Kingston on Soar
{{short description|Village in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{infobox UK place|
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.844|-1.256|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}
| map_type = Nottinghamshire
| official_name = Kingston on Soar
| population = 301
| population_ref = (2021)
| shire_district = Rushcliffe
| shire_county = Nottinghamshire
| region = East Midlands
| static_image_name = Kegworth Road, Kingston - geograph.org.uk - 1170761.jpg
| constituency_westminster = Rushcliffe
| post_town = NOTTINGHAM
| postcode_district = NG11
| postcode_area = NG
| dial_code = 01509
| os_grid_reference = SK 501276
| type = Village and civil parish
| static_image_caption = Kegworth Road in Kingston on Soar
| static_image_2_name = {{infobox mapframe|frame-width=240|frame-height=180|zoom=12}}
| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| area_total_sq_mi = 2
| london_distance_mi = 105
| london_direction = SSE
| website = {{url|http://www.kingstononsoar.org.uk}}
| parts_type = Settlements
| parts = {{ubl|Kingston on Soar|Kingston Hall|New Kingston}}
}}
Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
Description
= Setting =
Kingston on Soar predominantly lies within the Trent Washlands character area,{{Cite web|url=https://nationalcharacterareas.co.uk/trent-valley-washlands/|title=Trent Valley Washlands|website=National Character Area Profiles}} and partially in the Nottinghamshire Wolds character area.{{cite web|url=https://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/media/1rushcliffe/media/documents/pdf/publicationscheme/3whatourprioritiesareandhowwearedoing/Residential_design_guide.pdf|title=Rushcliffe Residential Design Guide|date=March 2009|publisher=Rushcliffe Borough Council|page=10|access-date=2018-08-13}}
White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, written in 1853, describes Kingston on Soar as such:{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/KingstononSoar|title=Genuki: Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire|last=GENUKI|website=www.genuki.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11}}
Kingston-Upon-Soar is a small village and parish 10 miles south west by south of Nottingham, betwixt the Wolds and the Leicestershire border.John Throsby, writing during 1790 in his new edition of Robert Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, describes Kingston on Soar such:{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/thoroton-notts/vol1/pp20-23|title=Parishes: Kinston {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11}}
This Lordship contains 1100 acres of old inclosed land, divided into 3 farms, exclusive of some patches of home ground, attached to some inferior dwellings: It belongs chiefly to the Duke of Leeds, who is lord of the manor. [...] The village contains about 30 dwellings.
= Local geography =
File:Kingston on Soar Spring Brook.JPGThe River Soar does not pass through the village, but very close by to the west. At this point the Soar, flowing south to north, forms the border with Leicestershire. The Kingston Brook drains west through the village. Nearby places are Kegworth in Leicestershire, New Kingston in Nottinghamshire and, further downstream, Ratcliffe on Soar.
John Throsby, writing during 1790 in his new edition of Robert Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, describes Kingston on Soar's geography such:
The soil in the upper part of the lordship is clayey; but towards the Soar it is of a light sand, and appears good grazing ground.
= Population =
The 2011 census records the population of Kingston on Soar as 296,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125246&c=Kingston+on+Soar&d=16&e=62&g=6458189&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460371827016&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=11 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} increasing marginally to 301 at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007984|title=Kingston on Soar parish|accessdate=11 February 2024}}
The parish has three centres of population: the core village, Kingston Hall and New Kingston (which covers West Leake Lane, Kingston Fields and Kingston Court).{{Cite web |title=Kingston on Soar Parish Council {{!}} Home |url=https://www.kingstononsoar.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Kingston on Soar Parish Council |language=en}}
The table below displays the historic number of households, families and people living in Kingston on Soar:
Toponymy
File:Kingston on Soar sign.JPGDomesday Book, written in 1086, records the village's place name as 'Chinestan'.
