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 ...
, England about northwest of
Wotton-under-Edge.
Name
The village is commonly known as ''Nibley'', but the official name distinguishes it from the village of
Nibley, just outside
Yate, about away in South Gloucestershire. Nibley Green is an associated hamlet to its northwest at .
History
The
Battle of Nibley Green, 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 medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...
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 execu ...
, who was born nearby, possibly at Melksham Court,
Stinchcombe. 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 Chris ...
into English, for which he was sentenced to death and burned at the stake in
Vilvoorde
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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 f ...
, author of ''Lives of the Berkeleys'' and historian of the early settlement of
Virginia
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.
Geography
Nearby
Stinchcombe Hill 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 Wal ...
and beyond to the
Black Mountains in
Wales
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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. 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 st ...
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
BBC One
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's ''
Sherlock'' featured the
futuristic
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Swinhay House, home of
Renishaw plc founder
Sir David McMurtry, designed by eco-architect David Austin.
See also
*
Battle of Nibley Green
References
External links
Village website
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Stroud District
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire