Meering

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Meering
Civil parish
Besthorpe Nature Reserve next to the River Trent - geograph.org.uk - 5130194.jpg
Besthorpe Nature Reserve next to the River Trent
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Meering
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area0.75 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Population0 (2021)
•  Density 0/sq mi (0/km2)
OS grid reference SK 813648
•  London 115 mi (185 km)  SSE
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district NG23
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UK
England
Nottinghamshire
0°46′52″S53°10′52″E / 0.781°S 53.181°E / -0.781; 53.181

Meering is a geographically small civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of zero (2021 census), it is grouped with Girton to form a parish meeting. The parish was originally an extra-parochial area, and was once populated, although not in more than single figures since census records began. [1]

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The parish is bound by the Carlton Rack meanders of the River Trent to the west (which forms the border with Sutton on Trent) and to the east a lagoon and a brook separates it from Girton civil parish.

Besthorpe Nature Reserve, despite taking the name of the nearby village of Besthorpe, is within Meering parish, Known as Meering Marsh, it is an area of marsh land supported by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust that is attractive to wading birds and other wildlife. [2]

History

Mering was named in the 1086 Domesday Book as 'Meringe' and had no recorded population. [3] It was held by William the Conqueror, and afterwards passed to the Earl of Richmond, with Richard de Sutton of Sutton in Ashfield having oversight of the Meering area. [4] Later relations had the Meering name while residing there from the 12th century, and held it and wider land in the county. Two members of the family William Meryng [5] and William Meering [6] were Members of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in the 15th and 16th century.

By the 20th century only one property remained to the west of the parish. The whole area was farmland until World War II, when the lower portion of the parish was mined for gravel and sand. [7] By 1999, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust had taken over the long-term lease of the pits from Lafarge Aggregates, [8] Meering Marsh was restored and currently comprises three habitat types; reedbeds, open water with islands and shingle. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Vision of Britain
  2. ↑ "Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers - Besthorpe Nature reserve".
  3. ↑ "Meering :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Parishes: Mering | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "MERYNG, Sir William (d.1449), of Meering, Notts. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "MERING, William (1522-82), of Meering, Notts. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan Adopted December 2005 - PART 2- PRODUCTION OF MINERALS - Chapter 6 Sand and Gravel" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Less well known wetland now a haven for wildlife and people". Newark Advertiser. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Besthorpe Nature Reserve | Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust". www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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