Bingham, Nottinghamshire

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Bingham
Bingham Market Square - geograph.org.uk - 324008.jpg
Market Square with its buttercross
Bingham is located in Nottinghamshire
Bingham
Bingham
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population9,131 (2011 UK census)
OS grid referenceSK 70334 39950
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG13
Dialling code01949
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://bingham-tc.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
52°57′07″N 0°57′11″W / 52.952°N 0.953°W / 52.952; -0.953Coordinates: 52°57′07″N 0°57′11″W / 52.952°N 0.953°W / 52.952; -0.953

Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) east of Nottingham, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Grantham. The town had a population of 9,131 at the 2011 census (up from 8,655 in 2001, with an estimated 10,197 in 2019).[1]

Geography[]

Bingham lies near the junction of the A46 (following an old Roman road, the Fosse Way) between Leicester and Newark-on-Trent and the A52 between Nottingham and Grantham. Neighbouring communities are Radcliffe-on-Trent, East Bridgford, Car Colston, Scarrington, Aslockton, Whatton-in-the-Vale, Tithby and Cropwell Butler.

History[]

The name "Bingham" is likely to come from an Old English personal name, Bynna + ingahām (Old English).[2]

The Romans built a fortress at Margidunum (Bingham) and a settlement at the river crossing at Ad Pontem (East Stoke) on the Fosse Way, which ran between Isca (Exeter) and Lindum (Lincoln).[3] The south-east of Nottinghamshire later formed the wapentake of Bingham. Bingham acquired a market charter in 1341.

Population and developments[]

Eastern end of A52 bypass, which opened in December 1986

Historically the population of Bingham was 1,082 in 1801. This increased slowly to 2,054 in 1851, but fell back again and in 1901 was just 1,604. In 1951 it was 1,692, since when Bingham has expanded vastly.[4] Much of the housing is relatively new. Most of the older buildings (including the Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Bingham, the oldest) are in the centre.

Education[]

Bingham's four schools are Robert Miles Infant school, Robert Miles Junior School,[5] Carnarvon Primary School[6] and the comprehensive Toot Hill School.[7]

Churches[]

The Anglican parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Bingham, occupies a Grade I listed medieval building restored in 1845–1846 and again in 1912. It has a peal of eight bells and a 19th-century organ. It belongs to the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

A new Bingham Methodist Church and social centre, built by public subscription, opened on 1 April 2016 at Eaton Place, on the site of the earlier church.[8] It belongs to the Grantham and Vale of Belvoir Circuit.[9] Archive documents for Bingham Methodist Circuit date back to 1843.[10]

Economy[]

Although Bingham is largely a dormitory town for Nottingham, it has several businesses and a busy centre. Its shop vacancy rate of 2 per cent contrasts with an East Midlands average of 16 per cent.[11]* There are 20 takeaways and places to eat, 11 hairdressers/salons, 5 estate agents and 39 other retail outlets.

The open-air food market in the central Market Place takes place every Thursday and a farmers' market there on the third Saturday of the month. Bingham provides shopping, medical and other services to surrounding villages. Planning permission has been gained to build a large supermarket near the town centre, but construction has yet to begin. In March 2015 planning permission was given for two other chain supermarkets.[12]

To the north of the town there is an industrial estate holding about 40 businesses. The largest include GWIBS 24/7, Focus Label Machinery, Trent Designs, XACT Document Solutions, The Workplace Depot and Water at Work, and a business club.[13]

Film and TV locations[]

Bingham was a location in Midlands film director Shane Meadows' film Twenty Four Seven, which contained scenes shot at Toot Hill top field, the Linear Walk, and Bingham Boxing Club. Bingham has also appeared in two episodes of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet,[14] and in some episodes of Crossroads, Woof! and Boon.

Robot Wars series 3, Jungle Run and scenes from Shane Meadows' 2006 film This is England were filmed nearby on the former RAF Newton site. Dickinson's Real Deal was filmed at the Bingham Leisure Centre in 2015 and broadcast on TV on ITV1 in March 2016. Four in a Bed, Series 11 Episode 18, was filmed at Bingham Townhouse Hotel in May 2016 and first aired in the late autumn of 2016.

