Cuckney Hill is a hill that in England that lies between 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 ...

and the village of

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. ...

. In the late 19th century, Cuckney Hill was considered one of the chief points in the range between

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...

and

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. It has been described as an

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Description

Cuckney Hill lies between the village of

and the village of

, 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 ...

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, England. The

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crosses it. Cuckney Hill is partly farmland and partly woods. Locals now ironically refer to Cuckney Hill as ''Cuckney Mountain'', as it appears diminished in size adjacent to the

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tip. Cuckney Hill has been described as an

, with many fatal accidents occurring over the years.

History

In the late 19th century, Cuckney Hill was considered one of the chief points in the range between

and

. From the top there are good views of the woods of

The Dukeries The Dukeries is an area of the county of Nottinghamshire so called because it contained four ducal seats. It is south of Worksop, which has been called its "gateway". The area was included within the ancient Sherwood Forest Sherwood Fo ...

, and of Cuckney village and

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

on one side, and

on the other. In 1872, a field of barley on Cuckney Hill was chosen by the

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's land agent as the site for a trial of 6 horse-drawn reapers. Land on Cuckney Hill was acquired for a cemetery in 1918; it was extended in 1998. The first Welbeck Colliery pits were sunk in 1912. In the late 1980s, Welbeck and Church Warsop residents campaigned against a plan by

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to extend the Welbeck pit tip along Cuckney Hill, saying "They are proposing to put a hill on top of a hill. Cuckney Hill already has a long history of land slippages in wet weather."

References

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