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Warsop Vale history
Conquest to the Victorian era
The wider Warsop parish was mainly part of a manor after the Norman Conquest in 1066, as one of many held by the Norman Baron Roger de Busli. In 1232 Henry III made a grant to the manor advowson of the gift of Olive, daughter of Alan in her widowhood to Robert de Lexington. The manor passed into the hands of his brother John, and onto his wife’s nephew Robert de Sutton who became lord of the Manor in 1268. In 1329, John Nunnes of London, acquired the. manor of Warsop, and later William de Roos and his heirs the Earls of Rutland.
Limestone mining
The surrounding area for many centuries before had been quarried for limestone. The Hills and Holes were so named because of the undulating land left from mining. It was believed the two churches at Church Warsop and Sookholme had been erected using locally obtained stone.
Colliery beginnings
Staveley Coal and Iron Company decided to sink a coal mine two miles south of Langwith to supplement their existing workings there. The company leased the land from the Fitzherberts estate for a 99-year period. Sinking of the shafts for Warsop Main Colliery was completed by 1895, to a depth of 558 yards (510 m)
Early community years
Staveley company built 2,000 feet (610 m) to the east of Warsop Main Colliery in 1893 to house engineers who helped to develop the mine and sink the shafts. The mine, although in production by 1895, had no local housing for miners until 1900 when the Warsop Almanac reported that “Warsop Vale” was taking shape with 160 houses built. The village houses were built in terraces, consisting of eight, ten or twelve houses.
Colliery growth, decline and closure
In 1935 Warsop Main Colliery was one of the most proficient mines in the country, employing 2,500 men and boys and producing a weekly output of some 21,000 tons of saleable coal. In 1953 a detailed proposal was drawn up to modernise the mine both at surface and underground including tower mounted electrically powered winding systems at an overall cost of some £3 million. In 1985, following a cost cutting exercise, which resulted in the loss of 200 jobs, the then manager announced that the pits future was secure. However, by 1989 it was reported that the colliery was losing £200,000 a week and had to close.
Village regeneration
The village was substantially redeveloped as part of regeneration plans during 2000–2003. The first substantial development since the original village was constructed at the start of the 20th century. There are tentative signs towards a revival of the village’s fortunes.
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