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| map_type = Nottinghamshire| official_name = Bunny| population = 715| population_ref = (2021)| shire_district = Rushcliffe| shire_county = Nottinghamshire| region = East MidlandsRushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)>Rushcliffe| post_town = NOTTINGHAM| postcode_district = NG11| postcode_area = NG| dial_code = 0115| os_grid_reference = SK581288Village#United_Kingdom>Village and civil parish



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| static_image_2_caption = Parish map| area_total_sq_mi = 3.38| london_distance_mi = 100| london_direction = SSEweblink}}}}Bunny is a village and civil parish located in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish had a population measured at 689 in the 2011 census,WEB,weblink Civil parish population 2011, 6 April 2011, Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics, increasing to 715 residents at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007964|title=Bunny parish|accessdate=8 February 2024}} It is on the A60, {{convert|7|mi}} south of Nottingham, south of Bradmore and north of Costock.

History

The place-name 'Bunny' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Bonei. It appears in Episcopal Registers as Buneya in 1227. The name means either 'reed island' or 'island on the river Bune'.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.74.There has been a settlement on the site since pre-Norman times, perhaps as far back as the days of the Roman Empire. The parish Church of St Mary is 14th century. The most significant building in the village is Bunny Hall, probably built in the 1570s and occupied by the Parkyns family for three hundred years. Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet (1662–1741), known as the Wrestling Baronet, built what is now the north wing to his own design circa 1723–25. He also built the school and almshouses.Nikolaus Pevsner, 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Thomas Parkyns was a devotee of wrestling and organised an annual wrestling match in Bunny Park (prize a gold-laced hat). These matches continued until 1810. His book on the subject The Inn-Play: or, the Cornish Hugg-Wrestler was published in 1713 and reprinted many times.Hole, Christina (1949) English Sports and Pastimes. London: Batsford; p. 31The following is an excerpt from a description of Bunny as published in 1813:BOOK, The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county, 12, part 1, London, Thomas Maiden, John, Hodgson, Francis Charles, Laird, 1813, 198–202,weblink

20th and 21st century

The Hall was sold circa 1990, but remained unoccupied and had become semi-derelict by 2005. It was occupied and under restoration in 2006. A small section of the grounds now houses a new group of luxury homes.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

See also

• Listed buildings in Bunny, Nottinghamshire

Gallery

File:Almeshouse Bunny.JPG|AlmshouseFile:St Mary's Bunny.JPG|St Mary's Church, BunnyFile:Rancliffe Arms Bunny.JPG|Rancliffe ArmsFile:Bunny, Nottinghamshire, approach to Hall.JPG|The approach to Bunny Hall

References

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External links

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• Bunny Village History Society

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