–1960), first-class cricketer, was born here. Ted Hufton (1892–1967), international footballer, was born here. Sir Joseph Lockwood (1904–1991), whose company helped to finance The Beatles, was born here. Lilian Greenwood (born 1966), Labour MP for Nottingham South, lived in Southwell 1999–2020. Robert Edward Jenrick (born 1982), Conservative MP for Newark since 2014, rents a property here. Scott Loach (born 1988), League footballer, attended Southwell Minster School and played for Southwell United as a youth. Transport links Bus services Railway stations Southwell was previously served by a branch line which ran from Rolleston Junction to Mansfield. There was a station on the line which served the town. It was opened in 1847, but closed to passengers in 1959 and to goods traffic in 1964. The station survives as a private residence. The trackbed towards Mansfield is now the Southwell Trail. The trackbed