Worksop
Worksop shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	39,072
OS grid reference	SK585795
District	Bassetlaw
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORKSOP
Postcode district	S80/S81
Dialling code	01909
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°18′35″N 1°07′22″W / 53.3096, -1.1227

Worksop is a town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107713 Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Barnsley, Chesterfield, Dronfield, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the Shire county of Nottinghamshire and the Unitary authority The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Nottinghamshire (including the Unitary authority of Nottingham The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS is the NHS ambulance service serving the East Midlands region of England. East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Bassetlaw is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of settlements in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107713 Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The River Ryton is a tributary of the River Idle. It is formed from a series of tributaries but begins at Lindrick Common in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the Legend of Robin It is about 19 miles ESE of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated (mid-2004) to be 39,800. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England It is twinned with the German town Garbsen. Garbsen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany

Worksop is known as the "Gateway to the Dukeries", so called for the number of ducal residences in the area. The Dukeries was a district in the county of Nottinghamshire south of the town of Worksop, which was so called because it used to contain four ducal seats A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom An important manufacturer in the town is Premier Foods UK, which produces products such as Batchelor's Soups and Super Noodles and Oxo. Premier Foods plc ( is a British -based food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans. Oxo is a brand of various food products consisting of stock cubes, herbs and spices dried gravy and Yeast extract. Oxo is solely produced in Worksop. Wilkinson's Distribution Centre is also an important employer as well as the recently opened B&Q Distribution Centre. B&Q is a British Retailer of DIY and Home improvement tools and supplies The Wilkinson UK headquarters are at JK House, south of the town near the A60. Wilkinson (or Wilko, some times Wilks as it is often known is a British high-street discount chain with 311 stores selling everything from washing The town is also home to Worksop College a co-educational day and boarding school. Worksop College is a Co-educational day and Boarding school for those aged 13 to 18 in England. The local football team, Worksop Town F.C. were recently relegated from the Conference North.

Contents 1 History 2 Education 3 Health 4 Local economy 5 Places of Interest 5.1 Worksop Priory 5.2 Clumber Park 5.3 Mr Straw's House 5.4 Circle Arts Centre 6 Famous people from Worksop 7 See also 8 References and notes

History

Evidence that Worksop existed before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is provided by the Domesday Book of 1086:

"In Werchesope, (Worksop) Elsi (son of Caschin) had three carucates of land to be taxed. Worksop Town Football Club are a semi-professional English football club from Worksop, Nottinghamshire who play in the Northern Premier The Conference North (currently billed as Blue Square North for sponsorship reasons is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Land to eight ploughs. Roger has one plough in the demesne there, and twenty-two sokemen who hold twelve oxgangs of this land, and twenty-four villanes and eight bordars having twenty-two ploughs, and seven acres of meadow. Wood pasture two miles long, and three quarentens broad. "^[1]

This early period of the town's history was humorously depicted in the children's television show, Maid Marian and her Merry Men, where it was largely portrayed as a mass of mud. Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a UK Children's television series created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell

After the conquest, in about 1103, William de Lovetot established a castle and Augustinian priory at Worksop. William de Lovetot, Lord of Hallamshire, possibly descended from the Norman Baron Ricardus Surdus was an Anglo-Norman Baron from Huntingdonshire A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations Worksop Priory (formally The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop) is a Church of England Parish church and Subsequently Worksop grew into a market town. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets The building of the Chesterfield Canal in 1777, and the subsequent construction of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1849, both of which passed through the settlement, led to a degree of growth. The Chesterfield Canal is in the north of England. It was opened in 1777 and ran 46 miles (74 km from the River Trent at West Stockwith, Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR was formed by amalgamation in 1847 Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Discovery of sizable coal seams further increased interest in the area. In recent years Worksop has been recognised as having a serious drugs problem attributed to the decline of coal mining in the early 1990s during the government of John Major. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Sir John Major KG CH ACIB (born 29 March 1943 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The member of parliament for Bassetlaw, John Mann, has fought a high-profile campaign to tackle the problem, once described as being at levels seen in inner cities. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. John Mann (born 10 January 1960, Leeds) is a politician in the United Kingdom. In July 2007 Worksop was hit by one of its worst floods for a hundred years, along with the rest of the near by villages.