Notable people[]

In birth order:

  • Thomas Foster (fl. 1820s), first-class cricketer with Nottingham Cricket Club (1827–28), was reportedly born in Bingham.
  • Robert Lowe, first Viscount Sherbrooke (1811–1892), was a statesman born in Bingham into the family of the Rector of the parish.
  • Thomas Brown (1848–1919), first-class cricketer (Nottinghamshire), was born in Bingham.
  • Philip Miles (1848–1933), first-class cricketer (Nottinghamshire), was born in Bingham.
  • John Brown (born 1862), first-class cricketer (Nottinghamshire) was born in Bingham.
  • Albert Widdowson (1864–1938), first-class cricketer (Derbyshire), was born in Bingham.
  • Harry Churchill Beet (1873–1946), awarded a Victoria Cross for valour at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, in the Second Boer War on 22 April 1900, was born at Brackendale Farm near Bingham.[15]
  • Stafford Castledine (1912–1986), first-class cricketer (Nottinghamshire), was born in Bingham.[16]
  • Mary Joynson (1924–2013), director of Barnardo's from 1973 to 1984, was born in Bingham.[17]
  • Spencer Cozens (born 1965) is a Bingham-born musician, writer and producer.
  • Jonathan Stenner (born 1966), cricketer and gastroenterologist, was born in Bingham.
  • Joe Heyes (born 1999), from Bingham, is a professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers.

Leisure and sports[]

The Crown Inn

Of the six pubs in the town, four remain as such: the White Lion, the Butter Cross (Wetherspoons, formerly The Crown), the Horse and Plough (Castle Rock Brewery), and the former Bingham as a pub-restaurant named the Wheatsheaf. The Moot House has been redeveloped.

Bingham Leisure Centre has sports facilities and a swimming pool. These are attached to Toot Hill School.

Bingham has Scout troops with about 140 young members: 1st Bingham Scouts includes Beavers and Cubs.[18]

The town's sports clubs are:

  • British Canoe Union
  • Bingham Town Youth Football Club[19]
  • Bingham Cricket Club[20]
  • Bingham Rugby Club
  • Bingham Badminton Club
  • Bingham Lawn Tennis Club
  • Bingham Leisure Centre Archery Club[21]
  • Bingham Sub-Aqua Club[22]
  • Bingham Penguins – Swimming Club[23]
  • Vale of Belvoir Cycling Club
  • Vale Judo Club[24]

Twin town[]

Germany Wallenfels in Bavaria, Germany. Music groups have visited to and from the twin towns, and a beer festival is held in Bingham every year.

Transport[]

Bingham railway station

Trentbarton provides a frequent public bus service into Nottingham.[25] Bingham's main railway station provides an hourly service to and beyond Nottingham and Grantham and to Skegness along the Poacher Line. Another station south of Bingham named Bingham Road was opened on the Nottingham-Leicester-Northampton Line. It closed in 1951 to passengers and 1964 to freight. The station site has been demolished and the trackbed is now used as a greenway.

Bus services[]

  • Vectare:[26] 833 Bingham Circular via Cropwell Bishop, Langar, Orston and Aslockton
  • Centrebus:[27]
  • X6: Bingham–Grantham Trentbarton:[28]
  • Rushcliffe Mainline: Bingham–Radcliffe–West Bridgford–Nottingham (fastest Bingham–Nottingham route)
  • Rushcliffe Villager 1: Bingham–East Bridgford–Radcliffe–West Bridgford–Nottingham.

The A46, to the west of the town, was upgraded and completed in 2013 as a grade-separated dual carriageway. The Widmerpool-Newark Improvement has been diverted to the west of the former Roman town to preserve archaeological remains. The A52 bypass to the south of the town opened in December 1986.

Signpost gallery[]

  • UK Bingham (Sign1).jpg
  • UK Bingham (Sign2).jpg
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References[]

  1. ^ City Population.
  2. ^  • Gover, J.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M., eds. (1940). Place Names of Nottinghamshire. Cambridge. p. 220.
     • Mills, A. D. (2002). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford. p. 58.
     • Ekwall, E. (1960). Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford. p. 44.
     • Watts, V. (2004). Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names. Cambridge. p. 58.
  3. ^ "Elston Parish Council". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  4. ^ Heritage site retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Home". Robert Miles Junior School. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Home". Carnarvon Primary School. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Home". Toot Hill School, Bingham, Nottinghamshire. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Bingham Methodist Church". Facebook. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  9. ^ "About Us". Bingham Methodist. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  10. ^ Nottinghamshire Archives Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. ^ Datoo, Siraj (8 September 2011). "High street vacancy rates". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl given green light in Bingham". Nottingham Post. 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Home". Bingham Business Club. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  14. ^ "Nottinghamshire Locations Continued..." The Original Auf Wiedersehen Pet Homepage. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  15. ^ "No. 27283". The London Gazette. 12 August 1902. p. 1059.
  16. ^ "Stafford Castledine". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  17. ^ Philpot, Terry (2 May 2013). "Mary Joynson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Home". 1st Bingham Scouts. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Home". Bingham Town FC. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Home". Bingham Cricket Club. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Home". Bingham Archery Club. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Home". Bingham Sub-Aqua Club. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Home". Bingham Penguins. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Home". Vale Judo Club. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Home". Xprss.info. Archived from the original on 15 March 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  26. ^ "Home".
  27. ^ "Centrebus". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  28. ^ Trent Barton.

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