HUCKNALL TORKARD, a town in Nottinghamshire, England ; 132 m. N.N.W. from London by rail. Pop. (1931) 17,338. The church of St. Mary Magdalene contains the tomb of Lord Byron. There are collieries in the vicinity, and the town has tobacco and hosiery works. Small traces are found of Beauvale abbey, a Carthusian foundation of the 14th century, to the west ; and 3 m. N. is Newstead abbey, founded by Henry II., and asso ciated with Byron. There remain the Early English west front of the church, a Perpendicular cloister and the chapter-house. To the south of Hucknall are traces of Gresley castle, of the 14th century.