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Orston
Orston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham. It borders the parishes of Scarrington, Thoroton, Flawborough, Bottesford and Elton on the Hill. The population at the 2011 census was 454. Governance Orston has a parish council and belongs under Rushcliffe Borough Council. The member of Parliament (MP) for the Newark constituency, to which Orston belongs, is the Conservative Robert Jenrick. History The place-name Orston seems to contain an Old English personal name, ''Osica'', with ''-ingtūn'' (Old English), a settlement called after, or connected with..., so probably, "farm/settlement connected with Osica". Some early spellings are ''Oschintone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, ''Orskinton'' in 1242, ''Orston'' in 1284, and ''Horston'' in 1428. It lay in Bingham Wapentake (hundred) until such units were abolished under the Local Government Act 1894. The population of Orston was 351 in 1801, 391 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton And Orston Railway Station
Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton on the Hill and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services. History The station lies on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Passenger services began on 15 July 1850. The line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1855. The master's lodge and ticket office building was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine. From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains. Images show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine survived by 2008. There is a small 1980s brick-built shelter on one platform. The name of the station was stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoroton
Thoroton is a small English parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, with a population of 112. The village has conservation area status. Its Anglican parish church is a Grade I listed building. Geography Thoroton lies along the banks of the River Smite, about east of Nottingham, north-east of Bingham and adjacent to Scarrington, Hawksworth, Sibthorpe, Orston and Aslockton. It is bounded by an originally Roman road, the Fosse Way – A46 – to the west, the A1 to the east, and the A52 further south. Thoroton belongs under Rushcliffe Borough Council. Since December 2019, the member of Parliament for the Rushcliffe constituency, to which Thoroton belongs, is the Conservative Ruth Edwards. Heritage Thoroton was granted conservation area status in 1974. It is served by the medieval Anglican St Helena's Church, which is a Grade I listed building. There is a service held once a month. The place name seems to contain an Old Norse personal name ''Þurferð'' + ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton On The Hill
Elton on the Hill is a small Nottinghamshire village and civil parish in the Vale of Belvoir. The population of about 75 is included with the civil parish of Granby for census purposes. Situation and facilities Elton lies about east of Nottingham. It straddles the A52 trunk road, from which Station Road runs north towards Orston and Sutton Lane south, Sutton-cum-Granby being the nearest hamlet in that direction. Elton has a population of about 75 and is in the Rushcliffe district. It has an area of and an altitude of 22–37 metres (72–121 feet) above sea level. Since 2010 the village has been part of Newark parliamentary constituency (instead of Rushcliffe). The member since June 2014 has been the Conservative Robert Jenrick. The village pub/restaurant (''Elton Cuisine'', once a pub called the ''Manor Arms'') was sold and converted into residential accommodation in 2020. There is bed-and-breakfast accommodation at The Grange, an early 19th-century farmhouse with parts dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarrington
Scarrington is an English civil parish and village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, adjacent to Bingham, Car Colston, Hawksworth, Orston and Aslockton. Its 973 acres (394 ha) had a population in 2011 of 183. It lies at Ordnance Survey grid reference SK7341 in the undulating farmland of the Vale of Belvoir, some 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town of Bingham and from a stretch of the Roman Fosse Way (A46) between Newark and Leicester.Scarrington Appraisal and Management PlaRetrieved 1 January 2016./ref> It is skirted by the A52 road between Nottingham and Grantham. Governance Most local government functions are performed by Rushcliffe Borough Council. The borough election results on 7 May 2015 confirmed Conservative control. Scarrington lies in Bingham East ward and its small population qualifies it only for a twice-yearly Parish Meeting, not a Parish Council. The member of Parliament (MP) for Newark, the constituency in which Scarrington is located in, is the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Baily
Charles Baily (10 April 1815 – 2 October 1878), was an English architect and archaeologist. He worked initially in Nottinghamshire, then moved to London. Early life Baily was born on 10 April 1815, the third son of William Baily, of 71 Gracechurch Street, London, East Dulwich and Standon, near Dorking, Surrey. He was a pupil of William Adams Nicholson and Henry Goddard (architect) in Lincoln from October 1843 to October 1846 and then continued with Henry Goddard, setting up his own architectural practice in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in late 1850. Architectural work Baily worked on restoring Averham Church near Newark in 1857 and was also the architect for Orston Rectory (now Orston Hall). He later moved to London, where his independent architectural work included the building of St John's Church, East Dulwich, and the restoration of Barnard's Inn Hall and of St Mary's Church at Leigh, Kent, with a new tower. Baily spent some years as principal assistant to the City A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St John Of Beverley, Scarrington
The Church of St John of Beverley is a 13th-century parish church of the Church of England, in the village of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire. It has been Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. History The medieval church, dating from the 13th century, was restored by J. H. Hakewill in 1867–1869.Nikolaus Pevsner: ''The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire'' (Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1979), p. 304. It was a chapelry of St Mary's at Orston until 1867, and then formed a new parish under a vicar with Aslockton until 1910, when it was joined with Hawksworth, while Aslockton was returned to an earlier affiliation to Whatton.''A Short Guide to the Parish Churches of the Bingham Rural Deanery'', eds G. R. D. McLean and J. Pickworth-Hutchinson (Bingham, UK: Bingham Deanery Chapter, 1963). St John of Beverley's was described in 1866 as having a tower and spire and a nave and chancel. The south aisle had been removed in 1802 and the south arcade w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helena's Church, Thoroton