Robert Thoroton writing in his book The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire first published in 1677,{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/thoroton-notts/vol1|title=Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}} later published with additions by John Throsby in 1790, states:
In Doomsday-Book written Cheniston: So called, probably, from some Owner, as most Towns of that Termination, in this County, generally are.The book The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire differs from Robert Thoroton stating that the origin of the name means 'royal stone'.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofnott00mutsrich|title=The place-names of Nottinghamshire, their origin and development|last=Mutschmann|first=Heinrich|date=1913|publisher=Cambridge [Eng.] University Press|others=University of California Libraries}} The name derives from the Old English words 'cyne', meaning royal or kingly, and 'stan', meaning stone or rock.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Nottinghamshire/Kingston%20on%20Soar|title=Key to English Place-names|last=English|first=University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2018-08-12}} In Old English the word 'cyne' could refer to a local chief and does not necessarily refer to a ruler of a larger dominion. The '-on-soar' originates from the village's location near the River Soar.
Heritage
= Listed buildings =
{{main|Listed buildings in Kingston on Soar}}
File:Kingston on Soar Church - geograph.org.uk - 1293154.jpg (Grade I) and the Lychgate (Grade II).]]Kingston on Soar has a Grade I listed church along with 18 other listed structures in the parish, all Grade II listed.{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/kingston-on-soar-rushcliffe-nottinghamshire#.W29vH-hKiUk|title=Listed Buildings in Kingston on Soar, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire|last=Stuff|first=Good|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=2018-08-11}}
== St Winifred's Church (Grade I) ==
St Winifred's church dates back to {{circa}} 1540,{{NHLE|num=1242066|desc=CHURCH OF ST WINIFRED, Kingston on Soar |accessdate=2018-08-12}} when the chancel was built under the Babington family of Dethick.{{cite web|url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/kingston-on-soar/hhistory.php|title=Kingston on Soar - History|website=southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2018-08-11}} Before, when Kingston on Soar belonged to the parish of Ratcliffe on Soar, a chapel-of-ease existed dating back to the late 11th or early 12th century.{{cite web|url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/kingston-on-soar/hintro.php|title=Kingston on Soar - Introduction|website=southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=2018-08-11}} The church was largely rebuilt in 1900 by R Creed. The tomb of the 1st Baron Belper is located in the churchyard.
Simon Jenkins listed St Winifred's in his book, England's Thousand Best Churches.
== Kingston Hall (Grade II) ==
File:Kingston Hall Nottinghamshire.jpg (Grade II).]]
Kingston Hall, which is a large Grade II listed country house, was built 1842-46 for Mr Edward Strutt, who would later become the 1st Lord Belper.{{NHLE|num=1242098|desc=KINGSTON HALL, Kingston on Soar |accessdate=2018-08-12}} The hall was built by the architect Edward Blore who had previously worked on Buckingham Palace.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100094|title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (August 12, 2018, 3:34 pm)|last=Goold|first=David|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-12}} Ronald Strutt, the 4th Lord Belper, sold the hall in 1976.{{NHLE|num=1001716|desc=KINGSTON PARK PLEASURE GARDENS, Kingston on Soar |accessdate=2018-08-12}} In 1980 the hall was converted into 12 individual dwellings and the surrounding buildings were sold for separate occupation.
The grounds of Kingston Hall contain three Grade II listed structures: a garden pavilion, a stable block and a lodge with an attached gateway.
Kingston Park Pleasure Gardens, which surrounds Kingston Hall, is also Grade II listed.
== Other listed buildings ==
As well as St Winifred's Church (Grade I) and Kingston Hall (Grade II), there are 17 other listed structures in Kingston on Soar, all Grade II listed: 1, 3, 5 and 7, the Green; 9, 11, 15, 17 and 19, the Green; 21, 23, 25 and 27, the Green; Church Farmhouse; K6 Telephone Kiosk; Kegworth Bridge; Kegworth Shallow Lock; Kingston Fields Farmhouse and Workshops; Lodge and Attached Gateway; Lychgate at Entrance to Churchyard of Church of St Winifred; Manor Farmhouse; Pavilion in the Garden of Kingston Hall; Pumphouse; Stable Block at Kingston Hall; Stables at Manor Farm; The Old Schoolhouse and The Post Office.
