Ropsley
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Ropsley is a village
about 5 miles (8 km) east of Grantham
, Lincolnshire
, England
.
Ropsley has its own village hall which also within the ground has a basketball
court, a football pitch and a cricket
pitch. There is a golf
course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 12 holes after undergoing extension. There are also two pubs
: The Ropsley Fox and The Green Man (which has a dart board and pool table). There several disused quarries nearby, two of which are situated in the village itself. There is a running club based in Ropsley called the Ropsley Road Runners. There used to be a Judo
club at Ropsley but it is no longer active.
Ropsley was the birthplace of Richard Fox, the Tudor Bishop who funded the Grammar School at Grantham and Corpus Christi College at Oxford. There is an unusual 300 year old ring dam
and the blue brickwork that formed the sheep wash can still be seen. The dam is now identified by a group of trees, ½ mile south east of the village which was once used as a sheep wash. There are good walks from the village past the ring dam to Little Humby. It is also the location of the source of the River East Glen, or River Eden.
The church dominates the view when you enter the village. The stone church of St Peter dates back to Norman times. Some parts of the church appear also to be of Anglo Saxon origin. The building dates back to at least 1380. In the 17th century, part of the church was knocked down and re built by the vicar of the time, Reverend Francis Furlong because dry rot was discovered in the walls.
Also each year around harvest time the school holds a harvest festival, the children march from the school to the church holding their offerings. The food that is collected is then raffled off.
The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery
of Beltisloe
. The Incumbent is The Revd Richard Ireson.
This school, which teaches near to 100 children, has its own wildlife area, a playground, a climbing frame and a football pitch. It also has its own bell tower and a hall.
Biannually each year, the school holds both a Summer Fete, and a Christmas Fayre. Both prove popular with villagers.
There are many nice walks around Ropsley where you can take in the rolling countryside. Several of the walks take you through traditional English woodland, including the Ropsley Rise Woods picnic area. There is a wide variety of wildlife in and around the Ropsley area.
. The window depicts a Sgt Pilot of the Royal Air Force. Every year, on Remembrance Day
, a parade led by a piper travels from St Peters church to the memorial in the centre of the village, for the two minutes silence.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
about 5 miles (8 km) east of Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Village
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
court, a football pitch and a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
pitch. There is a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 12 holes after undergoing extension. There are also two pubs
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
: The Ropsley Fox and The Green Man (which has a dart board and pool table). There several disused quarries nearby, two of which are situated in the village itself. There is a running club based in Ropsley called the Ropsley Road Runners. There used to be a Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
club at Ropsley but it is no longer active.
Ropsley was the birthplace of Richard Fox, the Tudor Bishop who funded the Grammar School at Grantham and Corpus Christi College at Oxford. There is an unusual 300 year old ring dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
and the blue brickwork that formed the sheep wash can still be seen. The dam is now identified by a group of trees, ½ mile south east of the village which was once used as a sheep wash. There are good walks from the village past the ring dam to Little Humby. It is also the location of the source of the River East Glen, or River Eden.
St Peter's Church
Also each year around harvest time the school holds a harvest festival, the children march from the school to the church holding their offerings. The food that is collected is then raffled off.
The ecclesiastical parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
of Beltisloe
Beltisloe
Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln England, and a former Wapentake.The Wapentake of Beltisloe, was an old administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire. In England a wapentake was the division of a shire for administrative, military and judicial purposes under the...
. The Incumbent is The Revd Richard Ireson.
School
The first school was built here in 1717, endowed by James Thompson. This building was rebuilt around 1805 due to fire and then a Public Elementary School was built here in 1874, then enlarged in 1894. During the enlargements of 1894 the school was enlarged to take 400 students, and deemed as a great success for the village.This school, which teaches near to 100 children, has its own wildlife area, a playground, a climbing frame and a football pitch. It also has its own bell tower and a hall.
Biannually each year, the school holds both a Summer Fete, and a Christmas Fayre. Both prove popular with villagers.
Wildlife and walks
Military history
Ropsley has three war memorials, all of which are recorded. One is situated in the centre of the village, which remembers both World War I and World War II servicemen. There are also two more memorials inside St Peters church. The first of which remembers World War I servicemen, and the second which is a stained glass window remembering an individual airman named William Philip Dales from Little HumbyLittle Humby
Little Humby is a small hamlet roughly 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham. It is part of the Ropsley parish. There is also Great Humby about 1/2 a mile down the road, which is actually smaller...
. The window depicts a Sgt Pilot of the Royal Air Force. Every year, on Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth...
, a parade led by a piper travels from St Peters church to the memorial in the centre of the village, for the two minutes silence.