Cropwell Bishop
| Cropwell Bishop | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Cropwell Bishop | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK682356 |
| Location: | 52°54’49"N, -0°59’5"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,853 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG12 |
| Dialling code: | 0115 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rushcliffe |
Cropwell Bishop is a village in south-eastern Nottinghamshire: it is found south-east of Nottingham in the Vale of Belvoir, close to the border of Leicestershire. The village has one of a select six creameries that produce Stilton cheese.
The village stands about a mile east of the A46. The next village to the north is Cropwell Butler, also in the Vale of Belvoir. The Grantham Canal runs along the edge of the village.
The population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,853.
Parish church
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The parish church is St Giles. It is a 13th and 14th century church, and a Grade I listed building.[1]
The church has 13th-century arcades, but it is mainly from the 14th century. It has a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel and a tower. The tower, built about 1450,[1] now contains six bells. One is from the 16th century, two are dated 1669 and 1757, a fourth was recast in 1905, and a fifth was added in the same year. A sixth, the treble bell, was installed in 1981.
From 1694 to 1906, the church had a clock by Richard Roe. This is now preserved in Nottingham Industrial Museum.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Crophille and as having twelve households.[2]
Community
Cropwell Bishop Creamery produces select Stilton cheese on the junction of Field Lane and Nottingham Road.
The village pubs are The Chequers on Church Street, The Wheatsheaf Inn on Nottingham Road and, towards the edge of the village, The Lime Kiln on the corner of Colston Road and Swab's Lane has now become a preschool play group.
There was a Co-op on Church Street which serves as the local store and Post Office but this has now moved to a new site opposite The Wheatsheaf pub on Nottingham Road. There is also a family run butcher, a hairdressing salon, a sandwich and coffee shop and a beauty salon.
In November 2009 the village Scout group (1st Cropwell Bishop) re-opened after an absence of 15 years.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cropwell Bishop) |
- St Giles, Cropwell Bishop: Wiverton in the Vale Group of Parishes
- Primary School
- Cropwell Bishop Stilton
- Parish church
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1045650: Church of St Giles (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Bishop Cropwell Bishop in the Domesday Book