Lambley is an English village and civil parish near Nottingham, England, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a green belt. The population recorded in the 2011 census was 1,247, marginally falling to 1,231 at the 2021 census. Its proximity to Nottingham () has tended to raise the price of local properties.
Governance and environment Lambley comes under the Lambley Parish CouncilLambley Village Retrieved 15 July 2017. Gedling Borough Council and Nottinghamshire County Council for local government purposes.
Lambley Dumbles are secluded places noted for their geology and ancient woodland rich in flowers and ferns. They are accessed along three marked village trails.Map: Lambley History Retrieved 14 July 2017.
Wicketwood Hill was a wood in medieval times south of Lambley village, then a hamlet on the downhill part of Spring Lane. Newer maps show it as a wider residential area west of Wood Farm.
Toponymy The name Lambley contains the Old English words lamb and lēah meaning a forest, wood, glade, clearing, and later pasture. The name means "lamb's meadow".J. A. Mawer, J. E. B. Gover and F. M. Stenton, eds, Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p. 171.A. D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p. 212.E. Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p. 284.
History Flint tools found in fields near Lambley point to Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement.Lambley History Retrieved 14 July 2017. It is mentioned in Domesday Book (1086) as Lambeleia.
The parish church of Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed building. It has been designated "one of the few entirely Perpendicular village churches in Notts, all of a piece and of felicitous proportions tall and narrow, all the windows high and spacious." The only earlier section is part of the west tower (12th–13th centuries). Rebuilding was financed by Ralph, Lord Cromwell (see under Notable people).Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire (London, 1951), pp. 91–92.
Nine men born in Lambley are reported to have died in action in the First World War.We Will Remember Retrieved 15 July 2017.
Notable people In order of birth: Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (c. 1393–1456), Lord Treasurer of England to Henry VI responsible for submitting the first budget to Parliament, was born in the village and funded the building of much of the church. John de Crumbewell (fl. 14th c.), parson of Lambley, was given a pardon for outlawry in 1360.Southwell Church History Retrieved 14 July 2017. Eric Martin (1925–2015), first-class cricketer for Nottinghamshire, was born in the village. David Glenn (living), plantsman and gardener, has named his Australian garden "Lambley" after his childhood home. Mark Spencer (born 1970), elected a Conservative MP for Sherwood in 2010, attended Lambley Primary School.
Transport The nearest railway station is Lowdham, () on the Lincoln–Newark–Nottingham line.
There are occasional bus links with Nottingham, Arnold, Netherfield and nearby villages.
The A6097 and A612 trunk roads pass through Lowdham.
Bus services
Trent Barton The Calverton: Nottingham - Mansfield Road - Sherwood - Arnold - Calverton - (Oxton & Epperstone at peak times)
Nottingham City Transport 61: Nottingham - Woodborough Road - Mapperley - Mapperley Plains - Lambley - Woodborough - Calverton
Education After year six, most pupils at Lambley Primary School transfer for secondary education to Colonel Frank Seely Academy in Calverton. The most recent Ofsted report for Lambley Primary, in January 2014, rated it Good for pupil achievement, teaching quality, pupil behaviour and safety, and leadership and management. It had 109 pupils aged 4–11 at the time.Ofsted report Retrieved 15 July 2017. The school has a website.
Amenities Businesses in Lambley include a general store and others dealing with the motor trade, skiing equipment, bars and catering, accountancy, architecture, horticultural nursery, boarding kennels and caravan storage. There are three pubs: the Woodlark Inn, the Robin Hood Inn and The Lambley.
A crematorium, the fourth in Nottinghamshire, opened in 2017.First funeral to be held next week at new crematorium in Lambley Gedling Eye 3 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
See also Listed buildings in Lambley, Nottinghamshire
References
External links
Lambley Village Website