Gringley on the Hill

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Gringley on the Hill
Civil parish
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Church of St Peter and St Paul,
Gringley on the Hill
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 at the 2011 census was 699, [1] increasing to 854 in 2021. [2] It is on the highest part of the road from Bawtry to Gainsborough, six miles east-southeast of the former, and the same distance west by north of the latter town.

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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, as well as the church. These are the site of a prehistoric hillfort at Beacon Hill, the stump of a medieval market cross, and a four-storey tower windmill dating from 1830. [3]

Church

The St Peter & St Paul's Church is of Norman construction, with a later Perpendicular tower. Of note is an Early English pillar piscina, a free-standing bowl for washing the communion vessels. [4]

Windmill

A brick tower windmill was built at Gringley c. 1830 by Jabez Wilkinson, replacing a post mill on 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]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Gringley on the Hill parish (E04007810)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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