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”’Woodborough”’ ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ʊ|d|b|ʌ|r|ə}}) is a [[Village#United Kingdom|village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Gedling|Gedling]] district of [[Nottinghamshire], England]. It is located {{Convert|7|mi|km}} north-east of [[Nottingham]] and {{Convert|5|mi|km}} south-west of [[ |
”’Woodborough”’ ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ʊ|d|b|ʌ|r|ə}}) is a [[Village#United Kingdom|village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Gedling|Gedling]] district of [[Nottinghamshire], England]. It is located {{Convert|7|mi|km}} north-east of [[Nottingham]] and {{Convert|5|mi|km}} south-west of [[]]. According to the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] it had a population of 1,852,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798396&c=NG14+6DT&d=16&e=15&g=478768&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1207495841657&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 “Area: Woodborough CP (Parish)”]</ref><ref>{{NOMIS2001|id=37UE011|title=Woodborough (Gedling) parish|accessdate=19 February 2024}}</ref> rising slightly to 1,872 at the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130880&c=woodborough&d=16&e=62&g=6457205&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460969417481&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=18 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> and 1,909 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007875|title=Woodborough (Gedling) parish|accessdate=19 February 2024}}</ref> |
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[[St. Swithun’s Church, Woodborough]] is a 13th-century tower with a 14th-century chancel. Woodborough was a [[Stocking frame|framework-knitting]] village, and some two-storey cottages with ground-floor knitter’s windows remain at the junction of Main Street and Shelt Hill.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ”The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire”. pp. 384–385. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.</ref> |
[[St. Swithun’s Church, Woodborough]] is a 13th-century tower with a 14th-century chancel. Woodborough was a [[Stocking frame|framework-knitting]] village, and some two-storey cottages with ground-floor knitter’s windows remain at the junction of Main Street and Shelt Hill.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ”The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire”. pp. 384–385. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.</ref> |
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Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England
Village and civil parish in England
Woodborough () is a village and civil parish in the Gedling district of [[Nottinghamshire], England]. It is located 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Nottingham and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Southwell. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,852,[1][2] rising slightly to 1,872 at the 2011 census,[3] and 1,909 at the 2021 census.[4]
St. Swithun’s Church, Woodborough is a 13th-century tower with a 14th-century chancel. Woodborough was a framework-knitting village, and some two-storey cottages with ground-floor knitter’s windows remain at the junction of Main Street and Shelt Hill.[5]
Woodborough also has a primary school called Woodborough Woods Foundation CofE Primary School, where 200+ students attend at any one time.
History
At 8.45am on 26 May 1966 there was a mid-air collision over the village between the BAC Jet Provost aircraft XP631[6] and XM384.[7] Both aircraft flew from RAF Syerston.[8][9][10]
Three ejected, two instructors and one trainee. One was Flight Lieutenant Don Henderson, who was the leader of the Viper Red aerobatics team, at Syerston. The other instructor was Flying Officer Tim Thorn of Ipswich. Air Commodore Tim Thorn would later be a SEPECAT Jaguar pilot, later Station Commander from 1987 of RAF Cranwell, and from 1993 to 1995 he was the Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment; he had acquired a series of narrow escapes.
One aircraft landed at Roe Hill. The other aircraft landed in apple trees on Calverton Lane. A tail plane landed at a former Borstal (HM Prison Lowdham Grange since 1998). A wing and fuel tank landed in the Main Street.
One person parachuted near Calverton Lane, on the property of Len Russell. One person parachuted in the village main street, on telephone wires near the Four Bells pub. One person landed towards Lowdham, picked up by ambulance. The pilots were taken to a hospital in Nottingham, then to RAF Nocton Hall in Lincolnshire.[11][12]
The last mid-air collision in the area was on the evening of Monday 26 September 1949, when two RAF Lincoln bomber aircraft RE374[13] and RF407[14] collided at Averham, when all 14 were killed; both aircraft were from RAF Waddington.[15]
Notable people
Bus services
Nottingham City Transport
- 61: Nottingham, Woodborough Road, Mapperley, Mapperley Plains, Lambley, Woodborough, Calverton.
See also
References
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