Cropwell Bishop is a 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 authorit ...
in the borough of
Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,853. The village has one of a select six
creameries
A creamery is a place where milk and cream are processed and where butter and cheese is produced. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream ret ...
that produce
Stilton cheese
Stilton is an English cheese, produced in two varieties: Blue, which has '' Penicillium roqueforti'' added to generate a characteristic smell and taste, and White, which does not. Both have been granted the status of a protected designation of ...
.
Geography
It is 1.2 miles to the east of the
A46 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the north is
Cropwell Butler. Both villages form part of the Vale of Belvoir. The
Grantham Canal
The Grantham Canal ran 33 miles (53 km) from Grantham through 18 locks to West Bridgford, where it joined the River Trent. It was built primarily for the transportation of coal to Grantham. It opened in 1797 and its profitability stead ...
runs along the edge of the village.
History
Composed of 12 households, ''Crophille'' was 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 ...
in 1086. In the 12th or 13th century, the wapentake became known as Bingham Hundred until the end of the 19th century.
The
Cinema Museum in London holds film of a point-to-point held at the village on April 14th 1952.
References
External links
Primary SchoolCropwell Bishop StiltonScout Group
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Villages in Nottinghamshire
Rushcliffe