Stoke Bardolph
| Stoke Bardolph | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ferry Boat Inn, Stoke Bardolph | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK646415 |
| Location: | 52°58’12"N, 1°2’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 170 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG14 |
| Dialling code: | 0115 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Gedling |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gedling |
Stoke Bardolph is a village in Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 170.
The village is to the east of Nottingham, and on the west bank of the River Trent. Nearby places include Burton Joyce and Radcliffe on Trent.
Severn Trent Water's major Stoke Bardolph Sewage treatment Works are nearby. Severn Trent own most farmland in the area, using sludge from the Sewage treatment works as fertiliser.
The Rivendell Housing development began in 2018 and the first residents of this moved in March 2019.
History
No substantial evidence has been found of occupation during early periods, but some artefacts have been found. In 1951, a Neolithic stone axe-head was found in a field between the sewage treatment works and the river, while a late Bronze Age spearhead was found in the River Trent in 1928 when the channel was being dredged. It was 10.8 inches (275.0 mm) long, and is now at the Nottingham Castle Museum.
There is some evidence of a Romano-British field system in the area, although this has been identified by aerial photography, and of the ten sites identified, none have been investigated on the ground. There is also evidence of an Iron Age promontory camp, with a bank and ditch to the east and a bank to the west. Some Roman finds probably indicate that it was occupied during the Roman period.[1]
Before the Norman Conquest, the manor of Gedling was held by Thegn Otta and then passed to his son Tochi. Following the Conquest, the manor was given to William Peveril, and some land passed to the Bardolph family as a result of marriage during the reign of King Henry II. They built a fortified manor house or moated castle near to the ferry crossing to Shelford. Evidence from the street plan of the village and the layout of the adjacent fields shows that it was established during the Mediæval period. White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, published in 1853, recorded that an ancient chapel had once existed within the village, but that no trace of it then remained.[2]
The Bardolph family were connected with the area until the late 15th century.
"The Bardolphs, who will ever remain linked by name to the county through the village of Stoke Bardolph on the banks of the silvery Trent—the Bardolphs, who once occupied a prominent place in the front ranks of English nobility, as all readers of Shakespeare's 'Henry IV.' will well remember."[3]
"Joan Bardolph, eldest daughter of Thomas Bardolph, was Lady Bardolph, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married John, Viscount Beaumont, by whom she had a son, William, Viscount Beaumont and Lord Bardolph, who was attainted by Parliament 4 November 1 Ed. IV. (1461). His sister, Jane, thus became heir and married John, Lord Lovell; their son, Francis, was killed fighting against the king at the battle of Stoke-field, 16 June 1487."[4]
Their moated house near the river was used to hold the Court Baron, which managed disputes related to the feudal system, and the Court Leet, which dealt with local legal matters, until at least 1539. In the port-mediæval period, the village was agricultural. Common land was divided up by an enclosure Act obtained in 1798. By 1872, the village had a population of 174, living in 38 houses, and also had a post office, a chapel of ease, and a ferry. It was described as a township within the parish of Gedling.[2]
St Luke's Church
The village church is St Luke's. The Domesday Book, produced in 1086, mentions that there was a priest and a church building in the village at that time. The present building is a simple rectangle, 33 feet long and 21 feet wide, with a single bell housed in a turret at the western end. It was built in two stages, with the main section dating from 1844, and an extension to the chancel which was added in 1910.[5]
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References
- ↑ Bell 2008, p. 8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bell 2008, p. 9.
- ↑ Brown 1896, Preface.
- ↑ Whitbread 1903, p. 1.
- ↑ Stoke Bardolph St Luke: Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project
Bibliography
- Cross-Rudkin, Peter; Chrimes, Mike (2008). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 2: 1830 to 1890. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-3504-1.
- Porter, Elizabeth (1978). Water Management in England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21865-8. https://archive.org/details/watermanagementi0000port.
- Whitbread, Richard (1903). "Summer excursion 1903: Gedling church". Transactions of the Thoroton Society. Nottinghamshire History. http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1903/summer/gedling1.htm.
