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  latitude 533771
  longitude -10618
  map Type Nottinghamshire
  official Name Blyth
  shire District Bassetlaw
  region East Midlands
  shire County Nottinghamshire
  constituency Westminster Bassetlaw
  post Town WORKSOP
  postcode District S80
  postcode Area S
  dial Code 01909


Blyth is a Village in the County of Nottinghamshire , in the Midlands of England , north west of East Retford , on the River Ryton .

The Priory church of St. Mary and St. Martin is one of the oldest examples of Norman Architecture in the country. It was part of a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1088 . Blyth Hall was built at the eastern end of the church and was demolished in 1972 .

There is a stone building with a seven hundred year old doorway, said to have been built by the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem.