Colston Bassett

Colston Bassett is a small English village in the Vale of Belvoir in the south-east of Nottinghamshire close to its border with Leicestershire. Lying on the River Smite, it had a population in 2001 of 225, including Wiverton Hall, and increasing to 399 at the 2011 Census.[1]

Colston Bassett

St John's Church, Colston Bassett
Colston Bassett
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population399 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG12
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Place name

The name, first recorded in the Domesday Book as Coletone, is from the Old Norse personal name Kolr (genitive Kols), and the Old English tūn "farm or village", so means "Kolr's farm or village". The suffix Bassett is from the holder of the estate in the 12th century, Ralph Bassett, a judge appointed by Henry I.[2]

Heritage

The village dairy, which opened in 1913, is one of only five that are permitted to name their blue cheese Stilton cheese. It also manufactures smaller quantities of White Stilton and Shropshire Blue.

Colston Bassett contains an old market cross, a ruined church of St Mary, Colston Bassett Preparatory School for children between 4–11 years, and a pub, the Martins Arms.

The parish church is St John's Church, Colston Bassett.

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Colston Bassett", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521168557

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