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Warsop
Warsop is a civil parish in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): At the 2021 census the population was 12,644 residents, including the settlements of Market Warsop, Church Warsop, Warsop Vale, Meden Vale, Sookholme and Spion Kop. History Church Warsop appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a settlement named Wareshope and was recorded as having a church which was St Peter and St Paul. This formed part of the hundred of Bassetlaw. The area was divided amongst the Saxon Lords Godric, Leviet, and Ulchel. Gleadthorpe Grange was also recorded in Domesday. From the Norman conquest period onwards, Warsop was held by the Norman Baron Roger de Busli, and partially held by the King's Soke of Mansfield. Sookholme and its medieval church St Augustine's along with Nettleworth Manor were first recorded later in public records during the 12th century. Landmarks King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsop Vale
Warsop Vale is a village in the Mansfield district of western Nottinghamshire, England. It is north of Nottingham, and north of Mansfield. It is in the civil parish of Warsop. Warsop Vale's heritage is primarily as a former mining village. It lies in an area known as the Dukeries, close to Clumber Park, Thoresby Park and hall, Rufford Park and the Earl of Portland estate of Welbeck, together all part of Sherwood Forest. Geography Location Warsop Vale is surrounded by the following local Nottinghamshire areas: * Nether Langwith and Cuckney to the north * Sookholme to the south * Church Warsop and Market Warsop to the east * Shirebrook in Derbyshire to the west This area lies in the north west of the district and west of Nottinghamshire county, as well as being close to the Derbyshire boundary. The core of the hamlet is accessed from the B6031 Church Warsop-Shirebrook road. Surrounding the settlement is predominantly a farming area, interspersed by farms, occasional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter And St Paul's Church, Church Warsop
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Warsop. Several gravestones, the boundary wall, gates, piers and overthrow in the churchyard are Grade II listed. Warsop parish centre in the church grounds is Grade II* listed History The church was built in the 11th century. It was restored and re-roofed, and a new organ chamber built in 1878. See also *Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire *Listed buildings in Warsop Gallery Image:Warsop Parish Centre (5).jpg, Warsop Parish Centre at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop Image:Warsop Parish Centre (6).jpg, Warsop Parish Centre at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop Image:Warsop Parish Centre (4).jpg, Warsop Parish Centre at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop Image:Boundary Wall, Gates, Piers And Overthrow At Church Of St Peter And St Paul.jpg, Boundary Wall, Gates, Piers And Overthrow at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsop Town Hall
Warsop Town Hall is a municipal building in Church Street in Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England. The building is home to Warsop Parish Council, and was formerly the offices of Warsop Urban District Council and the local offices of Nottinghamshire County Council. Following financial difficulties at Parish level, from 2024 the hall became a community hub administered by a local church. History Following significant population growth, largely associated with mineral quarrying, the area became an urban district in 1894. In the early years, the clerk to the council, John Harrop White, was based in offices in Bank Chambers in Mansfield. Shortly after the First World War, the council established its own offices: it was in this building that a post mortem was carried out on the body of Samuel Fell Wilson, a Warsop grocer, wine merchant, and publisher of the ''Warsop and District Almanack'', after he had been shot in the head and chest as he sat in his car outside Warsop Windmill on 23 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Warsop
Market Warsop is a town within the civil parish of Warsop in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): The adjacent villages in the parish are Church Warsop, Meden Vale, Sookholme, Warsop Vale and Spion Kop, Nottinghamshire, Spion Kop. Geography Market Warsop is at the geographic centre of the Warsop civil parish, lying south of the River Meden. Church Warsop is to the north, while Spion Kop is to the south west. The town is the largest settlement in the parish. Etymology The meaning of Warsop or (Wareshope as known in the Domesday Book in 1086). The name is said to derive from 'Waers Valley'. Waer being a minor leader of Anglican immigrants. History Wareshope in the Domesday Book was recorded as being a settlement having a church named St Peter and St Paul. Today this appears where Church Warsop is. Market Warsop developed later after a Saturday market and two annual fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sookholme
Sookholme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Warsop in the Mansfield district of western Nottinghamshire, England. It is north west of London, north of the county town and city of Nottingham, and north of the town of Mansfield. Sookholme retains an agricultural character, having been largely unaffected by the Industrial Revolution, which had a transformative impact on the settlement pattern and built form of numerous other settlements situated within the North Midlands coalfields. Whilst relatively close to the built up areas of Mansfield and Shirebrook, Sookholme is remote and rural. In 1931 the parish had a population of 210. Sookholme Geography Sookholme is surrounded by the following local Nottinghamshire areas: * Warsop Vale to the north * Mansfield Woodhouse to the south * Spion Kop and Market Warsop to the east * Shirebrook in Derbyshire to the west. This area lies in the north west of the district and west of Nottinghamshire county, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Warsop
