Bunny (Nottinghamshire)
Bunny | ||
---|---|---|
View of Bunny, in the foreground Old Wood | ||
Coordinates | 52 ° 52 ′ N , 1 ° 8 ′ W | |
OS National Grid | SK582296 | |
|
||
Residents | 689 (as of 2011) | |
surface | 8.8 km² (3.4 mi² ) | |
Population density: | 78 inhabitants per km² | |
administration | ||
Post town | Nottingham | |
prefix | 0115 | |
Part of the country | England | |
Website: www.bunnyvillage.org.uk | ||
Bunny is a municipality in the district of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire , United Kingdom . The village had 689 inhabitants at the 2011 census. With St Mary Church, Bunny has the largest church in South Nottinghamshire.
location
Bunny is about 7 miles south of Nottingham . Neighboring parishes are (starting north and then clockwise): Bradmore , Keyworth , Wysall, Costock , East Leake and Gotham . The town is on the A60 , a trunk road that runs from Loughborough to Nottingham. South of the village is Bunny Hill , a wooded hill.
history
The community was originally called "Bune", the Old English word for thatch . In the south of South Nottinghamshire, the presence of the Romans has been proven with numerous archaeological finds. Bunny is near the Fosse Way , a Roman road that connected Exeter to Lincoln . When an auto repair shop was built on Loughborough Road, a 1st century B.C. A Roman bowl dated to the 2nd century BC was found and the remains of a Roman well dating from 300 to 100 BC were found during quarrying on Bunny Hill . Is estimated.
Records from the time of Edwards the Confessor (1003-1066) show a Saxon named Levenot as the owner of Bunnys , which at the time consisted of farms and a church. The farmland around Bunny was divided into strips, which were then assigned to individual farmers. These strips ( Nether , Middle and Upper fields ) can be found in the south of Bunnys and rise to wooded hills ( Old Woods ). Villagers' homes were on Moor Lane and Main Street which make up the old part of the village. To the west of the village there is mainly marshland , which is criss-crossed with drainage ditches. Here, for example, willows grew that were harvested for covering the roofs, building fences and for making baskets.
From the end of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Parkyns , the 2nd Baronet of Bunny, administered the place. He built a school that was also accessible to poor children, almshouses and a rectory. He also had the roof of the church renewed. The Parkyns family was based in Bunny Hall .
In 1791, plaster of paris was first found in Bunny. From 1936 onwards an industry developed in Bunny. The mine ( Silver Mine ) and the neighboring factory, in which the corresponding products were made, brought new jobs and thus also a population growth to Bunny.
Until the 19th century agriculture and its ancillary trades were the main source of income for the residents of Bunny. However, as a result of new methods of agriculture, the number of individual farms decreased over the period up to the 20th century. However, while the population has increased, Bunny's area has increased only slightly.
climate
Bunny has a temperate climate with a lot of precipitation. Even in the driest month of February, an average of 43 mm falls. Most of the precipitation falls in August with an average of 59 mm and the average annual rainfall is 627 mm. The annual average temperature in Bunny is 9.8 ° C, with July being the warmest month with 17.1 ° C and January being the coldest month with an average of 3.0 ° C.
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bunny
Source: climate.data.org
|
Attractions
There are still many old buildings in Bunny that are listed as historical monuments. The church of Bunny, the St Mary the Virgin , which is also often referred to as the Cathedral of the Wolds , stands in the center of the village and still has many components from the 14th and 15th centuries. The record of pastors working there begins in 1228. It is listed as a Grade I building and the largest church building in South Nottinghamshire.
Sons and daughters
- Isham Parkyns (1601–1671), Sheriff of Nottingham, justice of the peace, royalist in the English Civil War
- Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet (1662–1741), 2nd Baronet of Bunney Park, wrestler, author, architect
- Thomas Parkyns, 1st Baron Rancliffe (1755–1800), Member of the British Parliament
- George Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe (1785–1850), Member of the British Parliament
- John Boultbee (1799-1854), whale and seal hunter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2011 on nomisweb.co.uk
- ↑ a b Historical Review . History of the city on bunnyvillage.org.uk.
- ^ MH Hill: History of Bunny and Bradmore. 1958, online
- ↑ Climate Bunny. From: climate-data.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
- ↑ Bunny St Mary the Virgin . Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project, University of Nottingham, accessed July 2, 2019