Bingham parish data.
The following are all the features that have been recorded for Bingham. The data is a small part of that
which is in the database for each feature. Individual features BIN.SHE1, BIN.CRB13 and BIN.WIV24 are shown in more detail from the menu items Fosse Way, Hedgerow and Ash hedge. '
| Feature code | Feature | Description | Grid ref (E Start) | Grid ref (N Start) | Grid ref (E End) | Grid ref (N End) |
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| BIN.SHE1 | Public R.O.W. | Two-lane A46 (old road), the Fosse Way. It has now been remodelled since the new A46 was completed and opened in 2013 and is interrupted with a roundabout. The northern end of the feature is a spot in the middle of the Margidunum roundabout where the parishes of Bingham, East Bridgford, Car Colston and Shelford meet. | 470020 | 341550 | 469370 | 340590 |
| BIN.SAX2 | Public R.O.W. | The old, two-lane A46, now redundant since the opening in 2013 of the new A46, but used for local traffic. It ends in the south at the Saxondale roundabout. Southward continuation of BIN.SHE1 | 469370 | 340590 | 468760 | 339680 |
| BIN.CRB3 | Public R.O.W. | The original two-lane A46, south from the Saxondale roundabout. No continuity with the northern extension because of new roundabouts. The northern 200 m are now a bridleway only. | 468760 | 339680 | 468260 | 338820 |
| BIN.SHE4 | Ditch or Dyke | Drainage ditch between the road and the boundary hedge. | 469960 | 341460 | 469370 | 340590 |
| BIN.SAX5 | Ditch or Dyke | Drainage ditch along the eastern side of the old A46. It is well maintained where the easter boundary is a field, but less so when it runs along the boundary of built-up Bingham. Here a sound berm has been put up and the ditch neglected. | 469370 | 340590 | 468815 | 339725 |
| BIN.CRB6 | Ditch or Dyke | Drainage ditch along the eastern side of the old A46. It is interrupted by the Foss Farm, which is now in ruins. | 468760 | 339680 | 468260 | 338820 |
| BIN.SHE7 | Hedge | Well kept, mainly hawthorn hedge. Rose and elder have colonised it. Blackthorn and damson have seeded in the verge. | 469980 | 341450 | 469840 | 341280 |
| BIN.SHE8 | Hedge | Well kept, low cut, old, mixed hedge extending 90 m north from the top of Chapel Lane, near Buggin's cottage. Boundary along the old A46. | 469840 | 341280 | 469810 | 341210 |
| BIN.SHE9 | Hedge | Low cut, mixed hedge with several long gaps. The average is from complete stretches of hedge only. The hedge is from the south side of Buggin's cottage along the Fosse Way. | 469800 | 341190 | 469590 | 340880 |
| BIN.SHE10 | Hedge | A well cut, short hedge along the Fosse Way from the end of BIN.SHE9 to the Fosse Farm. | 469590 | 340880 | 469530 | 340810 |
| BIN.SAX11 | Hedge | About 200 metres long remnant from the railway line northwards. There is no hedge from the north end to Fosse Farm. It is about 50% hawthorn which has been planted as infill and never laid. The ash tree is ex-coppice and is about 60 years old. | 469270 | 340380 | 469150 | 340240 |
| BIN.CRB12 | Hedge | The northern 100m is hawthorn planted in 1987. Southwards the hedge has a low diversity, being mainly hawthorn. It is well kept, c2 to 2.5 m high, but not usually trimmed on the road side. Sign of old lays in places. Locally incorporates an old fence, now rotted. Signs of modern hawthorn replanting. | 468720 | 339585 | 468270 | 338830 |
| BIN.CRB13 | Hedge | The boundary starts at the Fosse Way and runs SE. The first 150 m are through a field and the boundary is marked by a track. Continuing from there the hedge is well kept, 11.5 to 2.5 m high, with some old lays and stretches of old fence incorporated in it. Hawthorn is dominant, much of it recently replanted. Hazel and beech are also recent replantings and not original. Stumps of old elm trees. The southern half is the more naturally diverse with crab apple and field maple, but has gaps and long stretches of hawthorn. Oak is unusually cut as a hedge. Mature oak and ash trees 60-70 years old are all that remain of many similar trees that were cut down in the 1960 (comment by the farmer) | 468270 | 338830 | 469170 | 337280 |
| BIN.CRB14 | Ditch or Dyke | This is a maintained agricultural ditch, but it follows the course of an original natural stream. | 469170 | 337280 | 469500 | 337380 |
| BIN.CRB15 | Tree | Girth measured 300 cm in 2002 (158 years). Growing at the edge of the parish boundary dyke. | 469240 | 337320 | | |
| BIN.CRB16 | Tree | Very old tree that has been pollarded many times. | 469280 | 337320 | | |
