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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. It has a population of around 1,000 (). ==Heritage== The name of the village comes from the Danish and Saxon name ''Haslachstone'' and became Aslacton before becoming the modern Aslockton. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1533–1553, was born in Aslockton and lived until the age of 14 in his parents' cottage, which still exists on Abbey Lane. The Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Primary School, opened in 1968, the Cranmer Pre-School and the local social facility, the Thomas Cranmer Centre, are named in his honour. Aslockton originally had its own Holy Trinity Chapel, a peculiar under the collegiate church of Southwell Minster rather than the diocesan bishop,〔A Vision of Britain. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. )〕 but this became ruined and was incorporated into a private house. Some remains of it can still be seen.〔Rushcliffe Conservation Area.(Retrieved 4 January 2014. ); Cranmer Local History Group. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. ) Whatton in 1792.〕 Cranmer and his father worshipped at the Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton.〔''The Nottinghamshire Village Book''. Compiled from materials submitted by Women's Institutes in the County (Newbury/Newark: Countryside Books/NFWI), p. 11.〕 He has also given his name to a local prospect mound.〔Cranmer Local History Group.. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. )〕 The land for Aslockton Cemetery was purchased in 1869, at which time the only place of worship in the village was a Methodist chapel, which has since been converted into flats.〔Cranmer Local History Group. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. ) Aslockton Cemetery.〕 The present Grade II listed St Thomas's Church was erected in 1890–92 by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield,〔Nikolaus Pevsner: ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire'' (Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin, 1979), p. 59.〕 in memory of a former vicar of Whatton, Thomas K. Hall, who drowned in February 1890 as ''RMS Quetta'' was wrecked off Queensland on her way to Thursday Island. His mother, Mrs Sophia E. Hall, paid for the church. The Quetta window on the north wall depicting the shipwreck was designed by Michael Stokes in 2002, as was the east window, dedicated to Cranmer, which has Jesus showing his hands to Doubting Thomas.〔Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. )〕 The church has a single bell in a bell cote at the west end.〔''A Short Guide to the Parish Churches of the Bingham Rural Deanery'', ed. J. Pickworth-Hutchinson. (Bingham: Deanery Chapter, 1963).〕 The parish forms part of the Cranmer group, with Hawksworth, Scarrington, Thoroton, Whatton and Orston. The incumbent is Rev. Bryony Wood. The vicarage is in Aslockton.〔Aslockton Online. (Retrieved 5 January 2014. )〕 The village had a population of 363 in 1936.〔Cranmer Local History Group. (Retrieved 4 January 2014. ) The page gives details of the 1936 entry in ''Kelly's Directory''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aslockton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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