Aslockton
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Aslockton is a village and civil parish
twelve miles (19 km) east of Nottingham
, England
and two miles east of Bingham
on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton
. It has a population of around 1,000 http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=8883.
The village is the site of Aslockton railway station
and, despite its small size contains two pubs, the Old Greyhound and the Cranmer Arms. The Old Greyhound closed in May 2007, and its new owners have submitted a planning application http://www.oldgreyhoundaslockton.com/newsItem.php?id=122 to turn the building into a restaurant.
The name of the village comes from the Danish
and Saxon
name Haslachstone and became Aslacton before becoming the modern Aslockton. Thomas Cranmer
, Archbishop of Canterbury
1533–1553, was born in Aslockton and spent his childhood in a cottage that still exists. The village school is named in his honour.
The Aslockton windmill and bakehouse were situated on Mill Lane . The mill was a wooden postmill, weatherboarded, on a brick roundhouse, with 4 single patent sails. The miller and baker in 1864 was Job Heathcote.
(b.1489-d.1556)
Archbishop of Canterbury
and leader of the English Reformation
; born in Aslockton.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
twelve miles (19 km) east of Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England
England
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and two miles east of Bingham
Bingham, Nottinghamshire
Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.-Geography:With a population of around 9,000 people it lies about nine miles east of Nottingham, a similar distance south-west of Newark-on-Trent and west of Grantham. It is situated where the A46 intersects the A52...
on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton
Whatton
Whatton is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Whatton lies in the Vale of Belvoir on the south bank of the River Smite just to the north of the major A52 road twelve miles east of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 781...
. It has a population of around 1,000 http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=8883.
The village is the site of Aslockton railway station
Aslockton railway station
Aslockton railway station serves the villages of Aslockton and Whatton in Nottinghamshire. The station is 17 km east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line.-History:...
and, despite its small size contains two pubs, the Old Greyhound and the Cranmer Arms. The Old Greyhound closed in May 2007, and its new owners have submitted a planning application http://www.oldgreyhoundaslockton.com/newsItem.php?id=122 to turn the building into a restaurant.
The name of the village comes from the Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
and Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
name Haslachstone and became Aslacton before becoming the modern Aslockton. Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from...
, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
1533–1553, was born in Aslockton and spent his childhood in a cottage that still exists. The village school is named in his honour.
The Aslockton windmill and bakehouse were situated on Mill Lane . The mill was a wooden postmill, weatherboarded, on a brick roundhouse, with 4 single patent sails. The miller and baker in 1864 was Job Heathcote.
Historical Figures
1. Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from...
(b.1489-d.1556)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
and leader of the English Reformation
English Reformation
The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....
; born in Aslockton.