| BIN.TBY17 | Ditch or Dyke | Maintained agricultural ditch which was originally a natural stream. | 469500 | 337380 | 471261 | 338080 |
| BIN.WIV18 | Ditch or Dyke | Maintained farm dyke that was originally a natural stream. | 471261 | 338080 | 471760 | 228290 |
| BIN.TBY19 | Hedge | Hedge cut on the north side only. About 1.8 m high, never laid. Grows on the north side of the dyke only. Blackthorn is dominant. It looks like natural regeneration. Where present the osier has been coppiced. | 469510 | 337520 | 469770 | 337520 |
| BIN.TBY20 | Hedge | Hedge runs eastwards from Tithby Road. A 2m high hedge on the north side of the ditch. Cut with old lays. It is mostly hawthorn with some long stretches of field maple and blackthorn. | 370410 | 337650 | 371670 | 337750 |
| BIN.TBY21 | Tree | Small clump of trees on the west side of Tithby Road. Looks like the end of a hedge that has grown wild. Several young elm, one young ash and one old oak. | 370380 | 337650 | | |
| BIN.TBY22 | Tree | A single tree growing on the north side of the boundary ditch. There is no sign of it having been either coppiced or pollarded. Girth measured 320 cm in 2002 dating it to around 1830. | 370590 | 337730 | | |
| BIN.TBY23 | Hedge | 2 m high, cut, on north side of the dyke only, no lays seen, gaps. it is mostly blackthorn and is possibly all self set. The Norway maple is a recent planting. | 470750 | 337780 | 471250 | 338080 |
| BIN.WIV24 | Hedge | 2.5 m high, maintained hedge, but the top not cut. Mixed with long stretches of elm. Oak as trees. Probably this is self set. Mature trees include ash and oak. Some Norway maple and cherry have been planted in the last few decades. | 471250 | 338080 | 471760 | 338290 |
| BIN.WIV25 | Railway line | Railway embankment built in 1879. Self set hawthorn and blackthorn on the embankment. A farm track is to the west of it. west of the track is a ditch which is a continuation of BIN.WIV24. A hedge, probably self set follows the ditch, 2-3m high, cut on one side only. | 471770 | 338290 | 471900 | 338219 |
| BIN.WIV26 | Ditch or Dyke | A maintained farm ditch that was originally a stream. Remnants of a hedge with large gaps. It is mainly blackthorn , but there are some 7 m elms. It ends at the railway embankment. | 471900 | 338219 | 472220 | 337995 |
| BIN.WIV27 | Ditch or Dyke | A deep dyke that drains into the River Smite. | 472295 | 337995 | 472595 | 338010 |
| BIN.WIV28 | Hedge | Original hedge no longer maintained, but allowed to grow. All trees well grown. Several ash trees have been coppiced. No dominant species. | 472295 | 337995 | 472595 | 338020 |
| BIN.WHA29 | River | River Smite to Thorough Bridge over the Granby Lane. Trees grow along the river, in places resembling a hedge, but it is unlikely that there ever was a planted hedge here. A rectangular pond, possibly a reservoir, has Lombardy poplar, ash, hawthorn and white willow around it. | 472595 | 338010 | 472862 | 338695 |
| BIN.WHA30 | Public R.O.W. | Granby Lane. A stretch of about 100 m north from Thorough Bridge is within the Whatton parish. | 472862 | 338695 | 472785 | 338735 |
| BIN.WHA31 | Hedge | Well cut 2m high hedge mostly blackthorn near the river. | 472862 | 338686 | 472785 | 338735 |
| BIN.ASL32 | Public R.O.W. | Granby Lane. Modern well-surfaced two lane road. Runs north to the A52. | 472785 | 338735 | 472515 | 339295 |
| BIN.ASL33 | Hedge | Dominantly hawthorn, 1.5 to 2 m high, regularly cut, old lays in it. Holly was found only near the cottage at the entrance to Starnhill Farm. Short stretches of mixed hedge. Good midland hawthorn in places. | 472785 | 338735 | 472515 | 339295 |
| BIN.ASL34 | Public R.O.W. | A52 between the junction of Granby Lane and New Lane. Modern drainage ditches occur on both sides. | 472515 | 339295 | 472825 | 339328 |
| BIN.ASL35 | Hedge | North side of the road. Mostly hawthorn, but a mixture of old and recently replanted. 1.7 m high and maintained. The hedge diverges northwards from the road at the eastern end. | 472515 | 339335 | 472810 | 339352 |
| BIN.ASL36 | Public R.O.W. | Modern two-lane road called New Lane. Drainage ditches are present along both sides of the road. | 472825 | 339328 | 472925 | 339745 |
| BIN.ASL37 | Hedge | Mixed hedge with no more than 55% hawthorn. Field maple is locally dominant. Several ash trees coppiced more than 40 years ago. One ash tree with a girth of 140 cm, 75 years old in 2003. Cut to 1.5 m and well maintained. Ditch to the east is probably modern. | 472800 | 339350 | 472760 | 339535 |
