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Cotgrave is a town and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located about 5 miles (8 km) south-east of the centre of Nottingham. The village sits at the edge of the South Nottinghamshire Wolds about 131 feet (40 metres) above sea level. Cotgrave has a population of 7,373 people. ==History== With an ancient heart that has largely escaped development, Cotgrave still has a village atmosphere despite its population of over 7,000. This is accented by its amenities and infrastructure, which have remained comparatively underdeveloped even after large estates were built around the village in the 1960s to house the people working for the mine. It is sandwiched between the A52, A606 and A46. Nearby to the west is Tollerton and Nottingham Airport. Cotgrave's origins may be in the Iron Age. A 6th-century Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been excavated at Mill Hill to the north of the old village. There was certainly a Saxon church a century before the Norman conquest. The Roman Fosse Way passes a mile to the east, where it changes direction slightly. The A46 follows its course, and during improvements in 2012–13, excavations uncovered Ice Age flint tools. Evidence of an Iron Age settlement was also found at Owthorpe Junction, just to the east, and a 4,000-year-old Neolithic circular monument with eight Bronze Age burials was found slightly further north at Stragglethorpe junction.〔 ()〕 The name "Cotgrave" is possibly derived from "Cotta" (Anglo Saxon name) and "Grave", (grove or thicket). The present substantial church, All Saints', dates from the 12th century, with several subsequent alterations and additions. An arson attack in 1996 caused considerable damage, but the church has since been fully restored at great expense. The church has a ring of eight bells, most made by Taylor's.〔(http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/c01/hbells.html ) ''southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk''〕 A team of ringers practise regularly on Fridays and Sundays. An outbreak of plague in 1637 killed 93 of the 500 population, including 46 children. All Saints' was used as a food store for the village during the outbreak. Money to pay for goods was disinfected as it was passed through a hollowed stone filled with vinegar to the men who had locked themselves away in the church. This stone is still in the church.〔(http://www.cotgrave.com/history.htm ) ''cotgrave.com''〕 On Scrimshire Lane, near the church, can be found an old wall, dubbed the "Thousand-Year Wall". It is riddled with small holes made by, and providing a home for a large colony of stingless bees. Nearby, through a lych gate, is a graveyard that is, unusually, separated from the church by a road. There can be found there a pillar on three tiers commemorating those of the village lost in service during the world wars. The church, too, has a stained glass window, by J.F. Gascoyne & Son of Nottingham, dedicated in 1920 as a war memorial. There is also a window on the north aisle, east of the north door, depicting the koepe towers and underground workings of Cotgrave Colliery, which was sunk in the 1960s and abandoned in the 1980s. The window was installed after the fire at the church in 1996. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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