Rempstone

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Rempstone
Rempstone (Nottinghamshire)
Rempstone

Rempstone shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference SK5752524442
District Rushcliffe
Shire county Nottinghamshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LOUGHBOROUGH
Postcode district LE12
Dialling code 01509
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°48′51″N 1°08′47″W / 52.81412, -1.1464

Rempstone (pronounced /ˈrɛmpstən/) is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire,

although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough across the border in Leicestershire. It is situated at the crossing of the A60 and A6006 roads. It has no schools. Rempston (without `e`) is mentioned in the Doomesday 1068 book.

Domesday book.
Domesday book[1].
St Peter in the Rushes, view of fish pond - was site of moated manor house
St Peter in the Rushes, view of fish pond - was site of moated manor house

The first church in Rempstone, St Peter in the Rushes, stood approximately 1km north-east of the present village near the Sheepwash Brook next to a moated Manor House now a fishing lake, a Holy spring is also at this location. An archaeological dig, 1960-1962, revealed the foundations of a 12th century tower with square buttresses.[2] Earthworks near the brook indicate the original site of the village.[3]

The present church, All Saints, was built mainly from the materials of the old church and was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1773. About 20 headstones mark the site of the original churchyard and during the last 200 years of this church there were approximately 950 burials including that of six former Rectors of Rempstone.

Arriva Buses operate a service (No. 99) between Nottingham and Coalville which passes through the village on the A60.

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[edit] Rempstone Steam & Country Show

The long-running Steam and Traction Engine rally has outgrown the village and nowadays takes place in nearby Wymeswold.

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Line drawing from Historic Byways and Highways of Old England Andrew Williams 1900 ISBN 9781406797541
  2. ^ The Leake Historian East Leake and district Local History Society
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

[edit] Neighbouring villages


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