| BIN.ASL38 | Hedge | Boundary on the western side of the road to two modern fields apparently modern. Hedge set among an old fence, cut in pats only to 1.5 m high. Evidence that the hawthorn was laid about 1980 or so. Tree species ash, oak, sycamore and Norway maple have been planted at close intervals along the inside of the hedge. Girth suggests and age 1980 or so. | 472760 | 339535 | 472825 | 339745 |
| BIN.ASL39 | Ditch or Dyke | Ditch along the parish boundary. Maintained for drainage. Situated on the south side of the boundary hedge. | 472925 | 339745 | 472040 | 340410 |
| BIN.SCR40 | Ditch or Dyke | Ditch is a continuation to the NW of the feature BIN.ASL39 | 472040 | 340410 | 471785 | 340618 |
| BIN.ASL41 | Hedge | Mixed hedge from New Lane to the railway line borders three modern fields. Hawthorn is dominant. Generally the sides are cut, but not the top, up to 3 m high. Some very old and some youngish hawthorn lays; one is 70 cm girth. Ash trees are ex-coppiced. Field maple and crab apple are full trees. | 472925 | 339745 | 472532 | 339980 |
| BIN.ASL42 | Hedge | Remnant hedge about 100 metres long. Up to 7 m high, sides only trimmed. Small gaps. Mostly hawthorn and never laid. To the SE some hawthorn, elder and and rose are hedge remnants. A group of four willow trees about 90 years old at the northern end of the hedge. | 472250 | 340230 | 472150 | 340300 |
| BIN.SCR43 | Hedge | 90 metres long remnant with gaps of 10 to 20 m. 2m high. Trimmed, never laid. | 471960 | 340460 | 471890 | 340520 |
| BIN.SCR44 | Tree | Group of four, mature beech trees four metres apart. Carved bark. Underbrush of elder, rose and hawthorn. Mid 19th C age likely. | 471780 | 340610 | | |
| BIN.ASL45 | Tree | A clump of four trees, each with several trunks from near the ground. Girth of biggest is 150 cm (in 2003). Possibly mid 19th C. | 472150 | 340300 | | |
| BIN.SCR46 | Ditch or Dyke | Drainage ditch runs straight to the NE and drains in that direction. Continuation of the drainage ditch that borders the south side of Parson's Hill. | 471785 | 340618 | 472040 | 340410 |
| BIN.SCR47 | Hedge | 2.5 m high hedge for 250m along the boundary ditch. Cut and maintained with old lays. Mostly hawthorn. Mature ash trees were originally coppiced. | 471780 | 340610 | 471910 | 340830 |
| BIN.SCR48 | Tree | Old, once coppiced with 8 or 9 trunks 90 to 95 cm girth in 2003 and one at 160 cm girth. A second tree lies close by to the NW and has a 90 cm girth. Probably early 20th C. | 472020 | 341010 | | |
| BIN.CCO49 | Ditch or Dyke | Drainage ditch drains from the west , maintained, follows the northern foot of Parson's Hill. Probably a natural stream, originally. | 472040 | 341020 | 471310 | 340928 |
| BIN.CCO50 | Hedge | Hedge is uncut and never apparently laid. Gaps up to 20 m in places. It was possibly never planted as a hedge. There are tall, mature trees for most of its length. Hawthorn dominates in the east with diversity increasing after about 470 m. | 472040 | 341020 | 471310 | 340928 |
| BIN.CCO51 | Tree | One mature tree with two juveniles on either side. The main tree had a girth of 295 cm in 2003, and dated as c155 years. | 471550 | 340990 | | |
| BIN.CCO52 | Tree | Mature trees spread along the boundary ditch near Holme Farm. Two large ash, one once coppiced. One had girth of 212cm in 2003 (c110 years old then). A willow is old and broken with many branches from near the ground. Impossible to date. | 471360 | 340930 | | |
| BIN.CCO53 | Bridge | Stone bridge over the dyke that marks the parish boundary. | 471330 | 340930 | | |
| BIN.CCO54 | Ditch or Dyke | Ditch draining the small lake on the west and running into feature BIN.CCO49 | 471310 | 340928 | 470580 | 341280 |
| BIN.CCO55 | Hedge | Maintained, 2.5 m high hedge, double in parts between two modern fences. 50-60 % hawthorn. Evidence of laying. Gaps in places. Oak, cherry and ash are all recent plantings. The sallow grows in the ditch. | 471310 | 340928 | 470580 | 341280 |
| BIN.CCO56 | Pond | Pond about 140 m long. Ditches from the NE and two from the west drain into it at the western end. | 470580 | 341280 | 470478 | 341400 |
| BIN.CCO57 | Ditch or Dyke | Drain, now redundant, running from the edge of the road to the pond. | 470478 | 341400 | 470118 | 341548 |
| BIN.CCO58 | Hedge | Remnant hedge about 30m long set on the drain. | 470478 | 341400 | 470118 | 341538 |
| BIN.CCO59 | Unmarked | This is the unmarked gap between the end of the drain BIN.CCO57 and the centre of the Margidunum roundabout which is the junction of the four parishes. | 470118 | 341538 | 470020 | 341255 |
