Our new home is in this quaint Nottingham village. It is very
much a rural village, but is only seven and a half miles from the centre of
Nottingham. Click here for pictures taken in 2001. See the links below for pictures of Cropwell Bishop.
White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853 said:
"Cropwell Bishop is situated upon a gentle declivity on the east side of the
Grantham Canal, one mile south of Cropwell Butler, and 4 miles south-east of
Bingham. Its parish contains 640 inhabitants and 1,551 acres of strong clay
land, the rateable value of which is £1,658 6s 5d. The principal part of the
land belongs to the two prebendaries of Oxton, in Southwell Collegiate Church,
who let it on renewable lease for the term of three lives. William Marshall Esq.
is lord of the manor, and principal owner and impropriator. A court is held
annually about Easter.
It was anciently called Crophill Bishop, from the round hill on the north
side of the village, and from its being included in Doomsday Book, amongst the
manors of the Archbishop of York, though it was afterwards given to Southwell
Church and Lenton priory. Part of the wastes were enclosed in 1788, together
with Cropwell Butler, each having a right in Persefield, and the remainder in
1803, when allotments were awarded in lieu of all the tithes.
The church, dedicated to St Giles, has side aisles, a tower with four bells,
and was repaired and renovated in 1842. The living is a vicarage, valued in the
King's books at £5 3s 4d, now £150. The Bishop of Ripon is patron, and the Rev.
George Gould is the incumbent, and has about 80 acres of glebe. A Methodist
chapel was built here in 1842, and several neat houses have lately been rercted
in the village. Gypsum and limestone are found on the south side of the parish.
In 1850, a small National School was erected by subscription at a cost of £90.
The parish feast is held on the first Sunday in Old September."
In more recent times the village has become famous for it's being the home of a
famous footballer. The media reported that STUART PEARCE, the Newcastle United
footballer and resident of Cropwell Bishop, escaped serious injury recently when
his car was crushed by a dustcart. Police say he appeared to have ducked
instinctively and this probably saved his life as the lorry's rear axle crushed
the roof of his Rover 200.
There are two excellent pubs in the village, The Wheatsheaf and The Chequers
Inn. The Lime Kiln Public House is also less than a mile away. There is also a
late opening Co-op store, a Post Office, pet food shop, a butchers shop, hair
dressers and beauty parlour and a health centre as well as a school, various
churches and the Memorial Hall with playing fields. Cropwell Bishop is also
famous for producing stilton cheese at its creamery in the village.
