57-556: Clipstone is a former mining village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire , England. The population of the civil parish was 3,469 at the 2001 census , increasing to 4,665 at the 2011 census , and substantially more so to 6,185 at the 2021 census . The earliest historical reference to the settlement is in the Domesday Book of 1086, where the village is mentioned as "Clipestune". Subsequent written sources use
114-528: A Mansfield-based developer, with plans are to save the headstocks and redevelop the site as a "multi-purpose leisure facility." Clipstone Colliery Sidings railway station was the station that served the mine. In 2022, ITVX show Without Sin , starring Nottinghamshire actress Vicky McClure , was partly filmed in Clipstone. Some scenes were filmed within the village, including a rave in the former colliery. Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood
171-577: A defensive earthwork from the British Civil Wars . Other important towns in the district include Ollerton and Southwell which is home to Southwell Minster and Southwell Racecourse . Other settlements in the district include: The area is served by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central with television signals are received from the Waltham TV transmitter, BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire can also be received from
228-488: A designated Grade-II listed building . The church was built in 1911 by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley . The church has an historic pipe organ originally built by Gray and Davison in 1852 for Clapham Congregational Church . St. John's Church is a parish church built between 1867 and 1868 by architect Robert Clarke . St Mary's is a Roman Catholic church, built from 1838 to 1840 and paid for by
285-497: A kiln and a malthouse. One unusual crop associated with Worksop is liquorice . This was originally grown in the priory gardens for medicinal purposes but continued until around 1750. William Camden records in Britannia that the town was famous for growing liquorice. John Speed noted: "In the west, near Worksop, groweth plenty of Liquorice, very delicious and good". White says the liquorice gardens were "principally situated on
342-468: A library, primary school and village hall as well as a few shops and pubs, including Clipstone Welfare , which was used for scenes in the 2007 film Control . The old Clipstone Colliery site lies within the New Clipstone area, still having the tall prominent headstocks. On the southern edge of the village is Vicar Water Country Park , developed from Vicar Water and the former spoil tips from
399-514: A mine was developed on land to the south-east, owned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle . This mine was fully operational in around 1907, with three shafts, and was named Manton Colliery . The closure in the 1990s of the pits, compounding the earlier decline of the timber trade and other local industry, resulted in high unemployment in parts of the Worksop area, as well as other social problems. In John Harrison's survey of Worksop for
456-403: A small coin hoard and arrowhead. The adjacent parish of Mansield Woodhouse contains a suspected Roman road (Leeming Lane), with an associated marching camp at Roman Bank. Further to the north-west a small villa site was exposed in 1780 by the antiquarian Major Hayman Rooke . Four pieces of late Saxon shelly ware pottery were recorded in 1991 during fieldwalking of Castlefield, although it
513-491: A strong tradition of brewing, including being the site of the historic Worksop and Retford Brewery. This brewery had previously been known as Garside and Alderson and Prior Well Brewery. The brewing tradition is continued by a number of local independent breweries in and around the town, including Welbeck Abbey Brewery . At the start of the 19th century, Worksop had a largely agricultural economy with malting, corn milling, and timber working being principal industries. However,
570-679: A surviving inspeximus charter confirms Matilda de Lovetot's grant of the manor of Worksop to William de Furnival (her son). A skirmish occurred in the area during the Wars of the Roses on 16 December 1460, commonly known as the Battle of Worksop . In 1530, Worksop was visited by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey , who was on his way to Cawood , in Yorkshire. "Then my lord [Wolsey] intending the next day to remove from thence [Newstead Abbey] there resorted to him
627-606: A waymarked route between London and the Lake District , passes through the town. Stagecoach East Midlands operates bus services in and around the town, with destinations including Doncaster , Rotherham , Chesterfield and Nottingham . Worksop is served by Bassetlaw District General Hospital , part of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust . Bassetlaw Hospital treats about 33,000 people each year, and roughly 38,000 emergencies. Bassetlaw Hospital
