Warsop
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Warsop is a civil parish
in the District of Mansfield
in Nottinghamshire
, England
, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365.
The parish holds an annual carnival
that has traditionally been held on the first or second Sunday in July. In the last couple of years, the carnival has been expanded to the Saturday as well with this day being used as a sports day and music festival. The event is held on The Carrs playing fields.
It is home to The Meden School & Technology College
on Burns Lane: former pupils include television hosts Pollyanna Woodward and Simon Mapletoft, Mansfield 103.2 presenter Jason Harrison, Breakfast Show host Joe Sentance on Rother FM, ex-Everton footballer Neil Pointon, and England wicketkeeper Bruce French.
The parish formed an urban district
in Nottinghamshire until 1974. It retains a council, as a successor parish
. The parish includes Market Warsop, Church Warsop
, Meden Vale
, Warsop Vale and Spion Kop
.
Mansfield District is twinned with the German
town of Heiligenhaus
, North Rhine-Westphalia
.
Warsop watermill was built in 1767 and restored in 1924. It is open to the public for the sale of flour.
Warsop windmill
, first called Forest Mill but also later known as Bradmer Mill, was a stone-built tower built in 1825. It was 28 feet high with three storeys, a fourth storey being added later in brick. The mill had four sails, two of which were blown down by a gale in 1910, after which the mill was worked for a short time on the two remaining sails. By the 1920s the mill had lost all its sails and its cap.
In 1930, Samuel Fell Wilson, a Warsop grocer, wine merchant, and publisher of the Warsop and District Almanack, was shot in the head and chest as he sat in his car outside the mill. The murderer was never identified. The mill was to have been demolished the same year but was saved by the actions of a local councillor. The tower is now a listed building, standing to the southeast of Warsop close to the A6075.
Superhero Street Sweeper Barry Snowdon
, who works in Warsop, has been nominated in the bravery category of the Local Government Council Worker of the Year awards.
Warsop railway station
operated between 1897 and 1955.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the District of Mansfield
Mansfield (district)
Mansfield is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, its population was 98,181.Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly elected mayor, currently Tony Egginton, an independent...
in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423 hectares surrounding the village of...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365.
The parish holds an annual carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
that has traditionally been held on the first or second Sunday in July. In the last couple of years, the carnival has been expanded to the Saturday as well with this day being used as a sports day and music festival. The event is held on The Carrs playing fields.
It is home to The Meden School & Technology College
Meden School
The Meden School and Technology College is a mixed comprehensive school and sixth form on Burns Lane between Market Warsop and Church Warsop in Nottinghamshire, England, with some 1300 pupils...
on Burns Lane: former pupils include television hosts Pollyanna Woodward and Simon Mapletoft, Mansfield 103.2 presenter Jason Harrison, Breakfast Show host Joe Sentance on Rother FM, ex-Everton footballer Neil Pointon, and England wicketkeeper Bruce French.
The parish formed an urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
in Nottinghamshire until 1974. It retains a council, as a successor parish
Successor parish
Successor parishes are civil parishes with a parish council created by the Local Government Act 1972 in England. They replaced, with the same boundaries, a selected group of urban districts and municipal boroughs that were abolished in 1974. Most successor parish councils exercised the right to...
. The parish includes Market Warsop, Church Warsop
Church Warsop
Church Warsop is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 1 mile north of Warsop and is within the Warsop civil parish.The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is early Norman....
, Meden Vale
Meden Vale
Meden Vale or MV as it is known locally is a small mining village situated in Nottinghamshire, England, close to the town of Market Warsop. It is located between Mansfield and Worksop...
, Warsop Vale and Spion Kop
Spion Kop, Nottinghamshire
Spion Kop is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England.It is located about a mile to the south of Warsop on the A60, Mansfield Road. It is a modern settlement named after the Battle of Spion Kop which took place during the Second Boer War in Natal, South Africa in January 1900....
.
Mansfield District is twinned with the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
town of Heiligenhaus
Heiligenhaus
Heiligenhaus is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the suburban Rhine-Ruhr area. It lies between Düsseldorf and Essen.The town is twinned with Basildon and Mansfield of the United Kingdom....
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
.
Warsop watermill was built in 1767 and restored in 1924. It is open to the public for the sale of flour.
Warsop windmill
Windmill
A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
, first called Forest Mill but also later known as Bradmer Mill, was a stone-built tower built in 1825. It was 28 feet high with three storeys, a fourth storey being added later in brick. The mill had four sails, two of which were blown down by a gale in 1910, after which the mill was worked for a short time on the two remaining sails. By the 1920s the mill had lost all its sails and its cap.
In 1930, Samuel Fell Wilson, a Warsop grocer, wine merchant, and publisher of the Warsop and District Almanack, was shot in the head and chest as he sat in his car outside the mill. The murderer was never identified. The mill was to have been demolished the same year but was saved by the actions of a local councillor. The tower is now a listed building, standing to the southeast of Warsop close to the A6075.
Superhero Street Sweeper Barry Snowdon
Barry Snowdon
Barry Snowdon is a British street sweeper employed by Mansfield District Council working in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England...
, who works in Warsop, has been nominated in the bravery category of the Local Government Council Worker of the Year awards.
Warsop railway station
Warsop railway station
Warsop railway station was a former railway station in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955....
operated between 1897 and 1955.