Harby, Nottinghamshire
| Harby | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Church Road, Harby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK880707 |
| Location: | 53°13’34"N, 0°40’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 336 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newark-on-Trent |
| Postcode: | NG23 |
| Dialling code: | 01522 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Harby is the easternmost village in Nottinghamshire, standing within an arm of the county which reaches eastward towards Lincoln: only farms and tiny hamlets ae further east and still within Nottinghamshire's border. Lincoln, over the border in Lincolnshire, is the nearest town to Harby.
The 2011 census recorded a population of 336.
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History
Harby began as a township in the parish of North Clifton,[1] It became a separate parish in 1866.[2]
On 28 November 1290, Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of King Edward I, died at the nearby house of Richard de Weston.[3] The moated site of Weston's house is to the east of the church. The Queen's body was transported to London for burial. The King ordered crosses to be built at each place where her body had rested overnight on the journey. Several of these Eleanor crosses survive or have been recreated.
In the east wall of the tower of All Saints' Church is a statue in memory of Queen Eleanor.
Parish church
The parish church, All Saints' Church ,was built in 1875–1876 in Early English Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building.
The church in Harby was endowed with a chantry chapel by King Edward I in 1294 following the death of Queen Eleanor. The chapel was dissolved at the Reformation and the church became a chapel of ease to North Clifton.
By the middle of the 19th century, the original church was in a poor state of repair and so it was replaced, by a new church designed by the architect John Thomas Lee of London. Work began in 1874 and it was consecrated on 2 August 1877. The old church was then demolished and some parts re-used in the new building.
In 1963, the shingles on the spire were replaced with Canadian cedar. In January 2010 work began on renovating the roofs, incorporating insulation, a breathable membrane and new tiles.
About the village
The village pub is the Bottle and Glass.
The capless stump of a five-storey tower windmill, built about 1877, stands at the end of Mill Field Close (SK877707).[4] A post windmill is also recorded for Harby.
Sport and leisure
The village has a playing field with a bowls club and a children's play park.
The village hall has two rooms for hire to groups, courses and circles, and another room for hire at the Bottle and Glass.
There are no permanent retail shopping facilities in the village.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Information on Harby, Nottinghamshire from GENUKI
- ↑ "Relationship and changes Harby Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10261806. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ John Carmi Parsons, "Eleanor (1241–1290)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 28 November 2015. Pay-walled.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1
