Rempstone

Rempstone /ˈrɛmpstən/ is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of

Nottinghamshire, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough Rempstone
across the border in Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011
census was 367.[1] It is situated at the crossing of the A60 and A6006 roads. It
has no schools. Rempston (without 'e') is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday
Book.

Contents
Churches
Transport
Rempstone Steam and Country Show
Neighbouring villages
References
External links

Churches
St Peter in the Rushes, view of fish
pond – was site of moated manor
house
indicate the original site of the
The first church in Rempstone,
St Peter in the Rushes,[2] stood
approximately half a mile
(1 km) north-east of the present Village sign
village near the Sheepwash
Brook next to a moated Manor
House now a fishing lake, a
Holy spring is also at this
location. An archaeological dig,
1960–1962, revealed the
foundations of a 12th-century
tower with square buttresses.[3]
Earthworks near the brook
village.[4]

The present church, All Saints' Church, Rempstone, was built mainly from the
materials of the old church and was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in
1773. About 20 headstones mark the site of the original churchyard and during
the last 200 years of this church there were approximately 950 burials including Rempstone
that of six former Rectors of Rempstone.
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population 367 (2011)
Transport
OS grid reference SK5752524442
District Rushcliffe
Shire county Nottinghamshire
'Kinchbus 9' (in yellow and blue livery) passes through Rempstone along the Region East Midlands
A60 between Nottingham and Loughborough daily, including into the late Country England
evenings from Monday to Saturday. Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LOUGHBOROUGH
Rempstone Steam and Country Show Postcode district LE12
Dialling code 01509
Started in 1956 the Steam and Traction Engine rally has outgrown the village
and nowadays takes place in nearby Wymeswold on the second full weekend in Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
July. It has always donated its profits to local and National Charities (Rainbows
Ambulance East Midlands
Children's Hospice, Steps Conductive Education Centre, The Air Ambulance
Service, Macmillan Cancer Support, Demelza Hospice Care,Wymeswold Village EU Parliament East Midlands
Community Centre Project to mention just a few). The event now extends over
65 Acres with 25 Acres of exhibits including Vintage Vehicles, 40 Steam Traction Engines, Countryside exhibitions and a real ale
bar.

Neighbouring villages
Costock
East Leake
Hoton
Stanford on Soar
Wymeswold

References
1. "Civil Parish population 2011"(http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b
=11127884&c=Rempstone&d=16&e=62&g=6458201&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460641474609&enc
=1). Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
2. http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/rempstone-st-peter-rushes/hhistory
.php St Peter in the Rushes
3. The Leake Historian East Leake and district Local History Society(http://www.eastleake-history.org.uk/publications1.
htm)
4. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire.Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

External links
St Peters in the Rushes
GENUKI entry for Rempstone
Rempstone Steam and Country Show

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