69-658: Scrooby is a small village on the River Ryton in north Nottinghamshire , England, near Bawtry in South Yorkshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 329, in 2011 the count was 315 and by the 2021 census this had fallen further to 307 residents. Until 1766, it was on the Great North Road so became a stopping-off point for numerous important figures including Queen Elizabeth I and Cardinal Wolsey on their journeys. The latter stayed at
138-603: 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, 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
207-629: A decline in their numbers. Nevertheless, the lower reaches are still used for organised angling, and are the only part of the River Idle system where this activity takes place. Download coordinates as: [REDACTED] Media related to River Ryton at Wikimedia Commons Worksop Worksop ( / ˈ w ɜːr k s ɒ p / WURK -sop ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire , England. It
276-488: 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
345-565: A footpath which runs along the central reservation of the A1 road for a short distance. The next major crossing is the B6045 at Hodsock Red Bridge, its three arches constructed of red bricks with stone lining, after which an early 19th-century Grade II listed twin-arched bridge carries the drive to Hodsock Priory over the river. Then comes the A634 to the west of Blyth. The bridge here has three arches,
414-509: A hundred years ago. Just north of Scrooby, the road that links the A638 and the A614 is called Gibbet Hill Lane. This lane is so named after a brutal crime that took place early in the morning of 3 July 1779 when John Spencer, who had been playing cards with Scrooby's toll-bar keeper, William Yeadon, and his mother (then on a visit), returned to the tollhouse and killed both of them. The crime
483-497: 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
552-514: 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
621-492: A nine-arched viaduct which carries the Sheffield to Lincoln Railway line , opened in 1849. The river then follows a winding course through the estate of Osberton Hall and the village of Scofton , turning north to skirt the western edge of Ranby . Ranby Chequer Bridge marks the point at which the river, having flowed eastwards for most of its course, turns to the north west. The bridge itself can be reached from Ranby village by
690-426: A second to the east of Blyth at Craig y Nos. They also have one on Oldcotes dyke, just below Blyth Old Bridge. The catchment area above the Worksop gauging station is 29.7 square miles (77 km ) and the mean flow is 8.55 million gallons (38.88 Megalitres) per day. The catchment receives 25.8 inches (655 mm) of rainfall in an average year. Oldcoates Dyke contributes 12.92 million gallons (58.75 Ml) per day, and
759-513: A skating rink in winter, and for fishing at other times of the year. More exotic activity recorded includes demonstrations of the launching of a lifeboat, and the bathing of elephants when travelling circuses visited the town. The mill building lasted until 1985, when it was demolished to make way for the Worksop bypass. The course of the Ryton through Worksop is largely man-made. It originally flowed much nearer to Castle Hill, probably forming part of
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#1732772164634828-626: A slope south of the Ryton now denominated Gibbet Hill. St Wilfrid's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church. River Ryton The River Ryton is a tributary of the River Idle . It rises close to the Chesterfield Canal near Kiveton Park, and is joined by a series of tributaries near Lindrick Common in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham , South Yorkshire , England. Most of its course
897-491: 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,
966-449: A substantial brick dovecote and the fishponds. Notice boards direct visitors to the best places to view the historic sites which today are private property. The parish church of St Wilfrid has an octagonal spire. Other buildings of interest are the remaining buildings on the site of the former manor house, the mill, the old vicarage , the village's historic farmhouses, and the pinfold . The village stocks were sold to America, more than
1035-513: A ton of steel, and some stolen goods were removed from the culvert during the exercise. Beyond Watson Road bridge, sluices and extra channels point to the existence of the mill near the Priory. Priory Water Mill was in use from the medieval period until 1876, and a large lake called the Canch was formed in 1820, by constructing a dam across the leat which fed it. The Canch gradually became polluted, and
1104-606: 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
1173-407: Is another porous rock layer which covers this to the east, and is the major geological component of the area. Further east, they are both covered by a layer of Mercia Mudstone . Where these aquifers reach the surface, they often supply water to the river system, but can also take water from it. This is affected by the extraction of groundwater, particularly for public water supply, and by fracturing of
1242-711: 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 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
1311-502: Is in Nottinghamshire , flowing through the town of Worksop . It meanders northwards to join the River Idle near the town of Bawtry on the South Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire border. While much of its route is rural, its course through Worksop is man made, a result of development and milling. It used to flow through Scrooby, where there was a mill, but was diverted northwards in the 1960s. It supplies water to
1380-423: 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 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
1449-637: 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 ,
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#17327721646341518-517: 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
1587-526: Is supplemented by Pudding Dyke, flowing northwards from Thorpe Salvin. It passes under the railway again, and under the freight line from Worksop to Doncaster Railport. At Lindrick Dale, Anston Brook, flowing in from beyond Anston to the west, joins on the left bank. Shortly afterwards, the Brancliffe feeder leaves the river, following an S-shaped course to supply water to the Chesterfield Canal near Turner Wood locks. A little further east, it crosses under
