North Nibley is a village in

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

, England about northwest of

Wotton-under-Edge Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern fringe of the Cotswolds, the Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the town. Standing on the B4058, Wotton is ab ...

Name

The village is commonly known as ''Nibley'', but the official name distinguishes it from the village of Nibley, just outside

Yate Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills and is northeast of Bristol city centre and from the centre of Bath, Somerset, Bath, with regular rail services ...

, about away in South Gloucestershire. Nibley Green is an associated hamlet to its northwest at .

History

The

Battle of Nibley Green The Battle of Nibley Green was fought near North Nibley in Gloucestershire on 20 March 1470, between the troops of Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle and William Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley. It is notable for being the last battle fought in Englan ...

, fought on 20 March 1469/1470, is notable as the last battle fought in England entirely between the private armies of

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a wa ...

magnates.

The Tyndale Monument was built in honour of

William Tyndale William Tyndale (; sometimes spelled ''Tynsdale'', ''Tindall'', ''Tindill'', ''Tyndall''; – ) was an English biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his executi ...

, who was born nearby, possibly at Melksham Court,

Stinchcombe Stinchcombe is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England on the B4060 road between Dursley and North Nibley. The church is called St Cyr's and its churchyard contains 40–60 gravestones. The population taken at the 2011 c ...

. Tyndale was responsible for translating the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

into English, for which he was sentenced to death and burned at the stake in

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, Flanders. Nibley House, next to the church, was the home of John Smyth (1567–1641), steward of

Berkeley Castle Berkeley Castle ( ; historically sometimes spelled as ''Berkley Castle'' or ''Barkley Castle'') is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The castle's origins date back to the 11th century, and it has been desi ...

and the estates of the

Berkeley family The Berkeley family is an ancient English noble family. It is one of only four families in England that can trace its patrilineal descent back to Anglo-Saxon times (the other three being the Arden family, the Swinton family and the Wentworth ...

, author of ''Lives of the Berkeleys'' and historian of the early settlement of

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Geography

Tyndale Monument at North Nibley - geograph

Nearby

Stinchcombe Hill Stinchcombe is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England on the B4060 road between Dursley and North Nibley. The church is called Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta, St Cyr's and its churchyard contains 40–60 gravestones. Th ...

has become popular with walkers and horse riders, and is crossed by the

Cotswold Way The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on 24 May 2007 and several new rights of way have been created. His ...

. The Tyndale Monument stands on Nibley Knoll just above the village, at on the Cotswold Way. From 1992, volunteers have cleared the area to recreate the previously open panoramic views of both the

Severn Bridges Severn crossing is a term used to refer to the two motorway crossings over the River Severn estuary between England and Wales operated by England's National Highways. The two crossings are: *Severn Bridge ( cy, Pont Hafren) *Prince of Wales B ...

and beyond to the Black Mountains in

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Present

The village shop on Barrs Lane has been run as a voluntary organisation by villagers since 2001. Since 2007 the villagers have organised the annual

Nibley Music Festival Nibley Music Festival is an annual two day music festival that takes place in July in the village of North Nibley, Gloucester, UK. The Festival is held on a family farm near St. Martin’s Church. The Festival, formerly called North Nibley Music ...

. The village is home to the Nibley Cobras football team and Nibley

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

team, who have won the Pratt Cup two seasons in a row. North Nibley Cobras reformed in 2014. Starting in Stroud Division 7, they have gone on to win two league titles and three Cup titles, including a historic treble 2018–19, and are in Division 3 for the 2020–21 season. They set a Stroud League record by not conceding a goal en route to winning the Dennis Mason Trophy 2018–19. In 2014 the final episode of the third series of

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's '' Sherlock'' featured the

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Swinhay House Swinhay House is a futuristic building built for David McMurtry, an industrialist, in North Nibley near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. History McMurtry bought a piece of land and forest in North Nibley near Wotton-under-Edge, Glouces ...

, home of

Renishaw plc Renishaw plc is a British engineering company based in Wotton-under-Edge, England. The company's products include coordinate-measuring machines and machine tool products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE ...

founder Sir David McMurtry, designed by eco-architect David Austin.

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