Fledborough

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St Gregory's Church, Fledborough
Fledborough is located in Nottinghamshire
Fledborough
Fledborough
Location within Nottinghamshire
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53°14′24″N 0°46′59″W / 53.240°N 0.783°W / 53.240; -0.783

Fledborough is a hamlet[1] in Nottinghamshire, England.[2] Although now redundant, the Anglian parish church of St Gregory's, earned the hamlet the nickname of "the Gretna Green of the Midlands" in the 18th century, due to the ease in which couples could obtain a marriage licence from the Reverend W. Sweetapple.[3]

The Bassett family effectively owned Fledborough from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth.

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  1. ^ "GENUKI: Fledborough, Nottinghamshire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Fledborough". British History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ Brown, Cornelius (1896), History of Nottinghamshire: Brough, Holme, Muskham Norwell, North & South Collingham, Langford and Fledborough, Nottinghamshire History, retrieved 2 October 2010

Coordinates: 53°14′24″N 0°46′59″W / 53.240°N 0.783°W / 53.240; -0.783


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