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#1732794265755684-550: Is a local government district in Nottinghamshire , England. It is the largest district by area in the county. The council is based in Newark-on-Trent , the area's largest town. The district also includes the towns of Southwell and Ollerton along with a large rural area containing many villages. Much of the district lies within the ancient Sherwood Forest and there are also extensive forestry plantations in
741-415: Is assumed to be a ploughed out round barrow . The National Mapping Project data as provided by English Heritage shows a number of cropmarks recorded from aerial photography in the northern quarter of Clipstone parish, representing rectilinear field systems associated with smaller stock enclosures and perhaps domestic sites. Typologically, and from their orientation, it is assumed that these are part of
798-417: Is due in 2027. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2015 the council has comprised 39 councillors representing 21 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The district is covered by two parliamentary constituencies: Newark , created in 1885, which has been represented by Robert Jenrick , a Conservative , since 2014; and has been held by
855-637: Is on Watson Road. The town receives local news and television programmes from the BBC and ITV Yorkshire region. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1 FM, Greatest Hits Radio South Yorkshire on 107.9 FM, and Trust AM, an online hospital radio station serving the Bassetlaw District General Hospital in the town. The local newspapers are the Worksop Guardian and Worksop Trader . Mr Straw's House ,
912-539: Is on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest . Other nearby towns include Chesterfield , Gainsborough , Mansfield and Retford . The population of the town was recorded at 44,733 in the 2021 Census. Worksop was part of what was called Bernetseatte (burnt lands) in Anglo-Saxon times. The name Worksop is likely of Anglo-Saxon origin, deriving from a personal name "We(o)rc" plus
969-517: Is one of the University of Sheffield teaching hospitals and medical school . Mental health services in Worksop are provided by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust , which provide local community services. In-patient services are provided in Mansfield and Nottingham . The local economy in Worksop is dominated by service industries, manufacturing, and distribution. Unemployment levels in
1026-479: Is unlikely that these represent anything more than a background scatter associated with the manuring of the open fields. These four pieces of pottery are actually Potterhanworth Ware, dating to the 13th–15th century Prior to Domesday, the two manors of Clipstone were held by Osbern and Ulsi and the value was set at 60 shillings (£3). Ulsi in particular was a reasonably wealthy landowner and held manors at Greasley , Strelley , Sutton and Hodsock. The landowner in 1086
1083-701: The Belmont TV transmitter. Radio stations that broadcast to the area are:. 53°06′N 0°57′W / 53.10°N 0.95°W / 53.10; -0.95 Worksop Worksop ( / ˈ w ɜːr k s ɒ p / WURK -sop ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire , England. It is located 15 miles (24 km) south of Doncaster , 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Sheffield and 24 miles (39 km) north of Nottingham . Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire , it
1140-609: The Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk , after the sale of Worksop Manor , which the duke owned. The church was designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield and it is a Grade II-listed building. In late 1913, the church was visited by Archduke Franz Ferdinand seven months before his assassination in Sarajevo . Relatively few religious minorities live in the town, with the largest non-Christian community being Worksop's 243 Muslims. A small community and prayer centre for adherents
1197-594: The Conservative Party since 2001; and Sherwood Forest , created in 1983, represented by Michelle Welsh , a Labour MP, elected in 2024. The council is based at Castle House, on Great North Road in Newark, adjacent to Newark Castle Railway station . The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 2017. The council was previously based at Kelham Hall in the village of Kelham , which had been purchased early in 1974 as part of preparations for
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#17327942657551254-590: The Duke of Portland for the production of timber. In the 1760s there were a number of prosecutions of local people for entering the forest park and causing disorders. In 1767 labourers from Warsop and Worksop were involved in the Clipstone Riot. As the Duke of Portland was at the time involved in making the place more profitable for himself, and so impacting on the timber rights of the commoners, this may have been
1311-547: The Green Party of England and Wales the composition of the council is: Of the ten independent councillors, six sit together as the "Independents for Newark and District" group, which forms part of the council's administration with Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Another two independents form the "Newark and Sherwood District Independents" group, and the other two do not belong to any group. The next election
