Gringley on the Hill
{{Distinguish|Little Gringley}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2024}}
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| static_image_name = Church of St Peter and St Paul, Gringley on the Hill - geograph.org.uk - 4242486.jpg
| static_image_caption = Church of St Peter and St Paul,
Gringley on the Hill
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.408|-0.895|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}
| map_type = Nottinghamshire
| official_name = Gringley on the Hill
| population = 854
| population_ref = (2021)
| shire_district = Bassetlaw
| region = East Midlands
| shire_county = Nottinghamshire
| constituency_westminster = Bassetlaw
| post_town = DONCASTER
| postcode_district = DN10
| postcode_area = DN
| dial_code = 01777
| os_grid_reference = SK 735906
| type = Civil parish
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| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| area_total_sq_mi = 6.79
| london_direction = SE
| london_distance_mi = 135
| website = {{url|http://www.gringleyvillage.org.uk|http://www.gringley{{wbr}}village.org.uk}}
}}
Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, is an English village and parish. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 699,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124044&c=gringley+on+the+hill&d=16&e=62&g=6456261&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460280596094&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=10 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} increasing to 854 in 2021.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007810|title=Gringley on the Hill parish|accessdate=18 Jan 2024}} 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.
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.Archaeology Data Service http://ads.ahds.ac.uk{{full citation needed|date=December 2017}}
= 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.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. page 136.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
=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.Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 22. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. {{ISBN|0-900986-12-3}}
2022 temperature record
On 19 July 2022, a temperature of {{Convert|40.1|C|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 {{Convert|40|C|F}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2022/2022_03_july_heatwave.pdf|title=Unprecedented extreme heatwave, July 2022 |website=www.metoffice.gov.uk |access-date=8 February 2022}}
It surpassed the Nottinghamshire record set only the day before (18 July) of {{Convert|36.7|C|F}}, which was recorded at Sutton Bonington.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/its-officially-been-hottest-day-7348696|title=It's officially been the hottest day in Nottinghamshire since records began|website=www.nottinghampost.com|access-date=8 February 2022}} The previous Nottinghamshire record was {{Convert|36.1|C|F}}, recorded at the Nottingham Weather Centre.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/updated-figures-show-record-high-3137707|title=Updated figures show record high of 36.1°C in Nottingham as city swelters in unprecedented heat|website=www.nottinghampost.com|date=26 July 2019 |access-date=8 February 2022}}
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/GringleyontheHill/White1853.html Genuki profile]
- http://www.gringleyvillage.org.uk/
- http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/gringley.htm
- [http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/youandyourcommunity/communitylocalcontacts/parishes/parisheslist/parisheslist-details.htm?parishid=9473 Nottinghamshire County Council - parish profile and contact details]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHL7qfE4by8 YouTube video - parish visit journal]
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Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire