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River Smite
The River Smite, a tributary of the River Devon, flows for through Leicestershire and south-east Nottinghamshire, England. The source is near the hamlet of Holwell, Leicestershire and it joins the Devon near Shelton, Nottinghamshire. The Smite and its tributaries, such as the River Whipling, the Stroom Dyke, and the Dalby Brook, drain an area of of farmland in the Vale of Belvoir. Name In the 17th century the river was known as the Snite. This and the modern spelling are thought to derive from the Old English ''smita'', denoting a foul or miry place. This links with another Old English word ''smitan'', which means to daub or pollute. It implies that the Smite was a dirty, miry stream. Sources The river draws from several springs near Holwell, along a spring line where the local permeable ironstone meets the lower mudstones on the flank of the Bleak Hills, which form part of the Belvoir Ridge. However, the source of the Smite is also attributed to another spring 1 km t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smite River
The Smite River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows west from the Taylor Range to feed Lake Stream, the outflow of Lake Heron, which is an upper part of the Rakaia River system. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River * Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri River * Ahuroa River * Akatarawa River * Ākitio R ... References Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand Rivers of New Zealand {{CanterburyNZ-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in front of oxygen (32.1% and 30.1%, respectively), forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust. In its metallic state, iron is rare in the Earth's crust, limited mainly to deposition by meteorites. Iron ores, by contrast, are among the most abundant in the Earth's crust, although extracting usable metal from them requires kilns or furnaces capable of reaching or higher, about higher than that required to smelt copper. Humans started to master that process in Eurasia during the 2nd millennium BCE and the use of iron tools and weapons began to displace copper alloys, in some regions, only around 1200 BCE. That event is considered the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Nottinghamshire
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granby, Nottinghamshire
Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir. Toponymy The place-name Granby seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, ''Gráni '' and ''bȳ'' (Old Norse), a farmstead or village. Population and facilities The parish has a population of about 300 people – 328 in the 2001 census and 485 (including Sutton-cum-Granby and Elton on the Hill) in the 2011 census. It lies about 14 miles east of Nottingham. Earlier census returns suggest a peak population of 439 in the 1891 census and a low point of 248 in 1951. The civil and church parishes of Granby include the hamlet of Sutton-cum-Granby, a mile to the north. Both these parishes are run by councils. Present development in Granby is governed by the ''Granby cum Sutton Village Plan'' adopted by Rushcliffe Council. Since December 2019, the member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe constituency, to which Granby belongs, is the Conservative Ruth Edwards. Granby no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Footbridge, Near Granby, Nottinghamshire - Geograph
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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] |
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] |
Aslockton Castle
Aslockton Castle is a ruined fortification, a motte-and-bailey castle, in the village of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. () The original name of the settlement was Aslachetone, which suggests a possible Norse origin; it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was described as a large settlement. A motte-and-bailey fortress was built in the 12th century. Only the earthworks now remain. The precise date as to when the castle was built is unknown. However, it was most probably built in the 11th or the early 12th century. The ground plan of the castle is in the shape of a parallelogram, which houses two courts, one of which is square in form. The motte most probably had a wooden tower and a palisade. The castle had two rectangular baileys, an inner bailey and an outer bailey, with the smaller outer bailey used for livestock. The moat of the castle would have been fed from the nearby stream. At some stage the fort went out of use and was replaced by a manorial site which later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motte And Bailey
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or Bailey (castle), bailey, surrounded by a protective Rampart (fortification), ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and County of Anjou, Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, the Low Countries and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. Windsor Castle, in England, is an example of a motte-and-bailey castle. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries. Architecture Structures A mott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslockton
Aslockton is an English village and civil parish 12 miles (19.3 km) east of Nottingham and two miles (3.2 km) east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarrington, Thoroton and Orston and within the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The population was recorded as 974 in the 2011 census. Toponymy Appearing as ''Aslachetone'' in the Domesday survey of 1086; the place name seems to contain an Old Norse personal name ''Aslakr'' + ''tūn'' (Old English) meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate, etc., so "Farm or settlement of a man called Aslakr". There are 19 such place names (a Scandinavian personal name followed by ''tūn'' ) in Nottinghamshire, all of them in the Domesday survey, and all apparently ancient villages. Heritage All that remains of the 12th-century Aslockton Castle are some earthworks. The motte, called Cranmer's Mound, stands about 16 feet (5 m) high. Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatton-in-the-Vale
Whatton-in-the-Vale is an English village in the Nottinghamshire borough of Rushcliffe. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir, with the River Smite to the west and the River Whipling to the east, mainly north of the trunk A52 road, 12 miles (19 km) east of Nottingham. It had a population of 843 at the 2011 census. Etymology The place name seems to contain the Old English word ''hwǣte'' for wheat, + ''tūn'' (Old English) meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate, ''etc''., so "Farm where wheat is grown." "In the Vale," ''i. e.'' the Vale of Belvoir. The place appears as ''Watone'' in the Domesday survey of 1086. Heritage Whatton Mill was a five-storey brick tower windmill built in 1820. It had four patent sails (sails with shutters instead of cloth), two of which were double. Milling ceased in about 1916. The capless tower is now a listed building. The Anglican Church of St. John of Beverley is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 14th century, but extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colston Bassett
Colston Bassett is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, in the Rushcliffe district of south-east Nottinghamshire, close to its border with Leicestershire. It lies by the River Smite. The population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall, increased to 399 at the 2011 Census. Place name and history The name, first recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Coletone'', is from the Old Norse personal name ''Kolr'' (genitive ''Kols''), and the Old English ''tūn'' "farm or village", and so means "Kolr's farm or village". Alternatively, it has been suggested that it derives from Cole meaning "coal" or "stone". The suffix Bassett is from the holder of the estate in the 12th century, Ralph Bassett, a judge appointed by Henry I. The history of the village is recorded in some detail in the publication ''A History of Colston Bassett'' by Rev. Evelyn Young, edited for the Thoroton Society in 1942 by Thomas M. Blagg. The First World War cost the village at least 14 lives, listed on the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