1368-547: The National Health Service ( Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Trust ). John Harrison's survey of Worksop for the Earl of Arundel reveals that at that time, most people earned their living from the land. A tenant farmer, Henry Cole, farmed 200 acres of land, grazing his sheep on "Manton sheepwalk". This survey also described a corn-grinding water mill (Bracebridge mill) and Manor Mill situated near to Castle Hill, with
1425-753: The National Heritage List for England . Officially titled the Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, the Anglican parish church is usually known as Worksop Priory . It was an Augustinian priory founded in 1103. The church has a nave and detached gatehouse. Monks at the priory made the Tickhill Psalter , an illuminated manuscript of the medieval period, now held in New York Public Library . After
1482-616: The Norman Conquest , Werchesope (Worksop) had belonged to Elsi, son of Caschin, who had "two manors in Werchesope, which paid to the geld as three car". After the conquest, Worksop became part of the extensive lands granted to Roger de Busli . At this time, the land "had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and eight bord. having twenty-two car. and eight acres of meadow, pasture wood two leu. long, three quar. broad." This
1539-780: The North Midland Railway , timber for the construction of railway carriages, and packing cases for the Sheffield cutlery industry. The town also became notable for the manufacture of Worksop Windsor chairs . Timber firms in the town included Benjamin Garside's woodyard and Godley and Goulding, situated between Eastgate and the railway. The malting trade began in Retford , but gradually moved to Worksop, where it became an important trade, though it never employed many people. In 1852, Clinton malt kilns were built. Worksop has
1596-649: The armistice troops from the Queens Royal West Surrey 4th/5th Reserve Battalion and the York and Lancaster Regiment were involved in a mutinous riot at the camp, following disquiet at the slow rate of being demobilised . Plans were started in 2013 to provide a memorial to those who trained in Clipstone. The pit closed in April 2003. Since 1993 it had been owned by RJB Mining (later UK Coal ). The present headstocks , Grade Two listed structures, were at
1653-493: The dissolution of the monasteries , the east end of the church fell into disrepair, but the townspeople were granted the nave as a parish church. The eastern parts of the building have been restored in several phases, the most recent being in the 1970s when architect Lawrence King rebuilt the crossing. St. Anne's Church is an Anglican parish church and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as
1710-433: The "Independents for Newark and District" group of independent councillors, and the Liberal Democrats. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: Following two defections to
1767-534: The Anglo-Saxon placename element "hop" (valley). The first element is interesting because while the masculine name Weorc is unrecorded, the feminine name Werca (Verca) is found in Bede 's Life of St Cuthbert . A number of other recorded place names contain this same personal name element. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Worksop appears as "Werchesope". Thoroton states that the Domesday Book records that before
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1824-550: The Earl of Arundel, a dye house and a tenter green (where lengths of cloth were stretched out to dry) indicates a small cloth industry was present in Worksop. Late attempts during the Industrial Revolution to introduce textile manufacturing saw two mills constructed, one at Bridge Place and the other somewhere near Mansfield Road. Both enterprises failed and closed within three years. They were converted to milling corn. Worksop has three churches, all of which are on
1881-474: The Earl of Shrewsbury's keeper, and gentlemen, sent from him, to desire my lord, in their maister's behalf, to hunt in a parke of their maister's, called Worsoppe Parke." (Cavendish's Life of Wolsey ) A surviving (Cotton) manuscript written by Henry VIII nominated Worksop as one of three places in Nottinghamshire (along with Welbeck and Thurgarton) to become "Byshopprykys to be new made", but nothing
1938-466: The area are now lower than the national average, owing to large number of distribution and local manufacturing companies, including Premier Foods, RDS Transport, Pandrol UK Ltd , and Laing O'Rourke. Major employers in the area include Premier Foods ( Worksop Factory ), Greencore , RDS Transport (the Flying Fridge), B&Q , MAKE polymers, OCG Cacao, part of Cargill , Pandrol , GCHQ , and
