Gringley on the Hill

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Gringley on the Hill
Civil parish
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St Peter and St Paul's Church
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Market Cross
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Gringley Lock
Gringley on the Hill
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Gringley on the Hill
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area6.79 sq mi (17.6 km2)
Population854 (2021)
•  Density 126/sq mi (49/km2)
OS grid reference SK 735906
•  London 135 mi (217 km)  SE
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN10
Dialling code 01777
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Website http://www.gringleyvillage.org.uk
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°24′29″N0°53′42″W / 53.408°N 0.895°W / 53.408; -0.895

Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, is an English village and parish. The population of the civil parish was 699 at the 2011 census, [1] rising to 854 in 2021. [2] [ failed verification ] It lies on the highest point of the road from Bawtry to Gainsborough, six miles east-south-east of the former and the same distance west by north of the latter.

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Location

From its situation on the loftiest of the promontories which overlook the wide extent of Misson Carr and Misterton Carr, it commands such extensive prospects that Lincoln Cathedral can be seen from it on a clear day across the vale of the Trent, whilst in the nearer distance the Chesterfield Canal appears emerging from the tunnel at Drakeholes, winding under the long ridge of hills which extends eastward to the River Trent.

Antiquities

The English Heritage Archive includes three sites located in the village, in addition to the church. These are the site of a prehistoric hillfort at Beacon Hill, the remains of a medieval market cross, and a four-storey tower windmill dating from 1830. [3]

Church

St Peter & St Paul's Church is of Norman construction, with a later Perpendicular tower. Notable features include an Early English pillar piscina, a free-standing basin used for washing communion vessels. [4]

Windmill

A brick tower windmill was built at Gringley around 1830 by Jabez Wilkinson, replacing a post mill that previously occupied the same site. The four-storey tower was derelict by 1977. [5]

2022 temperature record

On 19 July 2022, a temperature of 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) was recorded at Gringley on the Hill, which is the highest recorded temperature in Nottinghamshire and one of the highest recorded in the United Kingdom and also making Gringley on the Hill the northernmost place in the UK to exceed 40 °C (104 °F). [6]

It surpassed the Nottinghamshire record set only the day before (18 July) of 36.7 °C (98.1 °F), which was recorded at Sutton Bonington. [7] The previous Nottinghamshire record was 36.1 °C (97.0 °F), recorded at the Nottingham Weather Centre. [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Gringley on the Hill parish (E04007810)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Archaeology Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk%5B%5D
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 136.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  5. ↑ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 22. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN   0-900986-12-3
  6. ↑ "Unprecedented extreme heatwave, July 2022" (PDF). www.metoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "It's officially been the hottest day in Nottinghamshire since records began". www.nottinghampost.com. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Updated figures show record high of 36.1°C in Nottingham as city swelters in unprecedented heat". www.nottinghampost.com. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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