Church Warsop is a village in

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

, England. It is located 1 mile north of

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 ...

, on the north side of the

River Meden The River Meden is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source lies just north of Huthwaite, near the Derbyshire border, and from there it flows north east through Pleasley and Warsop before merging temporarily with the River Maun near ...

, and is within the

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, includin ...

civil parish. Church Warsop leads onto the village of

Cuckney St Mary’s Church Norton/Cuckney, thumb Cuckney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, located between Worksop and Church Wa ...

via Cuckney Hill. This area is part of

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) ...

. 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 The Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited was an industrial company based in Staveley, Derbyshire, Staveley, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, north Derbyshire. History The company was registered in 1863, appearing in provincial sto ...

, 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, the "Chapel of Bethlem", from the same date as much of the village.

Politics

Church Warsop is part of the Mansfield Parliamentary constituency from the 2010 boundary changes, represented by Labour's

Steve Yemm Stephen Yemm (born January 1964) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Mansfield since 2024. Early life and career Yemm received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of Not ...

after the July 2024 general election, and previously from 2017 to 2024 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party. It is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

. Cite Web: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/mansfield-general-election-2024-results-29361745.amp , Mansfield general election 2024 results in full , 2024, access date 9 May 2025

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A brief history of Church Warsop
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