Gringley on the Hill,

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, is an English village and parish. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 699. It is on the highest part of the road from Bawtry to

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, six miles east-southeast of the former, and the same distance west by north of the latter town.

Location

From its situation on the loftiest of the promontories which overlook the wide extent of Misson Carr and Misterton Carr, it commands such extensive prospects that Lincoln Cathedral can be seen from it on a clear day, across the vale of the Trent, whilst in the nearer distance, the

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appears emerging from the tunnel at Drakeholes, and winding under the long ridge of hills which extends eastward to the

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Antiquities

The

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includes three sites located in the village, as well as the church. These are the site of a prehistoric

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

at Beacon Hill, the stump of a medieval market cross, and a four-storey tower

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dating from 1830.

Church

The St Peter & St Paul's Church, Gringley on the Hill is of

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construction, with a later

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tower. Of note is an Early English pillar

piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Roman Ca ...

, a free-standing bowl for washing the communion vessels.

Windmill

A brick tower windmill was built at Gringley c. 1830 by Jabez Wilkinson, replacing a post mill on the same site. The four-storey tower was derelict by 1977.Shaw, T. (1995). ''Windmills of Nottinghamshire.'' Page 22. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council.

References

External links

* http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/GringleyontheHill/White1853.html * http://www.gringleyvillage.org.uk/ * http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/gringley.htm * http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/youandyourcommunity/communitylocalcontacts/parishes/parisheslist/parisheslist-details.htm?parishid=9473 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gringley on the Hill Villages in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District