Nottingham - NG2 (Wilford Area)
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Nottingham - NG2 (Wilford Area)
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 2 Jun 2012
Bede Ling, off Wilford Lane (the B679). Ling appears to be an alternative name for heather, a plant that thrives in well drained, sandy situations. As to the name Bede, mention is made in the Thoroton Society Transactions (Vol. XVIII) of “a chantry house in Wollaton near the Rectory house, the lower storey whereof was occupied by Bede-folk ...." Thus, since the Venerable Bede is known to have exerted a great an influence along the Trent Valley and also that the Benedictines were present at Lenton Priory in 1872, it seems possible that this area of sandy moorland was once owned by these “Bede folk”. More recently, a rifle range existed in a field at the closed end of this cul-de-sac.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.926651
Longitude
-1.150428