The village itself is located about a quarter of a mile west of the
A614, about half a mile north of
Ollerton and 10 miles north east of
Mansfield. The
River Meden runs nearby. The village contains a large
green, a village hall, the Estate Office for Thoresby Estate and a large church (of
Saint John the Evangelist). There was once a primary school in the village but that has since been closed down and the building used as an Environmental Education Centre to teach children from many schools about the countryside. Although the village has a much longer history, the oldest buildings which now remain date back only as far as the late of the 18th century. The church of Saint John was built in 1876 and became the
parish church in 1877. Perhaps the most striking buildings are the "Redbrick" buildings, dating from the 1950s which are found clustered around the village green. These, like many of the older dwellings, were used exclusively for workers at
Thoresby Hall when they were first built.
Roman coins were found in the village in the 2000s. The parish records date from 1529, some 10 years before it became law for them to be kept, making them some of the oldest in the country. Perlethorpe was formerly a
township and
chapelry in the parish of
Edwinstowe, from 1866 Perlethorpe was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 October 1899 the parish was abolished to form Perlethorpe cum Budby. ==See also==