Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

, England. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir.

Toponymy

The place-name Granby seems to contain an

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personal name, ''Gráni '' and ''bȳ'' (Old Norse), a farmstead or village.

Population and facilities

The parish has a population of about 300 people – 328 in the 2001 census and 485 (including Sutton-cum-Granby and Elton on the Hill) in the 2011 census. It lies about 14 miles east of

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. Earlier census returns suggest a peak population of 439 in the 1891 census and a low point of 248 in 1951. The civil and church parishes of Granby include the hamlet of Sutton-cum-Granby, a mile to the north. Both these parishes are run by councils. Present development in Granby is governed by the ''Granby cum Sutton Village Plan'' adopted by Rushcliffe Council. Since December 2019, the member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe constituency, to which Granby belongs, is the Conservative Ruth Edwards. Granby no longer has a school – the building now serves as the village hall. Most children attend Orston Primary School, and for secondary education many go to Toot Hill School in the nearby town of Bingham. The village has bus services with Nottingham and

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. The nearest railway station is at Aslockton, with trains every one or two hours to Nottingham,

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and beyond. The village has one pub since the closure in 2015 of the ''Boot & Shoe'', whose site was sold for housing. The remaining ''Marquis of Granby'' (possibly the original house of that name, dating back to 1760) serves a range of real ales and has won awards for the quality of its beer. The

Marquess of Granby A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

is a subsidiary title of the

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, used as a

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by the duke's eldest son. The most famous marquess was General John Manners (1721–1770), who distinguished himself in the

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and later entered politics.

Buildings

Parts of the All Saints' parish church date back to the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building, "one of the S Notts churches which were reduced in size in post-Reformation times." According to the English Heritage description, it stands on a pre-Conquest site and underwent restoration about 1777 and in 1888. A Roman altar stone was dug up in the churchyard in 1812. The village also has as Grade II listed features five groups of churchyard gravestones, four farmhouses, a telephone kiosk and a parish pump. Ivy House Farm in Green Lane bears the date 1752 and Granby Farmhouse in Church St that of 1762. The Old Post House, the former village shop and post office, was built in 1796 for Elizabeth May Hopewell, spinster of the parish. Descendants of Miss Hopewell still reside in the village. The deeds for the house refer back to a previous dwelling on the site built in 1580. The Wesleyan Methodist congregation in the village is thought to have dated from 1807. There was already "a place of worship for Wesleyans" in 1848. However, the congregation dwindled and the chapel was converted into a private house in the early 2000s. The

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of Granby was held by the Duke of Rutland, but from 1917, the Vicar of Granby was also the Rector of

St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill St Michael and All Angels' Church, Elton on the Hill is a parish church in the Church of England in Elton on the Hill, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of special ar ...

, in a village two miles to the north. Appointments thereafter were made by agreement between the two patrons. Now both churches are part of the Wiverton Group. Services are held at Granby once or twice a month.

Granby of old

Granby appears in the

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of 1086 with 99 households, a large number for the period. It already had a church and two mills. The lord was Robert d'Oily, who is mentioned in Domesday in connection with 127 other places, mainly in the South Midlands. From the early Middle Ages until the creation of

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, Granby belonged to the

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(hundred) of Nottinghamshire. "GRANBY, a village and a parish in Bingham district, Notts. The village stands near the source of the River Devon, near the

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, and near the boundary with

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, 2½ miles NNE of Elton r. station, and 4 SE by E of Bingham; and has a post office under Nottingham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Sutton. Acres, 2,420. Real property, £3,721. Pop., 479. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland, and gives him the title of Marquis. Gypsum is found. The living is a vicarage in the

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. Value, £123.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is ancient and tolerable; and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school."John Marius Wilson: ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (1870–72
Retrieved 26 July 2011.
In fact, Granby is as ever 2½ miles SSE of

Elton and Orston railway station Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton on the Hill and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services. Histor ...

Famous resident

* John Bradshaw (1812–1880), first-class cricketer and cleric, died in Granby, having been Vicar of Granby-cum-Sutton since 1845.

References

External links

*Parish website
Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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