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In Arnold Nottingham, UK
Gedling Village
A village close to Arnold
Gedlings name started life as Ghellinge,
Gedlinga, Geddlings, Gettang finally as to day Gedling.
The first written evidence of Gedling
is in the Doomsday Book in 1068, when at that time it was known as Ghellinge...
Gedling village is all but now
swallowed up in the great suburbia of Nottingham, in fact it is very difficult
to separate Gedling village from the surrounding areas of Carlton, which
also was a village, this, which also has joined the urban scrawl of Nottingham.
Gedling however gives its name
to the local borough council i.e. Gedling Borough Council, to which all
other areas locally belong.
Gedling lies 4 miles north east
of the city of Nottingham, and 3 miles East of Arnold at the bottom of
the Mapperley Plains Ridge, geographically Gedling is in the middle of
England, located only a mile or so from the River Trent, which the Vikings
made good use of when visiting Nottingham. As all villages, Gedling was
supplied with drinking water via a local stream this known as the Ousedyke.
This provide the villages with water that had made its way from the Mapperley
Plains, there is still to this day a drinking fountain, presented by Lady
Carnarvon in 1974, adjacent to the All Hallows Church.
All Hallows Church on Arnold Lane
is graded as a Listed Grade I, one of the interesting feature's of the
church is it thin spire which dates back to the early part of the 1300's.
The spire is 180 ft (55 Mtrs) tall and is the second tallest in the county
of Nottinghamshire, the church is mainly 13th and 14th century with some
work done during the later 1800's.
In the grounds of the church
is a 14th century ashlar font now in use as a churchyard ornament this
is Listed Grade II
Above is the drinking fountain and
the church spire of All Hallows can been seen top left.
There are several other Listed
Grade II buildings these are,
(1)
Manor Farmhouse, Arnold Lane,
this is a mid eighteenth century farmhouse, with attached stable and wash
house, the house is of brick.
(2)
86 and 88 Main Rd, a pair of
mid century brick cottages with slate roofs
(3)
24 Shearing Hill and adjoining
stable, this is an eighteenth century brick house
(4)
1 and 2 Wood Lane (now 11 and
15 Wood Lane), a pair of late 19th century three storey cottages.
(5)
Gedling House Wood Lane. This
large stuccoed brick house built during the early 19th century.
The above are the only buildings
of note however there are other building's that are of local interest.
It would seem that Gedling did
not suffer as badly with the revolution of the stocking machines, in fact
there where only 12 machines in Gedling during the 19th century and by
1844 only one left in use.
During the early part of the
20th century railway made its way to Gedling. This was mainly due to the
new colliery being built on the outskirts of Gedling and Arnold. The mine
started production in 1903 during the early part of the production of coal
this did not affect Gedling a great deal, however when the coal was moved
to lorries this greatly affected Gedling. As all the lorries rumbled their
way through the heart of the village. In fact I remember the road from
the Gedling mine was black with the coal dust, and when it rained the water
ran like a black stream down into the village.
The mine is now closed and the village
of Gedling now has become a far quieter and cleaner place, Gedling only
now has to suffer the suburban traffic of the today.
The old slag heaps now are being
removed and transported to coal fired power stations this is being carried
out on a 24hrs basis and the coal now is transported by train, the land
when this is completed will be turned in to a park and also some limited
housing. The revamped train track is to provide transport into the City
of Nottingham as a park and ride system.
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