St Helena's Church, Thoroton is the Church of England parish church of Thoroton, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as of outstanding architectural interest. Heritage The church is medieval – fragments of the East end date back to the 11th century – although it was restored in 1868–1869 by the architect John Henry Hakewill, son of Henry Hakewill. This involved rebuilding the chancel and re-roofing and re-seating the church. The 14th-century tower has a restored corbel table with masks and four gargoyles and an octagonal spire. Most of the stained glass dates from 1869. The vestry has been converted into a chapel. The plain round font there has a restored 14th-century base. The dedication (earlier to "St Helen") is to St Helena of Constantinople, mother of the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine. She was reputed to have found the True Cross while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in AD 32 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Thomas's Church, Aslockton
St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton is a late 19th-century Church of England parish church in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of special architectural or historic interest. History The church was built between 1890 and 1892 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. The National Heritage listing however states that the architect was Sir Arthur Blomfield. It is Grade II listed and was erected in memory of a former vicar of Whatton, Thomas K. Hall, who drowned in February 1890 when RMS ''Quetta'' was wrecked off Queensland on her way to Thursday Island. His mother, Mrs Sophia E. Hall, paid for the church to be built. The Quetta window on the north wall, showing the shipwreck, was designed by Michael Stokes in 2002, as was the east window, dedicated to Cranmer, with Jesus displaying his wounded hands to Doubting Thomas. The church has a single bell in a bell cote at the west end.''A Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottesford, Leicestershire
Bottesford is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir and forms part of the Borough of Melton, as its largest village, on the borders of Leicestershire with Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Location Bottesford is about east of Nottingham and north of Melton Mowbray. The village is the largest in the Vale of Belvoir and near to Belvoir Castle, home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. It had a population of 3,587 at the 2011 census, estimated in 2018 at 3,382. It borders smaller parishes in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, such as Redmile, Sedgebrook, Orston and Elton on the Hill. The local amenities include a post office, a railway station, a library, a church, a convenience store, three restaurants and three pubs: ''The Bull Inn'', ''The Rutland Arms'', and ''The Thatch''. Name Bottesford derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon "Ford belonging to the botl" (house). The ford was over the River Devon. Bottesford is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Mary And All Saints, Hawksworth
The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth is the Church of England parish church in Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a particularly significant building of more than local interest. Description Setting The Grade II* listed Church of St Mary and All Saints stands at the centre of Hawksworth. It has been described as one of the village's "most obvious landmarks". It has also been identified as an "attractive central focal point". Current benefice Since 1967, Hawksworth's has formed one of The Cranmer Group of local benefices, along with: * St Thomas's Church, Aslockton *Church of St John of Beverley, Scarrington * St Helena's Church, Thoroton *Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton *St Mary's Church, Orston Services There is a service in the church at 9 a.m. on the 4th Sunday of the month. Heritage The present church building dates back to the 12th century, most probably to about 1150, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St John Of Beverley, Whatton
The Church of St John of Beverley, Whatton is a parish church in the Church of England in Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire, dedicated to St John of Beverley. The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Building The church is medieval, dating from the 14th century, but little of the original survived the restorations of 1846, 1866–1867 and 1870. It consists now of a chancel rebuilt in 1846, a central tower and steeple rebuilt in 1870, and a nave with north and south aisles and north and south porches. The only remaining Romanesque work is the former south transept arch of the tower, which was moved to the north side during the 19th-century restoration. The nave is in Early English style. There is also a chapel dedicated to the memory of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who was born and raised in Aslockton, which was a chapelry of Whatton at that time. The two corbel heads in the chapel date from about 1300 and depict King David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, east of Nottingham, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Grantham. The town had a population of 9,131 at the 2011 census (up from 8,655 in 2001, with an estimated 10,197 in 2019). Geography Bingham lies near the junction of the A46 (following an old Roman road, the Fosse Way) between Leicester and Newark-on-Trent and the A52 between Nottingham and Grantham. Neighbouring communities are Radcliffe-on-Trent, East Bridgford, Car Colston, Scarrington, Aslockton, Whatton-in-the-Vale, Tithby and Cropwell Butler. History The name "Bingham" is likely to come from an Old English personal name, ''Bynna'' + '' ingahām '' (Old English). The Romans built a fortress at ''Margidunum'' (Bingham) and a settlement at the river crossing at ''Ad Pontem'' ( East Stoke) on the Fosse Way, which ran between '' Isca'' ( Exeter) and ''Lindum'' (Lincoln). The south-east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
