Ropsley

Ropsley is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 5mi east from Grantham, and falls within the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby.Ropsley is the location of the source of the River East Glen (River Eden).HistoryRopsley was the birthplace of Richard Foxe, the Tudor Bishop who funded the Grammar School at Grantham and Corpus Christi College at Oxford.A 300-year-old ring dam, 0.5mi south-east from the village and identified by a group of trees, was once used as a sheep wash; the blue brickwork of the sheep wash can still be seen. There are paths from the village, past the ring dam, to Little Humby.There several disused quarries nearby, two of which are situated within the village itself.CommunityThere is now one village public house: The Green Man, The Ropsley Fox closed down in 2012. Previous pubs included The Peacock. The village bakery was on the high street for 300 years, one of the oldest in the country, closing in 1979. Now a private house, many people can remember visiting the bakery as children to get the family bread and cakes.Ropsley village hall has grounds which incorporate a basketball court, a football pitch and a cricket pitch. There is a 12-hole golf course on the outskirts of the village. The village running club is Ropsley Road Runners.