Fledborough

Fledborough is a hamlet[1] in Nottinghamshire, England.[2] Although now redundant, the Anglian parish church of St Gregory's, earned the hamlet the nickname of "the Gretna Green of the Midlands" in the 18th century, due to the ease in which couples could obtain a marriage licence from the Reverend W. Sweetapple.[3]

Fledborough

St Gregory's Church, Fledborough
Fledborough
Location within Nottinghamshire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWARK
Postcode districtNG22
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

See also

Notes
  1. "GENUKI: Fledborough, Nottinghamshire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Fledborough". British History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. Brown, Cornelius (1896), History of Nottinghamshire: Brough, Holme, Muskham Norwell, North & South Collingham, Langford and Fledborough, Nottinghamshire History, retrieved 2 October 2010


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