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Coordinates: 52°53′46″N 0°31′36″W / 52.8961°N 0.5268°W
| Ropsley | |
  Ropsley shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Ropsley and Humby |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG33 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Ropsley is a village about 5 miles (8 km) east of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
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Village
Ropsley has its own village hall which also within the ground has a basketball court, a football pitch, a cricket pitch. There is a golf course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 9 holes and is undergoing extension. There are also two pubs: The Ropsley Fox (which has a pool table), and The Green Man (which has a dart board, the pool table was recently removed). There several disused quarries nearby, two of which are situated in the village itself. There is a running club based in Ropsley called the Ropsley Road Runners. There used to be a Judo club at Ropsley but it is no longer active.
Ropsley was the birthplace of Richard Fox, the Tudor Bishop who funded the Grammar School at Grantham and Corpus Christi College at Oxford. There is an unusual 300 year old ring dam and the blue brickwork that formed the sheep wash can still be seen. The dam is now identified by a group of trees, ½ mile south east of the village which was once used as a sheep wash. There are good walks from the village past the ring dam to Little Humby. It is also the location of the source of the River East Glen, or River Eden.
St Peter's Church
The church dominates the view when you enter the village. The stone church of St Peter dates back to Norman times. Some parts of the church appear also to be of Anglo Saxon origin. The building dates back to at least 1380. In the 17th century, part of the church was knocked down and re built by the vicar of the time, Reverend Francis Furlong because dry rot was discovered in the walls.
Also each year around harvest time the school holds a harvest festival, the children march from the school to the church holding their offerings. The food that is collected is then raffled off.
School
The first school was built here in 1717, endowed by James Thompson. This building was rebuilt around 1805 due to fire and then a Public Elementary School was built here in 1874, then enlarged in 1894. During the enlargements of 1894 the school was enlarged to take 400 students, and deemed as a great success for the village.
This school, which teaches near to 100 children, has its own wildlife area, a playground, a climbing frame and a football pitch. It also has its own bell tower and a hall.
Biannually each year, the school holds both a Summer Fete, and a Christmas Fayre. Both prove popular with villagers.
Wildlife and walks
There are many nice walks around Ropsley where you can take in the rolling countryside. Several of the walks take you through traditional English woodland, including the Ropsley Rise Woods picnic area. There is a wide variety of wildlife in and around the Ropsley area.
Military history
Ropsley has three war memorials, all of which are recorded. One is situated in the centre of the village, which remembers both WW1 and WW2 servicemen. There are also two more memorials inside St Peters church. The first of which remembers WW1 servicemen, and the second which is a stained glass window remembering an individual airman named William Philip Dales from Little Humby. The window depicts a Sgt Pilot of the Royal Air Force. Every year, on Remembrance Day, a parade led by a piper travels from St Peters church to the memorial in the centre of the village, for the two minutes silence.
Agriculture
Years ago there were several small farms in and around the Ropsley area. Nowadays very little of the land is used for livestock. It is almost all arable farmland, growing crops from barley to oil seed rape. In harvest time, several combines and many, many tractors can be seen or heard working the land.
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