Car Colston is an English village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Rushcliffe Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its councilRushcliffe Borough Council Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. The population of the civil parish at the time of the 2011 census was 185.

Location and transport

Car Colston lies just off the A46 (the

Fosse Way The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis ( Bath), Corini ...

), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bingham and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of

East Bridgford East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census. The village adjoins the south bank of the River Trent, opposite the villa ...

. It is also adjacent to Little Green,

Screveton Screveton (pronounced locally "Screveeton" or "Screeton") is an English Civil parishes in England, parish and village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, with about 100 inhabitants, increasing (including Kneeton) to 191 at the 2011 Cen ...

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 S ...

and

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. There are seven buses a day that stop at Car Colston between

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

and

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

on Mondays to Saturdays . The nearest railway station is at Bingham, which has services every one or two hours towards Nottingham,

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

Skegness Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 2011, i ...

Governance

Since the parish is small, it has a

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instead of a parish council. The village forms a

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, which was last reviewed and extended in June 2009. The member of Parliament (MP) for the Newark constituency, to which Car Colston belongs, is the Conservative

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. Now in Rushcliffe borough, it was formerly in

Bingham Rural District Bingham was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Bingham rural sanitary district. It took in the parish of Gamston from Basford Rural District in 1935, an ...

and before 1894 in

Bingham Wapentake Bingham was a wapentake (equivalent to a hundred) of the historic county of Nottinghamshire, England. It was in the south-east of the county, to the south of the River Trent. Constituents The original meeting place was on the Toot Hill ridge, we ...

Amenities

There are retail, medical and other services at Bingham. The village pub is the ''Royal Oak'' on The Green, which is a feature of the village. Car Colston has a private pre-school at Old Hall Farm. There are primary schools at

(2 miles, 3.2 km) and Bingham.

Toot Hill School Toot Hill School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Bingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire, built in 1969. The school is a member of the Nova Education Trust and has a student population of almost 2000 peo ...

in Bingham is a secondary school with a

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and academy status. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. It forms a joint Anglican parish with

St Wilfrid's Church, Screveton St Wilfrid's Church, Screveton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Screveton. History The church dates from the 13th century. The west tower, however, dates from the 15th century and was altered in the late 16th centu ...

. They both belong, with

Flintham Flintham is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 km) from Newark-on-Trent and opposite RAF Syerston on the A46. It had a population of 597 at the 2011 Census and estimated at 586 in 2019. The vil ...

Kneeton Kneeton is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The population as of the 2011 census remained less than 100. It is included in the civil parish of Screveton. The village lies on the A46 road between Nottingham and Newark and i ...

and

, to the Fosse Group of Parishes. A service of Holy Communion is held once a month. The Methodist church at

(1.7 miles, 2.7 km) has a Sunday evening service every other week and a Bible study group. Car Colston Cricket Club plays on the village common every Sunday in summer months. It was founded in 1864. The Annual Presidents' Day celebration for the club sees them play local rivals Flintham Cricket Club for the John Gilbert Trophy. Gilbert played for the club all his life until his passing in 2015. On Presidents' Day some 250 people attend a summer luncheon and watch the match from a marquee.

Toponymy

The place appears as ''Colestone'' in the

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survey of 1086, but as ''Kyrcoluiston'' in 1242, and variants thereof subsequently. The original affix,

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''kirkja'', 'church', was later confusingly replaced by

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''ker'', meaning 'fenland'. The suffix seems to contain an

personal name ''Kolr'' + ''tūn'' (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Kolr's farm/settlement'.

Heritage

The earliest signs of human occupation date from the

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. There are remains of the foundations of a

Roman villa A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Typology and distribution Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas n ...

in the south-west corner of the village. The village appears as "Colestone" in the 1086 Domesday Book, which records three manors. Car Colston was the home of the notable local historian

Robert Thoroton Dr Robert Thoroton (4 October 1623 – c. 21 November 1678) was an English antiquary, mainly remembered for his county history, ''The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire'' (1677). Life Thoroton belonged to an old Nottinghamshire family, which took it ...

(1623–1678). Most of the present-day buildings date from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The village has 13 listed historic buildings, which are listed at the end of the Conservation Area Appraisal Report. The population of Car Colston was 152 in 1801, 213 in 1821, and 249 in 1831.

Village greens

The two conspicuous

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s (the acre Large Common and the Little Common) originated in the

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. They are alternatively known as Large Green and Little Green. Large Green in particular is reputedly the largest green in England. In 1598 landowners had fields within the parish enclosed, but agreed on leaving the greens open so that cottagers could graze their cattle, geese and horses. Three roads from the village show fence posts put in place to support gates preventing the animals escaping, which have since been removed to allow vehicular access. These rights are still in use and the parish Common Rights Committee continue to enforce them.

External links

Detailed Conservation Area description

References

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