1656-500: Is transmitted to the pumping station at West Stockwith, where it is used to control discharges from the River Idle into the River Trent . Normal river levels at Worksop vary between 0.5 feet (0.15 m) and 0.92 feet (0.28 m), but when the weather is more extreme, can rise up to 3.43 feet (1.05 m). The highest level recorded at the gauging station was on 26 June 2007, when it reached 7.19 feet (2.19 m). At Blyth,
1725-544: Is used for organised angling. The region through which the river flows is underlaid by an extensive water-bearing porous rock structure called the Magnesian Limestone aquifer , which is near the surface in the west and dips downwards to the east. Magnesian Limestone is so called because it contains quantities of the mineral Dolomite , which is rich in Magnesium . The Triassic Sherwood Sandstone aquifer
1794-872: 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 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
1863-609: 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
1932-480: The Mayflower , as one of the people later called Pilgrim Fathers . The Manor House was demolished early in the 19th century, though the levelled area where it stood can still be made out, as can the twin sets of steps (now just grassy banks) that led down to the ornamental ponds. All that remain are a cottage (perhaps intended for a resident official and not open to the public, though it has commemorative plaques),
2001-496: 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
2070-753: 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
2139-724: 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
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2208-493: 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
2277-479: The Chesterfield Canal through two feeders, and a number of the bridges which cross it are of interest architecturally, which has resulted in them becoming Listed structures. The water quality of the river is moderate, as a considerable proportion of the total flow is supplied by the processed water from sewage treatment works. Despite this, there are significant populations of fish in the river, and it
2346-550: 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
2415-521: The Manor House briefly, after his fall from favour. In 958, King Edgar granted an estate including land at Scroppenþorpe , including an area now in the modern Scrooby, to Oscytel , Archbishop of York . The Manor House belonged to the Archbishops of York and so was sometimes referred to as a palace. (A nearby former farmhouse is still called Palace Farm.) At the end of the sixteenth century,
2484-653: The Sheffield to Lincoln Line again and through a three-arched aqueduct below the Canal, to pass through Shireoaks . It then loops around the village of Rhodesia , crossing under the Worksop to Nottingham railway line and the A57 Worksop bypass to arrive on the western edge of Worksop. In Worksop, the river was used to power mills for centuries. Three water mills were mentioned in a survey carried out in 1636, one near
2553-673: The aquifers as a result of subsidence caused by deep coal mining. The Ryton draws its water from the Anston Brook, the Pudding Dyke, the Bondhay Dyke, and to a lesser extent the Broadbridge Dyke. Prior to the construction of the Chesterfield Canal in the 1770s, the flow of the Broadbridge Dyke was much greater, but water from its catchment area was diverted to form the reservoirs at Pebley and Harthill, which supply
2622-466: 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
2691-558: The canal tops up the river, and water pumped from Manton Colliery formerly performed the same function. With the closure of the mine, a new borehole was constructed in 2004, and water is pumped from the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer into the river. The borehole is operated by Severn Trent Water. In order to monitor flows on the river, the Environment Agency maintain gauging stations, one to the east of Worksop and
2760-502: The canal. Overflow from the reservoirs reaches the Ryton by the Pudding Dyke, but the river also supplies water to the canal via the Brancliffe feeder and the Kilton feeder. The natural water sources are supplemented by the outflows from Dinnington and Anston Sewage Treatment Works into the Anston Brook, which together provide about 7 Ml/d (megalitres per day), while Kilton Treatment Works supplies about 12.8 Ml/d. At Manton, excess flow from
2829-711: 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 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
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2898-541: The defences, but was diverted in 1842 into a channel further north when the 4th Duke of Newcastle constructed Newcastle Street, in order to develop that part of the town. The river is then culverted as it passes under a shopping complex and the shops of Bridge Street. This section counts as a confined space, and was surveyed in 2007, in a joint venture between the Environment Agency , a team of divers, and Bassetlaw District Council . Some five tons of debris, half
2967-414: 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
3036-420: 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
3105-603: 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
3174-457: The flow at the Blyth gauging station amounts to 28.89 million gallons (131.3 Ml) per day, derived from a catchment area of 89 square miles (231 km ). This station has been operational since 1984. Previously, there was a gauging station a little further downstream at Serlby Park, but this was decommissioned in 1978, as the flow readings in the summer were not reliable. Data from the Blyth station
3243-770: The house was occupied by William Brewster, the Archbishop's bailiff , who was also postmaster . His son, also named William , took that post in the 1590s after a job as an assistant to the Secretary of State under Queen Elizabeth I. The junior William became dissatisfied with the Anglican Church as it was developing at the time, acquired Brownist beliefs and attempted to leave for the Netherlands in 1607. After an unsuccessful first attempt, Brewster succeeded in 1608. He eventually went to New England in 1620 on
3312-461: The new High Hoe Road bridge, the river passes the derelict Grade II listed Italianate pumping station built in 1881 to pump sewage away from Worksop, before passing under the Chesterfield Canal again, through a 3-arched aqueduct. A feeder, which is at a higher level, passes under the canal through a culvert, and joins the canal through a sluice just below Kilton lock, after which the river and canal run parallel, until they pass through separate arches of
