Thrumpton

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Thrumpton
Nottinghamshire
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Church of All Saints, Thrumpton
Location
Grid reference: SK516309
Location: 52°52’12"N, 1°14’24"W
Data
Population: 165  (2011)
Post town: Nottingham
Postcode: NG11
Dialling code: 0115
Local Government
Council: Rushcliffe
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rushcliffe

Thrumpton is a village in Nottinghamshire, which at the 2011 census had a population of 165. Thrumpton stands beside the A453 road, six miles south-west of West Bridgford, Nottingham's southern extension.

The 13th century Church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building. It was restored in 1871.[1]

Many of the gabled brick houses in the village were built between 1700 and 1745 by John Emerton of Thrumpton Hall.[2]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1242423: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
  2. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
Houses in Thrumpton
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