Cropston is a village and former

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 ...

, now in the parish of

Thurcaston and Cropston Thurcaston and Cropston is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England. As its name suggests, it consists of the villages of Thurcaston and Cropston. The parish had a population at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census of 2,076,Borough of Charnwood The Borough of Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England, which has a population of 166,100 as of the 2011 census. It borders Melton to the east, Harborough to the south east, Leiceste ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

, England. It is on the edge of

Charnwood Forest Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland; i ...

, and lies close to

Bradgate Park Bradgate Park () is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers . The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin runs ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 404. The village itself is small, with the older properties close to the crossroads of Reservoir and Station Roads. Near the crossroads there are two pubs, The Bradgate Arms and The Badger's Sett (formerly The Reservoir Inn), and a garage. There are a number of cottages dating back to the 16th century. Cropston Reservoir lies between the village and Bradgate Park. The Victorian

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next to the reservoir has now been replaced with a more modern facility. Cropston Cricket Club hold regular fixtures at their Waterfield Road cricket field. The Rothley Brook flows between Cropston and

Thurcaston Thurcaston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, in the Borough of Charnwood, Charnwood district, in Leicestershire, England. It was the home of Bishop Hugh Latimer. It borders the villages of Anst ...

, and other nearby villages include

Rothley Rothley ( ) is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Situated around west of the River Soar and north of Leicester, it had a population of 3,612 inhabitants . The population measured at the 201 ...

, Anstey, Swithland and

Newtown Linford Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,000 at the 2001 census, including Ulverscroft, increasing to 1,103 at the 2011 census. The village lies in a valley in the Charnwood Fore ...

History

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Kroppr/Croppa'. Cropston was formerly a

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in Thurcaston parish, from 1866 Cropston was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Thurcaston.

References

External links

Cropston at Leicestershirevillages.comThurcaston & Cropston Parish Council

Cropston Pumping Station image at ViewFinder
Villages in Leicestershire Former civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Charnwood {{Leicestershire-geo-stub