Cropston is a village and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the
Borough of Charnwood in
Leicestershire, England. It is on the edge of
Charnwood Forest, and lies close to
Bradgate Park
Bradgate Park () is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers . The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin ...
. In 1931 the parish had a population of 404.
The village itself is small, with the older properties close to the crossroads of Reservoir and Station Roads. Near the crossroads there are two pubs, The Bradgate Arms and The Badger's Sett (formerly The Reservoir Inn), and a garage. There are a number of cottages dating back to the 16th century.
Cropston Reservoir lies between the village and Bradgate Park. The
Victorian
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19th century
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** Victorian architecture
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pumping station
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next to the reservoir has now been replaced with a more modern facility.
Cropston Cricket Club hold regular fixtures at their Waterfield Road cricket field.
The
Rothley Brook flows between Cropston and
Thurcaston, and other nearby villages include
Rothley
Rothley ( ) is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Situated around west of the River Soar and north of Leicester, it had a population of 3,612 inhabitants . The population measured at the 201 ...
,
Anstey,
Swithland
Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. The civil parish population was put at 230 in 2004 and 217 in the 2011 census. It is in the old Charnwood Forest, between Cropston, Woodhouse and Woodhous ...
and
Newtown Linford.
History
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Kroppr/Croppa'.
Cropston was formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in Thurcaston parish, from 1866 Cropston was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Thurcaston.
References
External links
Cropston at Leicestershirevillages.comThurcaston & Cropston Parish Council
Cropston Pumping Station image at ViewFinder
Villages in Leicestershire
Former civil parishes in Leicestershire
Borough of Charnwood
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