Rosliston is a small village and civil parish in

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close to the county boundaries of Leicestershire and Staffordshire.OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :Map Details
retrieved 11 April 2013 The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 642.

Location

It is within

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and just outside the village is the Rosliston Forestry Centre.

History

The manor belonged to Earl Algar, son of Earl Leofric and Countess (Lady) Godiva. In the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

the manor was called ''Redlauseton'' after it was taken by

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, ...

, and it included a church and a mill. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

a prisoner of war camp was built near to the village to hold German and Italian prisoners. After the end of the war the camp was used to accommodate Polish servicemen.

Features

The main features are St. Mary's Church, Rosliston Forestry Centre, The Bull's Head pub, Co-op supermarket and Beehive woodland lakes. The Forestry centre is sustainable. It provides facilities to help the environment. It provides bins to collect litter and footpaths to stop visitors from eroding the naturally-made paths of Rosliston. These footpaths are clearly marked so that visitors know where it is safe to walk.

Education

Rosliston Primary School is a

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located in the heart of the village. It is divided into Reception, Infants, Lower Juniors, and Upper Juniors.

Notable residents

* Ann Moore (née Pegg) - the fasting woman of

Tutbury Tutbury is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is north of Burton upon Trent and south of the Peak District. The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoins Hatton to the north on the Staffordshire–De ...

was born here in 1761 Ann Moore in the Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain * The Reverend John Vallancy (1843–1906) was vicar of Rosliston for 16 years. He was aggressive towards his parishioners, sometimes threatening them with a stick. On one occasion he produced a revolver and made "ominous overtones". After villagers made an effigy of him, which was hung outside the vicarage and burnt, he was banished from the parish for 18 months by his Bishop.Sutton, D. 1998, ''Rosliston Remembered,'' Beehive Publications, Rosliston. Page 37. * Barry Butlin, a former English

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, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest was born in Rosliston.

Gallery

Image:Rosliston201.JPG, The Co-op Convenience Store at Rosliston.Image from Wikimedia Commons June 2007''.

References

External links

Forestry Centre