Ragnall

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Ragnall
Nottinghamshire
St Leonard's Church, Ragnall, Nottinghamshire - geograph.org.uk - 2137165.jpg
St Leonard's Church, Ragnall
Location
Grid reference: SK803738
Location: 53°15’19"N, 0°47’49"W
Data
Population: 146  (2011)
Post town: Newark
Postcode: NG22
Local Government
Council: Bassetlaw
Parliamentary
constituency:
Newark

Ragnall is a village in Nottinghamshire. It is located on the A57 road one mile west of the River Trent.

At the time of the 2011 census it had a population of 146

The parish church of St Leonard was extensively rebuilt in 1864–67. Ragnall Hall at the south end of the village is a 19th-century replacement of an early 17th-century hall, the main parts of the earlier hall surviving as barns.[1]

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ragenehil. The name is derived from two elements: one is the Old Scandinavian personal name Ragni; the other element is the Old English hyll, meaning "hill". Thus, Ragenehil represents "Hill of a man called Ragni".

The hamlet of Fledborough is one mile south of Ragnall. The Church of St Gregory at Fledborough has some 14th-century stained glass in the east window of the north aisle, restored in 1852–57.[2]

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References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
  2. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1