Harby, Nottinghamshire

Harby
Harby
Harby shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 336 (2011)
OS grid reference SK880707
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Newark-on-Trent
Postcode district NG23
Dialling code 01522
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Harby is the easternmost village in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The nearest large town is Lincoln, over the border in Lincolnshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 289,[1] increasing to 336 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Heritage

Eleanor of Castille

The parish church of All Saints' was built in 1875–76 in Early English style. In the east wall of the tower is a statue in memory of Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of King Edward I of England, who died on 28 November 1290[3] at the nearby house of Richard de Weston. The moated site of Weston's house is to the east of the church. The Queen's body was transported to London for burial, and the King ordered crosses to be built at each place that her body rested overnight on the journey.

Historic building

The capless stump of a five-storey tower windmill, built about 1877, stands at the end of Mill Field Close (grid reference SK877707).[4] A post windmill is also recorded for Harby.

Harby of old

At one time it was within the parish of North Clifton.

Francis White's Directory of Nottinghamshire of 1853 records that,

"North Clifton parish comprises the four villages and townships of North Clifton, South Clifton, Harby and Spalford, which maintain their poor separately, and contain together 1,107 inhabitants and 5.040 acres (20,400 m2) of land, now valued at £6,230, which was all exonerated from tithes at the enclosure, and anciently formed four manors of the Bishop of Lincoln's fee, and one of Roger de Bisli's, which in after times passed to the Lovelots, Pigotts and Willoughbys. North Clifton is a small village on the east bank of the Trent, 12½ miles north by east of Newark, near a long cliff, in which numerous fragments of urns, bones and scalps have been found, near the spot which is supposed to have been anciently occupied by a castle. The church, dedicated to St George, stands on an eminence between North and South Clifton, and was re-pewed in 1831. The vicarage, valued in the King's books at £7 6s, and now at £176, is enjoyed by the Rev. Frederick Parry Hodges D. D. The Rev. G.C. Gordon M.A. is the curate, and resides at the Vicarage House, South Clifton. The prebendary of North Clifton, in Lincoln Cathedral, is the patron and appropriator."[5]

Transport

A pre-booking bus service No. 67 serves Newark, Collingham, Harby and Saxilby on Monday to Saturday, with about three services running a day. The nearest railway station is at Saxilby.[6]

Education

The village is served by Queen Eleanor Primary School. There is a term-time school bus from Harby to Tuxford Academy.[6]

Amenities

The village has a playing field with a bowls club and a children's play park. The village hall has two rooms for hire, used by local groups, courses and circles. There is also a room for hire at the local pub, the Bottle and Glass, which also serves food. Residents can rent allotments from the parish council. There are no permanent retail shopping facilities in the village.[6]

See also

Eleanor cross

References

  1. ↑ "Area:Harby CP (parish)"
  2. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ John Carmi Parsons, "Eleanor (1241–1290)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 28 November 2015. Pay-walled.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  5. ↑ F. White "Directory of Nottinghamshire" (Sheffield, 1853)
  6. 1 2 3 Harby Village Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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