Cropwell Butler
| Cropwell Butler | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Signpost in Cropwell Butler | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK684370 |
| Location: | 52°55’35"N, -0°58’52"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 585 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG12 |
| Dialling code: | 0115 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rushcliffe |
Cropwell Butler is a village in Nottinghamshire, in the Vale of Belvoir in the south-east of the county and adjacent to its sister village, Cropwell Bishop, which sits half a mile to the south, a mile east of the A46. Both villages are to the south-east of Nottingham, halfway between the city and the border of Leicestershire.
The population of the wider civil parish recorded in the 2011 Census was 585.
History
A post windmill at Cropwell Butler (SK692368) was blown down in 1837. The miller escaped, but with severe bruising, by hiding in a hollow place under a beam.[1]
During the Second World War, a Starfish site was established at Cropwell Butler – waste land deliberately set alight to lure enemy bombers away from key targets. On the night of 8–9 May 1941, 95 German bombers left a trail of devastation across Nottingham, attacking the city at 12.37 am, targeting a gas works, electricity plants, railways, the Royal Ordnance Factory, Raleigh and some chemical factories. However some of the Luftwaffe crews were deflected by the Starfish site, bombing the Vale of Belvoir thinking it was Nottingham and killing only livestock.[2]
About the village
The village has a pub, The Plough Inn in Main Street, which also serves meals.[3] This and the Village Hall and Sheldon Field are the only remaining public facilities in what is a small and quiet village. The post office and the few independent shops fell to a housing development, Carpenters Close, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
There is neither a school nor a Church of England church in the village. The Methodist chapel has regular services on the first, third and fourth Sundays of each month.[4]
Sports
The Sheldon Field provides the pitch for a number of football teams in the East Midlands Public Authorities Amateur League (EMPAL). Both Butler-Benfica FC (Cropwell Butler)[5] and Chequers Rangers United (Cropwell Bishop) play at the Sheldon Field on Sunday mornings.
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