3381-525: The normal range is from 1.38 feet (0.42 m) to 2.53 feet (0.77 m), rising to 5.25 feet (1.60 m) in severe weather. The highest level recorded was on 8 November 2019, when the river level reached 7.62 feet (2.32 m). The River Ryton starts to the east of Kiveton Park, next to the Chesterfield Canal, close to the 260-foot (79 m) contour. It is accompanied by the Sheffied to Lincoln Railway line which crosses it three times, before its flow
3450-542: 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
3519-470: The present junction of Westgate and Newcastle Avenue, one called Priory Mill, and a third called Bracebridge mill. All had ceased to operate by 1826, but a new water mill had been constructed further to the west, near to the present junction of Newcastle Avenue and the A57 Worksop bypass. It was known as Beard's mill, after its owner Mr. Joseph Beard, and the mill pond was a hive of activity, being used as
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#17327721646343588-657: The quality of the water needs to be good. The Environment Agency used a six-stage rating scale, from 'A' to 'F', called the General Quality Assessment, to classify rivers. 'A' on the GQA was the best quality of water, while 'F' was the poorest. Factors which affect the quality are levels of ammonia, levels of dissolved oxygen and the Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), which measures the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by organisms to break down organic matter in
3657-404: The quantity and varieties of invertebrates , angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated as good or fail. The water quality of the Ryton was as follows in 2019. The reasons for the ecological quality being less than good include the discharge of effluent from sewage treatment works, and drainage from
3726-515: The road into Scrooby village and the East Coast Main Line railway, crossing the 16-foot (5 m) contour at the railway bridge. The Great North Road bypassed Scrooby, passing to the west of the village, when it was reconstructed as a turnpike road in 1776. The construction included a number of brick arches, to allow the Ryton to flow under it even in times of flood, which can still be seen from Mill Lane. The river used to flow through
3795-694: 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 ,
3864-655: The surrounding flood plain from here to the Idle is managed by the Rivers Idle and Ryton Internal Drainage Board . A network of drainage channels accompany the river from here to the junction with the River Idle, passing under the A1 road, collecting the runoff from the drainage channels of Whitewater Common, and skirting Serlby and Scrooby. To the north of Scrooby, the channel passes under the A638 Great North Road,
3933-404: 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 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)
4002-436: The transport infrastructure. Oldcotes Dyke is also affected by runoff from agricultural land. Like most rivers in the UK, the chemical status changed from good to fail in 2019, due to the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and mercury compounds, none of which had previously been included in the assessment. The river Ryton supports various types of fish. In 2006, very few lived in
4071-414: The upper Ryton was rated at 'B' on the GQA scale, and Oldcotes Dyke was rated at 'C'. This classification system has been superseded for the water quality within the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at
4140-450: The upper reaches, including the Anston Brook, because the water was only of moderate quality. A number of small streams contribute to the improvement of water quality, so that wild brown trout thrive as far as Worksop. Some trout and various types of cyprinids inhabit the water below Worksop, although abstraction of water results in spawning grounds and the habitats where the young fry live drying out during most summers, which has resulted in
4209-440: The village, and powered Scrooby water mill, an 18th-century mill which was used to grind corn. Milling stopped in 1939, and the river was diverted to follow its present course further to the north in the 1960s. Beyond the railway, flood banks have been raised on both sides of the channel until it meets the River Idle just above Bawtry bridge, the limit of navigation on that river. In order for wildlife, particularly fish, to thrive,
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#17327721646344278-416: The water. These factors are generally worse when the water is discharged from sewage treatment processes, and tend to be worse in summer, when such discharges make up a greater proportion of the total flow in the river. Water quality steadily improved as a result of investment in the treatment processes, funded by the water industry 's Asset Management Plan. Good flows help the water to purify itself. In 2006,
4347-515: 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,
4416-460: Was built for William Mellish of Blyth Hall around 1770, probably by the architect and bridge designer John Carr of York, and is a Grade I listed structure. Despite its age, it is called Blyth New Bridge, to distinguish it from Blyth Old Bridge which carries the same road over Oldcotes Dyke , a little further to the west. Before the next crossing of the B6045, the river is joined by Oldcotes Dyke, which flows eastwards from Roche Abbey , and drainage of
4485-477: 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
4554-414: Was enacted for the purposes of robbery, and Spencer gained re-admittance under a pretence that a drove of cattle wished to pass that way. Spencer was interrupted by travellers in the act of dragging one body across the road towards the River Ryton , and arrested shortly thereafter by a search party. He was executed following a trial at Nottingham Assizes , and his body afterwards hung in a gibbet cage on
4623-407: Was filled in when milling ceased in 1876. The buildings were utilised by William Bramer and Sons for their business of making chairs until they burnt down in 1912, and the site has more recently become the location of a sensory garden. Three channels continue under Priorswell Road through separate bridges, cross Bracebridge field, and join up again near the old High Hoe Road bridge. Continuing under
4692-402: 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
4761-484: 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
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