The Rivendell housing development began to be built in 2018 in the west of the parish, and the first residents of this moved in from March 2019.

[6] Before the Norman conquest of Britain, the manor of Gedling was in the kingdom of Mercia, and was held by Thegn Otta and then passed to his son Tochi.

Following the conquest, the manor was given to William Peveril, and some land passed to the Bardolph family as a result of marriage during the reign of Henry II.

Evidence from the street plan of the village and the layout of the adjacent fields shows that it was established during the Medieval period.

White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, published in 1853, recorded that an ancient chapel had once existed within the village, but that no trace of it then remained.

His sister, Jane, thus became heir and married John, Lord Lovell; their son, Francis, was killed fighting against the king at the battle of Stoke-field, 16 June 1487.

Tarbotton became the Sewerage Board engineer, in addition to his other duties, and set about building sewers and sewage pumping stations to convey effluent from the city to Stoke Bardolph.

c. xxxi) enabled the offending parishes to be incorporated into Nottingham, and the borough to take over the responsibilities of the sewerage board.

[12] It was situated immediately to the north of the church building,[13] and was known to have good drainage, allowing the sewage to be spread over the land, where it seeped into the soil.

However, he did not see it completed, as he suffered a stroke while attending a meeting of the Sewage Farm Committee on 4 March 1887, and died two days later.

The farm produced milk from cattle kept on the land, and was also a centre for pedigree shire horses and pigs.

New piping was constructed, and a new pumping station at Sneinton was commissioned, to bring additional sewage to the farm.

[14] During the 1950s, the works were extended to include secondary treatment, by the addition of an activated sludge plant and final settlement tanks.

Removal of these substances has another beneficial effect, as it significantly reduces blockages in pipes due to the precipitation of struvite, or magnesium ammonium phosphate.