Burton Joyce
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 The village's high street and Methodist church |
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| Burton Joyce shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 3,443 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK648438 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG14 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Burton Joyce is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Nottingham. The village's immediate boundaries border those of significantly smaller settlements; with Stoke Bardolph situated to the south and Bulcote to the north-east. Served by the A612, Burton Joyce has convenient vehicular access to Carlton, Gedling village and Netherfield to the south-west as well as Lowdham to the north-east.
Originally the site of an Iron Age hillfort, the settlement once played host to Norman nobility, who established St Helen's Church. Residing a small agricultural community before the mid-18th century, Burton Joyce's population greatly increased in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, earning a reputation for manufacturing quality textile products up until the 1920s. The village saw further infrastructural progress in the 20th century, with construction and transport sharing the most noticeable developments.
Burton Joyce's sizeable population of 3,443 is served by a range of local shops and services, many of which are located on its active high street. Together with Stoke Bardoph and Bulcote, the village forms the Trent Valley ward in the local government district of Gedling, which elects two Councillors. The village has become somewhat of a commuter settlement, in part, for professionals working in Nottingham.
Although there is archaeological evidence, including a blade implement and arrowheads, to suggest habitation as early as the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras,Bronze Age finds in the area have proved more numerous; these have included a set of ring ditches, a rapier and several spearheads. The village is also noteworthy as the site of a substantial Iron Age hillfort, alternatively known as a bertune, which would later be pronounced 'Burton' in the Norman fashion (the name of the village until the early 14th-century). Excavated in 1950–51, the discovery of Gaulish-made samian ware and a distinctive coin, along with coarse-gritted and medieval pottery, have led archaeologists to believe that the fort was occupied by Roman soldiers sometime after their invasion of Britain in 43 AD under Vespasian. Such was not uncommon in other hillforts of the Iron Age, with Maiden Castle and Hod Hill, both in the county of Dorset, later occupied by Romans as strategic military bases.
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