Church Warsop is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 1 mile north of Market Warsop, on the north side of the River Meden, and is within the Warsop civil parish. Church Warsop leads onto the village of Cuckney via Cuckney Hill. This area is part of Mansfield District. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is early Norman. St Peter and St Paul’s Church History The village was originally a settlement of farms and old stone houses around the church. It was expanded in 1926 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, to house colliery workers and their families working at their Warsop Main Colliery located in nearby Warsop Vale. This was at the time of the 1926 general strike in support of striking miners, and it has been claimed by the daughter of a miner on strike in 1984-1985 that these were miners who returned to work during the strike, and that the village is known locally as "the alley", an abbreviation of " scab alley". There is also a second church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield District
Mansfield District is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is named after the town of Mansfield, where the council is based. The district also contains Mansfield Woodhouse (which forms part of the Mansfield urban area) and Warsop. The neighbouring districts are Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Ashfield and Bolsover. History The town of Mansfield had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1823. They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as a municipal borough. The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: * Mansfield Municipal Borough * Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District * Warsop Urban District The new district was named Mansfield after its main town. Unusually for a district taking the same name as a former borough, the new Mansfield district was not granted borough status. Instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield (district)
Mansfield District is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is named after the town of Mansfield, where the council is based. The district also contains Mansfield Woodhouse (which forms part of the Mansfield urban area) and Warsop. The neighbouring districts are Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Ashfield and Bolsover. History The town of Mansfield had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1823. They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as a municipal borough. The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: * Mansfield Municipal Borough *Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District *Warsop Urban District The new district was named Mansfield after its main town. Unusually for a district taking the same name as a former borough, the new Mansfield district was not granted borough status. Instead charter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mansfield is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 by Steve Yemm of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, who gained the seat at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, from the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Between 2017 and 2024 the seat was represented by a Conservative for the first and only time since its creation in 1885. The seat, centred on Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, in recent times has been considered a relatively marginal seat. The Mansfield council area voted with more than 70% to Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum#West Midlands, Leave the European Union in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 referendum. In 2019, the Conservatives received 63.9% of the vote in the formerly safe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsop Urban District
Warsop was an urban district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.F. A. Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England'', London, 1991 It was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It was enlarged in 1935 when the Sookholme civil parish was transferred to the district. The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ... and combined with the Municipal Borough of Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District to form the new Mansfield district. References Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Nottinghamshire Urban districts of Nottinghamshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city of Nottingham). Henry III of England, Henry III granted Mansfield the royal charter, Royal Charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the River Maun, Maun Valley, north of Nottingham. The district had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly Directly elected mayors in England, elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield. Mansfield in ancient times became the pre-eminent in importance amongst the towns of Sherwood Forest. Etymology According to historian William Horner Dove (1894) there is dispute to the origins of the name. Three conjectures have been considered: the name may have been given to the noble family of Mansfield who came ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meden Vale
Meden Vale is a small village near to Church Warsop. The village is part of the parish of Warsop. It is also situated close to the small town of Market Warsop, in north Nottinghamshire, England, off the main A60 Mansfield to Worksop road, and lies within Mansfield District Council administrative area. History Meden Vale was originally known as Welbeck Colliery Village prior to renaming in the late 1960s. The village was built in the 1920s specifically to house miners who worked at Welbeck Colliery. 225px, Netherfield Lane, Meden Vale The economy was based mainly on Welbeck Colliery, which started up when two shafts were sunk between 1912 and 1915. It was determined by owner UK Coal for closure in 2007 due to limited reserves, with the last coal produced 11 May 2010. Most of the working-age employees from the 410 total transferred to other collieries operated by UK Coal, including Daw Mill near Coventry, a daily round-trip of for some. When closed it was one of the last re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
