Plumtree, Nottinghamshire

{{short description|Village and civil parish in England}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Plumtree

| country = England

| population = 259

| os_grid_reference = SK 613329

| coordinates = {{coord|52.901|-1.094|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}

| post_town = NOTTINGHAM

| postcode_district = NG12

| dial_code = 0115 (937)

| constituency_westminster = Rushcliffe

| shire_district = Rushcliffe

| shire_county = Nottinghamshire

| region = East Midlands

| map_type = Nottinghamshire

| website = {{url|http://www.plumtreeparishcouncil.org.uk|www.plumtreeparish{{wbr}}council.org.uk}}

| postcode_area = NG

| population_ref = (2021)

| type = Village and civil parish

| static_image_2_name = {{infobox mapframe|frame-width=240|frame-height=220|zoom=12}}

| static_image_2_caption = Parish map

| area_total_sq_mi = 1.58

| london_distance_mi = 105

| london_direction = SSE

}}{{Other places3|Plumtree (disambiguation)}}

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Plumtree is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 221,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798512&c=plumtree&d=16&e=15&g=479847&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206349383281&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area:Plumtree CP (Parish)"] increasing to 246 at the 2011 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127615&c=Plumtree&d=16&e=62&g=6458258&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460626792812&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=14 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} and 259 at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007992|title=Plumtree parish|accessdate=12 February 2024}}

It is situated 5 miles south east of Nottingham, between the villages of Tollerton and Keyworth.

Some of the farming land around the village is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall (Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales).{{citation needed|date=September 2007}}

The parish church of St Mary has a Norman tower on Saxon foundations, which were found when the tower was rebuilt in 1906. The nave is of 13th-century date. The north aisle was rebuilt and extended with stone from Nottingham's medieval Trent Bridge in 1873.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin, p.290. Edward Hagarty Parry (1855–1931), an association footballer who captained Old Carthusians F.C. when they won the 1881 FA Cup Final against Old Etonians, is buried in the churchyard.{{cite book|last=Warsop|first=Keith|title=The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs|publisher=Tony Brown, Soccer Data|year=2004|pages=113–114|isbn=1-899468-78-1}}

Plumtree Mill was a two-storey wooden post mill mounted on an open trestle raised on piers atop a mound. Derelict by 1907, it was burnt down c. 1930. The mound is still extant.Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 35. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. {{ISBN|0-900986-12-3}}

Plumtree also has one of the leading cricket clubs in Nottinghamshire, being members of both the Nottinghamshire Premier League and 2012 Champions of the Newark Alliance. The club has invested over £180,000 in its facilities over the winter of 2012–13 with substantial grants from the England & Wales Cricket Board and local authorities.{{cite web |url=http://www.plumtreecc.co.uk |title=Plumtree Cricket Club}}