1995-522: The area. The neighbouring districts are Rushcliffe , Gedling , Ashfield , Mansfield , Bassetlaw , West Lindsey , North Kesteven , South Kesteven and Melton . In 2021 it had a population of 123,383. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering three former districts which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was initially named Newark , after its largest town. The name
2052-489: The brickwork plan field system from the late Iron Age , which stretches across the Sherwood Sandstones. Pottery of the period is known from Clipstone due to Philip Rahtz 's excavation in 1956 and Trent and Peak Archaeology's watching brief and fieldwalking in 1991, however the context of the finds has never been understood. There have also been metal detector finds within the parish of two Roman brooches and
2109-407: The cause of the riots. On November 12 1965 BAC Jet Provost XM406 crashed, from RAF Syerston . Pilot Officer I.G. Parfitt ejected. Clipstone is split into two civil parish areas – New Clipstone , approximately four miles from Mansfield town, and Kings Clipstone slightly further away, formerly known as Old Clipstone until 2003 when the ancient name of Kings Clipstone was resurrected and it
2166-495: The colliery, forming a landscape of hills and ponds with a controversial 'Golden Hand' sculpture, said to represent the village's mining heritage. Most of the village is within Newark and Sherwood district council area, with a small section in the west near Forest Town in the Mansfield council area. The Garibaldi College is just inside Mansfield district. A large modern housing development close to New Clipstone but previously considered as part of 'Old Clipstone'/Kings Clipstone
2223-414: The discovery of coal meant that by 1900, the majority of the workforce was employed in coal mining , which provided thousands of jobs – both directly and indirectly – in and around Worksop for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. The first coal mine was Shireoaks Colliery , which by 1861 employed over 200 men, which rose to 600 men by 1871. Steetley Colliery started producing coal in 1876, and in Worksop
2280-420: The eastern margin of the park, near the present 'Slack Walk'." He notes that the last plant was dug up about "fifty years ago" and that this last garden had been planted by "the person after whom the 'Brompton stock' is named". A pub in Worksop is now named after this former industry. Additionally, with much of the area being heavily forested, timber was always an important industry, supplying railway sleepers to
2337-603: The family home of the Straw family, was inherited by the Straw brothers, William and Walter, when their parents died in the 1930s. The house remained unaltered until the National Trust acquired it in the 1990s and opened it to the public. Clumber Park , located south of Worksop, is a country park, also owned by the National Trust. It has 3,800 acres of parkland. Worksop Town Hall was originally established as
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2394-490: The forms "Clipestone", "Clippeston", "Clipiston". The place-name Clipstone seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, Klyppr , with tun (Old English), an enclosure or farmstead, so 'Klyppr's farm or settlement'. The earliest date-able material from Clipstone is from the Bronze Age . These pieces of material were a spearhead and an arrowhead. There is also a suspected ring ditch in the vicinity of New Clipstone which
2451-525: The local government reorganisation later that year. The whole district is divided into civil parishes . The parish councils for the three parishes of Newark, Ollerton and Boughton, and Southwell have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". Newark-on-Trent , together with Balderton , forms the largest urban area in the district. Newark-on-Trent has many important historic features including Newark Castle , St Mary's Magdalene Church , Georgian architecture and
2508-610: The population is estimated to have been around 748 people. By 1743, 358 families were in Worksop, with a population around 1,500. This had risen by 1801 to 3,391, and by the end of the 19th century had reached 16,455. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Worksop benefitted from the building of the Chesterfield Canal , which passed through the town in 1777, and the subsequent construction of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1849. This led to growth that
2565-741: The station. Worksop lies on the A57 and A60 , with links to the A1 and M1 . The A57 Worksop bypass was opened on Thursday 1 May 1986, by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Michael Spicer and the Chairman of Bassetlaw council. The bypass had been due to open in October 1986 and was built by A.F. Budge of Retford; as part of the contract, a small part of the A60, Turner Road, was opened on Monday 29 September 1986, three months early. National Cycle Route 6 ,
2622-566: The time of completion in 1953 the tallest in Europe. They can be seen from miles around. There were a number of attempts by then-owners, Welbeck Estates , to demolish due to the expense of the upkeep. During September 2014, an epetition was submitted to the British government, to raise public support and awareness, which ran until March 2015. In December 2020 it was announced that the buildings, headstocks and surrounding land had been purchased by
