Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
| Plumtree | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's, Plumtree | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK613329 |
| Location: | 52°54’4"N, 1°5’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 246 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG12 |
| Dialling code: | 0115 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rushcliffe |
| Website: | plumtreeparishcouncil.org.uk |
Plumtree is a village in the south-east of Nottinghamshire, five miles south east of Nottingham, between the villages of Tollerton and Keyworth.
At the time of the 2011 census, the village had a population of 246.
Some of the farming land around the village is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall
Parish church
The parish church, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, has a Norman tower on Anglo-Saxon foundations, which were found when the tower was rebuilt in 1906. The nave is of 13th-century date.
The north aisle was rebuilt and extended with stone from Nottingham's mediæval Trent Bridge in 1873.[1]
History
The manor of Plumtree was held in mediæval times by the Hastings family, who secured Plumtree as part of their offices as Chief Steward to the Crown.[2] The family continued to hold Plumtree for several centuries. In 1637, Edmund Hastings Esq., a descendant, had extensive property dealings with John Levett, a York barrister, who had married Hastings's wife's Copley family niece.[3]
Plumtree Mill was a two-storey wooden post mill mounted on an open trestle raised on piers atop a mound. Derelict by 1907, it was burnt down c. 1930. The mound is still extant.[4]
Sport
- Cricket: Plumtree Cricket Club[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Plumtree, Nottinghamshire) |
References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 290
- ↑ Richard III: A Study of Service, Rosemary Horrox, Cambridge University Press, 1989 ISBN 0-521-40726-5 ISBN 978-0-521-40726-7
- ↑ Cooke of Wheatley Muniments, Sheffield Archives, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ↑ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 35. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3
- ↑ Plumtree Cricket Club
