Edingley is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 390,[1] increasing to 443 at the 2011 census,[2] and falling to 401 at the 2021 census.[3] It is located 3 miles north-west of Southwell.

Edingley
Village and civil parish
Church of St Giles, Edingley
Map
Parish map
Edingley is located in Nottinghamshire
Edingley
Edingley
Location within Nottinghamshire
Area2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Population401 (2021)
• Density146/sq mi (56/km2)
OS grid referenceSK 666557
• London115 mi (185 km) SSE
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG22
Dialling code01623
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.edingley.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°05′N 1°00′W / 53.09°N 1.00°W / 53.09; -1.00

The name Edingley contains the Old English personal name, Eddi, + lēah (Old English), a forest, wood, glade, clearing; (later) a pasture, meadow.'...so 'Eddi's wood/clearing'.[4]

The parish church of St Giles is Norman, almost completely rebuilt in 1890.[5] It is a largely agricultural parish with a public house, The Old Reindeer, and a residential home, Edingley Lodge (formerly Highfields). Its allotments are historic and the plot originally held the poor house and is the same plot as in the enclosure act of 1781 and formally surveyed in 1899.[6]

The village school was built in 1911–12 and closed in the 1960s. The private Edgehill school took over the building and extended northwards with a series of temporary buildings. This closed in 1996. The same building, known as the Old Schoolroom, is now the village community hall. A recently completed extension has greatly improved its function and amenity, giving two function rooms, indoor W.C.s and a kitchen, which are all universally accessible.

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References

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  1. ^ "Area: Edingley CP (Parish)"
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Edingley parish (E04007897)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.160; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.125; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.160
  5. ^ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire (1979), p.118
  6. ^ John Watts:-A history of Edingley
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