= Other heritage =
== Agricultural college ==
The precursor to the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College (which became the University of Nottingham's Sutton Bonington Campus in the neighbouring parish of Sutton Bonington) was the Midland Dairy Institute and was located in the parish of Kingston on Soar. Stilton cheese was made along with other types at the Institute.Kingston on Soar, Further chapters in the history of the village. by B.W. Smith {{ISBN|0951619705}} The University Farm, a {{convert|445|ha|acre|-1}} commercial research farm, partly lies in the parish, including an associated high-technology dairy centre.
=Notable people=
John Berridge (1717–93) was born into a Kingston on Soar farming family but soon realised he had little talent for the land.{{Cite ODNB | url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2258 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/2258|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year = 2004}} He entered Cambridge University and then the ministry of the Church of England. In this he was at first totally inept, but in 1757 experienced a religious conversion while reading the Bible and became a great preacher at Everton in Bedfordshire. His visitors included John Wesley and Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. His sermons were often met with 'strange convulsions' in the congregation, and people falling down as if dead, described in detail in Wesley's journals in 1758-9. Berridge's tomb at Everton is famous for its evangelistic inscription. His funeral was conducted by Charles Simeon.
Local government and elections
= Parliamentary elections =
The village is part of the Rushcliffe constituency in the House of Commons, currently represented by James Naish of the Labour Party. The constituency was notable for being represented by Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1970 until 2019.
= Local government =
== County council ==
For Nottinghamshire County Council elections the parish comes within the Leake & Ruddington electoral ward,{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000007987|title=Ordnance Survey map of Leake & Ruddington|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=2018-08-12}} which has two council seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/659/made|title=The Nottinghamshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}} The most recent election was in May 2021, when Matt Barney and Reg Adair, both of the Conservative party, won the two available seats.{{cite web |title=Leake and Ruddington |url=https://electionresults.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/2021/Divisions/leake-and-ruddington |website=Nottinghamshire County Council Elections 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}} File:Rushcliffe Map - Kingston on Soar Parish.png.|alt=]]
== Borough council ==
For the election of a councillor to Rushcliffe Borough Council, the parish forms part of the Gotham ward,{{cite web |title=Rushcliffe Borough Council - Gotham Ward |url=https://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/media/wt3na122/2023_gotham-ward.pdf |website=Rushcliffe Borough Council |access-date=4 August 2023}} which elects two councillors.{{cite web |title=The Rushcliffe (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 - Schedule 1 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1364/schedule/1/made |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=8 April 2023}} The most recent election was on 4 May 2023, in which Rex Walker and Andy Brown of the Conservatives were elected.{{cite news |last1=Pridmore |first1=Oliver |last2=Beck |first2=Laycie |title=Tory majority narrowly slips on Rushcliffe Borough Council |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/full-rushcliffe-borough-council-2023-8409850 |access-date=4 August 2023 |work=NottinghamshireLive |date=5 May 2023 |language=en}}
== Parish council ==
The parish council has 7 seats.{{cite web|url=https://democracy.rushcliffe.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=216&LS=2|title=Parish council - Kingston-on-Soar Parish Council|last=By|first=Rushcliffe Borough Council|date=2018-08-12|website=democracy.rushcliffe.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}} Council meetings usually take place on the first Tuesday every two months.