Education

Welbeck College, a sixth-form college for potential army officers was based near Worksop from 1953 until 2005, and has now moved to Woodhouse in Leicestershire. Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College (Welbeck DSFC is a Sixth form College in Woodhouse Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Woodhouse is a small village in the heart of Charnwood, England. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics The Portland School is on Sparken Hill near the A57/B6034 roundabout. Valley Comprehensive School is on Baulk Lane near the leisure centre in the town centre. Both schools have sixth forms which work as a consortium. How ever they have bulit a new 6 form. North Notts College is on Carlton Road (A60) in the town centre. Valley School achieves higher results at GCSE. Both of the two secondary schools in Worksop, are currently undergoing a major redevelopment. Both schools are being rebuilt and will be knocked down when construction is complete. Also a new Post 16 centre has been opened on the 3rd September 2007, which offers a wide range of A level qualifications along with vocational courses. The centre runs in partnership with the two schools and the college

Health

Worksop is served by the Bassetlaw District General Hospital, part of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust. Bassetlaw Hospital, Worksop, is one of the key hospitals in the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Foundation Trusts (often referred to as "foundation hospitals" are hospitals which are part of the National Health Service in England. It is a large hospital, treating 33,000 people in year in addition to 38,000 emergencies at the A&E department. It is also used as a Teaching hospital by the University of Sheffield Medical School. A teaching hospital is a Hospital that in addition to delivering medical care to patients also provides Clinical education and training to future and current doctors The University of Sheffield is a research University, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sheffield is a medical school active in three fields of Medicine: teaching

Local economy

Coal mining was an important source of employment. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Manton Wood had a large colliery until 1994. Manton is a former mining Village and suburb of south-east Worksop, north Nottinghamshire. This site has now been redeveloped as the main distribution centre for Wilkinson's in England, just off the A57. It is the home of the Manton Wood Enterprise Zone. Greencore sandwiches (formerly Hazelwood Foods) and OCG Cacao, and Solway Foods (now part of Northern Foods and make pre-packed sandwiches) are based there. Northern Foods plc ( is a British food manufacturer headquartered in Leeds in the north of England. Major retail sites are Tesco, on Gateford Road, near the town centre and Sainsburys, on Highground Farm Road in Rhodesia, next to the A57 roundabout with Sandy Lane (A60). Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain J Sainsbury plc ( is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd commonly known as Sainsbury's (also Sainsbury and JS) the third largest Rhodesia is a Village and parish located in the county of Nottinghamshire, in central England.

Worksop has two radio stations: Trax FM, which is broadcast from mainly Doncaster and has taken much criticism for this factor over recent years. Trax FM is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts Doncaster and Bassetlaw. Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. It broadcasts from studios on Bridge Street on 107. 9. The other radio station is TrustAM which is the Bassetlaw Hospital Radio station which can be found on 1278MW around the Hospital grounds.

The town is connected by rail to Nottingham and Mansfield by the Robin Hood Line, which follows the A60. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the County, lying on the River Maun, from which the name of the town History The current Robin Hood Line never previously existed as it does now it being formed from two formerly separate railways The A60 is a road linking Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, with Doncaster in South Yorkshire, via Nottingham. The A57 connects the town to the M1 and the nearby A1. The A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, via Warrington and Manchester, then through the The M1 is a major south – north Motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where Netherthorpe Airfield, 2 miles west of Worksop, provides facilities for general aviation and pilot training. Netherthorpe Airfield is located 2 Nautical miles (37 km WNW of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

Places of Interest

Worksop Priory

Main article: Worksop Priory

Clumber Park

Main article: Clumber Park

Clumber Park, just south of Worksop is a country park owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. Worksop Priory (formally The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop) is a Church of England Parish church and Clumber Park is a country park in part designed by Capability Brown, in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales

Mr Straw's House

Worksop is home to Mr Straw's House, the family home of the Straw family, which was left by the Straw brothers, William and Walter Straw when their parents died in the 1930s. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The house remained unaltered until the National Trust acquired the house in the 1990s and opened it to the public. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales ^[2]

Circle Arts Centre

The Circle Arts Company provide theatre and recording studio facilities in the heart of Worksop including professional live music and arts performances and a range of arts training courses and social support services. It is managed and run mainly by volunteers who believe that involvement with the arts is vital for individual and community health.

Famous people from Worksop

• Bruce Dickinson, singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and now commercial pilot for the carrier Astraeus
• Neil Entwistle, a computer engineer accused of shooting dead his wife Rachel and their nine-month-old daughter Lillian at their home in Massachusetts in January 2006
• Anne Foy, BBC Children's TV presenter
• Sarah-Jane Honeywell, BBC Children's TV presenter
• Mick Jones, Leeds United striker of 1960s and 70s
• John Parr, musician
• Donald Pleasence, actor
• Graham Taylor, football manager
• Lee Westwood, golfer

See also

• Worksop College, a public school
• Worksop Priory, the Church of England parish church
• Worksop railway station, the railway station that serves the town
• Worksop Town F.C., the local football team

References and notes

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