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Dobbin Close, NOTTINGHAM, NG12 3GR

Cropwell Bishop lies between the Vale of Belvoir and the plain of the River Trent. One mile south of Cropwell Butler and four miles south east of Bingham. It is situated on the east side of the Nottingham to Grantham Canal which passes within a few hundred yards of the village centre.The name of Cropwell is derived from a round hill between the villages of Cropwell Bishop and Cropwell Butler. Cropwell means "with a crop or hump". Located close to the Fosse Way, the village was mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. The village is also home to Cropwell Bishop Creamery, famous for its award winning stilton and other fine English cheeses.(Description from the Parish Council web-site).

The pathway leading up to the local surgery, off Fern Road.

A black & white photograph of this fine cottage is at Image, together with a full description.

The village is lucky enough to support its own doctors' surgery.

Now a meeting hall and currently undergoing roof repairs. For history of the school see; http://cropwellbishop-pc.gov.uk/history-2/

A small group of council houses on the east edge of the village.

Timber framed farmhouse, with plastered panels and brick end gables (Grade II listed and listed in Pevsner). Steeply-pitched pantile roof with off-centre ridge stack and brick coped gables on square kneelers. Rectangular 2 room plan. Two Storeys. Box framing with diagonal bracing to wall posts. The oldest part of the house dates to the 1590's, though the majority viewable from the street is later 17th Century. The house would originally have been thatched, as indicated by the tall stack. Renovation in the 1960's revealed a hidden space believed to be a priest hole.

17th century timber-framed house, with plastered infill. The coped gables with square kneelers are typical of the district. Listed Grade II. (There is apparently dendrochronological evidence that dates the house to the end of the 16th century but I have been unable to verify this; the 17th century date is taken from the listed building text.)

Dated 1877 in the central dormer gable. Now in use as a parish meeting hall, additional to the main village hall http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2634274.

The same view as Image, but you can see the later, 2012, extension in the form of another gable at the rear. A history of the building is at http://cropwellbishop-pc.gov.uk/history-2/ .