Lambley is an English village and

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near

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, England, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a

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. The population recorded in the 2011 census was 1,247. Its proximity to Nottingham () has tended to raise the price of its real estate.

Governance and environment

Lambley comes under the Lambley Parish Council and

Gedling Borough Council Gedling is a village in the Gedling district, in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. Gedling was recorded in the Domes ...

. Lambley Dumbles are secluded places noted for their geology and ancient woodland rich in flowers and ferns. They are accessed along three marked village trails. Wicketwood Hill was a wood in medieval times south of Lambley village, then a hamlet on the downhill part of Spring Lane. Newer maps show it as a wider residential area west of Wood Farm.

Heritage

Toponymy

The name Lambley contains the

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words ''lamb'' and ''lēah'' meaning a forest, wood, glade, clearing and later pasture. The name means "lamb's meadow".

History

Flint tools found in fields near Lambley point to Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement. It is mentioned in

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(1086) as ''Lambeleia''. The parish church of

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is a Grade I listed building. It has been designated "one of the few entirely

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village churches in Notts, all of a piece and of felicitous proportions tall and narrow, all the windows high and spacious." The only earlier section is part of the west tower (12th–13th centuries). Rebuilding was financed by Ralph, Lord Cromwell (see under Notable people).Nikolaus Pevsner: ''The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire'' (London, 1951), pp. 91–92. Nine men born in Lambley are reported to have died in action in the

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Notable people

In order of birth: *

Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell ( – 4 January 1456) was an English politician and diplomat. A Privy Councillor from 1422, he served as Treasurer of England (1433–1443) and twice as Chamberlain of the Household (1425–1432 and 1450� ...

(c. 1393–1456), Lord Treasurer of England to Henry VI responsible for submitting the first budget to Parliament, was born in the village and funded the building of much of the church. *John de Crumbewell (fl. 14th c.), parson of Lambley, was given a pardon for outlawry in 1360. * Eric Martin (1925–2015), first-class cricketer for

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, was born in the village. * David Glenn (living), plantsman and gardener, has named his Australian garden "Lambley" after his childhood home. * Mark Spencer (born 1970), elected a

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MP for

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in 2010, attended Lambley Primary School.

Transport

The nearest railway station is

Lowdham Lowdham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,832, increasing to 3,334 at the 2011 Census. Two main roads slicing thro ...

, () on the

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line. There are occasional bus links with Nottingham, Arnold, Netherfield and nearby villages. The A6097 and A612 trunk roads pass through Lowdham.

Education

After year six, most pupils at Lambley Primary School transfer for secondary education to

Colonel Frank Seely Academy Colonel Frank Seely Academy (formerly Colonel Frank Seely School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Calverton in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The school is named after Frank Evelyn Seely (1864–1928), a ...

in Calverton. The most recent

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report for Lambley Primary, in January 2014, rated it ''Good'' for pupil achievement, teaching quality, pupil behaviour and safety, and leadership and management. It had 109 pupils aged 4–11 at the time. The school has a website.

Amenities

Businesses in Lambley include a general store and others dealing with the motor trade, skiing equipment, bars and catering, accountancy, architecture, horticultural nursery, boarding kennels and caravan storage. There are two pubs: the ''Woodlark Inn'' and the ''Robin Hood Inn''. A crematorium, the fourth in Nottinghamshire, opened in 2017.First funeral to be held next week at new crematorium in Lambley
''Gedling Eye'' 3 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

References

External links

Lambley Village Website
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