Aslockton
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 St. Thomas' Church, Aslockton |
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| Aslockton shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 1,742 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK7440 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nottingham |
| Postcode district | NG13 |
| Dialling code | 01949 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Aslockton is a village and civil parish twelve miles (19 km) east of Nottingham, England and two miles east of Bingham on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton in the Vale, and also adjacent to Bingham, Scarrington, Thoroton and Orston. It lies in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The population was recorded as 1,742 in the 2011 census.
Appearing as Aslachetone in the Domesday survey of 1086; the place name seems to contain an Old Norse personal name Aslakr + tūn (Old English) meaning an enclosure, a farmstead, a village, an estate, etc., so "Farm or settlement of a man called Aslakr". There are 19 such place names (a Scandinavian personal name followed by tūn ) in Nottinghamshire, all of them in the Domesday survey, and all apparently ancient villages.
All that remains of the 12th-century Aslockton Castle are some the earthworks: the motte, called Cranmer's Mound, stands about 16 feet (5 m) high.
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1533–1553, was born in Aslockton and lived until the age of 14 in his parents' cottage, which still stands in Abbey Lane. The Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Primary School (an academy since 2014, having opened in 1968), the Cranmer Pre-School, and the local social facility, the Thomas Cranmer Centre, are named in his honour. (For secondary education, Toot Hill School in Bingham has a sixth form and academy status.) Aslockton originally had its own Holy Trinity Chapel, a peculiar under the collegiate church of Southwell Minster rather than the diocesan bishop, but this became ruined and was incorporated into a private house. Some remains of it can still be seen. Cranmer and his father worshiped at the Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton. He has also given his name to a local prospect mound.
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