Sproxton, Leicestershire

For other uses, see Sproxton (disambiguation).
Sproxton

Sproxton Village Hall
Sproxton
 Sproxton shown within Leicestershire
Population 658 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK855245
Civil parishSproxton
DistrictMelton
Shire countyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MELTON MOWBRAY
Postcode district LE14
Dialling code 01476
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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Coordinates: 52°48′41″N 0°43′50″W / 52.81137°N 0.730609°W / 52.81137; -0.730609

Sproxton (pronounced "spro-sun") is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Lincolnshire. It has a population of 480,[1] rising to 658 (including Coston, Saltby and Stonesby) at the 2011 census.[2]

The village and civil parish are not coterminous; the parish includes the villages of Sproxton, Saltby, Stonesby, Bescaby, and the former RAF Saltby. The River Eye runs through the parish. Nearby places are Waltham on the Wolds, Croxton Kerrial, Coston, Buckminster, and Skillington (in Lincolnshire).

The Viking Way runs close by. Nearby is Sproxton Quarry SSSI.

The 14th-century parish church of St Bartholomew, extended in 1882 by architect Henry Woodyer, is a Grade II* listed building.[3]

A post mill stood at Sproxton. The mill was rebuilt in 1889 after it blew down and killed the miller. Wakes & Lamb of Newark rebuilt the mill using materials from the old mill and from one at Castle Bytham. It was wrecked by the gales of March 1916, but repaired. By 1920 it was out of use and was demolished in 1949[4] when owned by Mr T.A.Mount.

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Melton Retrieved 20 January 2010
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Name: CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW List entry Number: 1294595". English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Leicestershire Historian Spring 1971 www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/LeicestershireHistorian-Vol.2No.1-Spring1971.pdf
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