= Historic =
The parish fell within the ancient Rushcliffe wapentake of Nottinghamshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10063395#tab02|title=Rushcliffe Wap through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Ancient District|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-13}} Before 1894 the parish was part of the Shardlow sanitary district, along with other nearby villages such as Ratcliffe on Soar and Kegworth.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005097#tab02|title=Shardlow RSD through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Sanitary District|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-13}} Between 1837 and 1930 the parish was also part of the Shardlow poor law union and registration district.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10220786#tab02|title=Shardlow PLU/RegD through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-13}} From 1927 the parish was part of the Leake Rural District,{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10026830#tab02|title=Leake RD through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Local Government District|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-13}} until its abolition in 1935, when the parish was then transferred to the Basford Rural District.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10055222#tab02|title=Basford RD through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Local Government District|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2018-08-13}} In April 1974 the Basford Rural District was abolished and the non-metropolitan district of Rushcliffe was created, which Kingston on Soar became part of.{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/visit/venues/rushcliffe-borough-council-3376|title=Rushcliffe Borough Council {{!}} Art UK|website=artuk.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.complaintsdepartment.co.uk/rushcliffe-borough-council/|title=Rushcliffe Borough Council Complaints|website=www.complaintsdepartment.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-13}}
Amenities
= Transport =
There is no railway station in the village, however East Midlands Parkway opened in January 2009{{cite web|url=https://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/information/media/news/New-park-ride-and-save-offer-for-East-Midlands-Parkway-station/|title=New park, ride and save offer for East Midlands Parkway station {{!}} Information {{!}} East Midlands Trains|website=www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}} at nearby Ratcliffe on Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line with journeys to London St Pancras taking approximately 90 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetrainline.com/stations/east-midlands-parkway|title=East Midlands Parkway Station {{!}} Trains to East Midlands Parkway – Trainline|website=www.thetrainline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}}
The Soar Valley Bus routes 1-7 serve the village,{{Cite web | url=https://www.soarvalleybus.co.uk/timetables-c11vb | title=Timetables | SOAR VALLEY COMMUNITY BUS}} including a regular service to East Leake Academy during school term time, a weekly service to Loughborough on Thursday (market day), a weekly service to East Leake on Tuesday and a service every Friday to either Long Eaton Asda or West Bridford Asda.{{cite web|url=https://bustimes.org/localities/kingston-on-soar|title=Kingston on Soar – Bus Times|website=bustimes.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-12}} The Nottinghamshire 865 bus also serves the village providing a regular service to Clifton NET Park & Ride between Monday to Saturday.{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/129322/nottsbusconnectleaflet5.pdf|title=Nottinghamshire Bus 856 Leaflet|date=1 September 2015|publisher=Nottinghamshire County Council|access-date=2018-08-12}}
= Other facilities =
The Village Hall, built in 1935,{{Cite news|url=http://www.kingston-on-soar-pc.co.uk/?page_id=11|title=The Village Hall|date=2010-04-15|work=Kingston on Soar|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-GB}} is located near the centre of the village on The Green.{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/198521625#map=18/52.84498/-1.25753|title=Way: Village Hall (198521625) {{!}} OpenStreetMap|website=OpenStreetMap|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}}
Kingston on Soar has one postbox, located on The Green.{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/693401021#map=18/52.84493/-1.25767|title=Node: NG11 87 (693401021) {{!}} OpenStreetMap|website=OpenStreetMap|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}}
Gallery
File:Kingston Hall Lodge, Kingston On Soar - geograph.org.uk - 14893.jpg|Kingston Hall lodge with attached gateway (Grade II).
File:Kingston on Soar houses - geograph.org.uk - 1293167.jpg|Houses on The Green (Grade II).
File:Kingston-on-Soar, The Green - geograph.org.uk - 1170740.jpg|The Green covered with snow.
File:Kingston on Soar Church - geograph.org.uk - 9392.jpg|St Winifred's Church (Grade I).
File:Telephone kiosk at Kingston on Soar - Grade II listed building 02.jpg|K6 Telephone Kiosk on Kegworth Road (Grade II).
File:Village pump, Kingston - geograph.org.uk - 1170767.jpg|Village Pump (Grade II).
File:Kingston Church, South Porch - geograph.org.uk - 1170773.jpg|South Porch of St Winifred's Church (Grade I).
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