2679-404: The village, which were used by royal hunting parties. Moreover, it is said that King John held a parliament at the nearby Parliament Oak in 1212, and also Edward I in 1290. The ruin appeared on an episode of the archaeological TV show Time Team . George Sitwell , ironmaster mined iron locally and built a furnace here in the 17th century. In 1767 much of the local forest was managed by
2736-483: Was Roger de Busli , one of the great Norman landowners who held 163 estates in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and south Yorkshire. King John's Palace is the ruined walls of a former medieval royal residence previously used for hunting trips into Sherwood Forest near to Kings Clipstone. While there is no conclusive proof of the medieval royal residence being built by King John , there were known to be 1400 acres of forested deer park (and 70 acres of rabbit warrens) next to
2793-515: Was "a praty market of 2 streates and metely well buildid." Worksop Manor became a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568. In 1580s the new house was built on the same site for George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury . He was the husband of Elizabeth Talbot, Bess of Hardwick . In the hearth tax records of 1674, Worksop is said to have had 176 households, which made it the fourth-largest settlement in Nottinghamshire after Nottingham (967 households), Newark (339), and Mansfield (318). At this time,
2850-809: Was abandoned following the outbreak of the First World War . The Duke of Portland offered the land for use as a military training camp, which was eventually opened in February, 1915. The first troops stationed there were the Royal Fusiliers . At its height the camp could accommodate 30,000 soldiers. The camp had segregated 'lines' for whole individual battalions, self-contained with sleeping quarters, cook houses, mess rooms and parade grounds. Training facilities included mock-trenches, gunnery ranges and recreation with swimming in Vicar's Pond . Following
2907-602: Was built to export coal, limestone and lead from Derbyshire; iron from Chesterfield; and corn, deals, timber, groceries and general merchandise into Derbyshire. Today, the canal is used for leisure purposes together with the adjacent Sandhill Lake . Worksop lies on the Sheffield-Lincoln line and the Robin Hood line . Northern services run between Sheffield , Lincoln and Leeds ; East Midlands Railway services from Nottingham , via Mansfield , terminate at
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#17327942657552964-410: Was changed to Newark and Sherwood in 1985. Newark and Sherwood District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since the 2023 election , being run by a partnership of Labour,
3021-580: Was further boosted by the discovery of coal seams beneath the town. Worksop and area surrounding are known as the "Gateway to the Dukeries" due to the former ducal seats of Clumber House, Thoresby Hall , Welbeck Abbey , and Worksop Manor either owned by the Dukes of Newcastle, Portland and Kingston. Worksop is connected to the UK Inland Waterways network by the Chesterfield Canal . It
3078-402: Was reclassified as being in Clipstone after a boundary realignment in late 2009. The local football team is Clipstone Welfare . The village is close to Sherwood Forest . Nearby is the medium-wave transmitter for Radio Nottingham . There is also a slaughterhouse. Located on what was to become Clipstone Colliery, Clipstone Camp was established when work on developing the mine, started in 1912,
3135-549: Was split off administratively. Both settlements lie alongside the B6030 road , with a small section known locally as the Rat Hole. Kings Clipstone is the oldest part in a rural setting with some old stone buildings, noted for its relatively 'undeveloped' character. The local Dog and Duck pub is the only social place to meet. New Clipstone (commonly known as just 'Clipstone') is the most diverse area with both old and new homes,
3192-484: Was to come of this (White 1875), and the priory later became a victim of the dissolution of the monasteries – being closed in 1539, with its prior and 15 monks pensioned off. All the priory buildings, except the nave and west towers of the church, were demolished at this time and the stone reused elsewhere. In 1540, John Leland noted that Worksop castle had all but disappeared, saying it was: "clene down and scant knowen wher it was". Leland noted that at that time Worksop
3249-649: Was valued at 3l in Edward the Confessor 's time and 7l in the Domesday Book. De Busli administered this estate from his headquarters in Tickhill . The manor then passed to William de Lovetot , who established a castle and endowed the Augustinian priory around 1103. After William's death, the manor was passed to his eldest son, Richard de Lovetot, who was visited by King Stephen , at Worksop, in 1161. In 1258,
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