Scrooby
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Scrooby is a small village, on the River Ryton and near Bawtry, in the northern part of the English county of Nottinghamshire. Until 1766, it was on the Great North Road so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including Queen Elizabeth I and Cardinal Wolsey on their journeys. The latter stayed at the Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour.
The Manor house belonged to the Archbishops of York and at the end of the sixteenth century, was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's bailiff, who was also postmaster. His son, William, took that post over in the 1590s but became dissatisfied with the Anglican Church as it was developing at the time, acquired Brownist beliefs and attempted to leave for the Netherlands in 1607. See Pilgrim Fathers Memorial. He eventually went to New England in 1620, as one of the people later called Pilgrim Fathers.
Visitors to the village are usually keen to see the remaining buildings on the site of the former manor house, the mill, the old vicarage, the church, the village's historic farmhouses, and the pinfold; although the village stocks were sold to America, more than a hundred years ago.
| Unitary authorities: | Nottingham |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Broxtowe • Gedling • Mansfield • Newark and Sherwood • Rushcliffe |
| Cities/Towns: | Arnold • Beeston • Blidworth • Carlton • Cotgrave • Eastwood • Hucknall • Kimberley • Kirkby-in-Ashfield • Mansfield • Mansfield Woodhouse • Newark • Nottingham • Rainworth • Retford • Ruddington • Stapleford • Southwell • Sutton-in-Ashfield • West Bridgford • Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire |
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