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Clipstone in north Nottinghamshire is a small ex-coal mining village built on the site of an old army base. The population of the civil parish was 3,469 at the 2001 census, increasing to 4,665 at the 2011 census. When you visit Clipstone, Walkfo brings Clipstone places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Clipstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Clipstone
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With 10 audio plaques & Clipstone places for you to explore in the Clipstone area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Clipstone places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Clipstone history
Clipstone is a small village in north-west Nottinghamshire. The earliest historical reference to the settlement is in the Domesday Book of 1086. Clipstone seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, Klyppr.
Pre-historic period
The earliest date-able material from Clipstone is from the Bronze Age. There is also a suspected ring ditch in the vicinity of New Clipstone which is assumed to be a ploughed out round barrow.
Roman period
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. There have also been metal detector finds within the parish of two Roman brooches and 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.
Early Medieval period
Four pieces of late Saxon shelly ware pottery were recorded in 1991 during fieldwalking of Castlefield. These four pieces of pottery are actually Potterhanworth Ware, dating to the 13th–15th century.
Domesday
Roger de Busli was one of the great Norman landowners in 1086. He held 163 estates in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and south Yorkshire.
King John’s Palace
There were known to be 1400 acres of forested deer park (and 70 acres of rabbit warrens) next to the village. King John held a parliament at the nearby Parliament Oak in 1212, and also Edward I in 1290.
Industrialisation
George Sitwell, ironmaster mined iron locally and built a furnace here in the 17th century. Sitwell built the furnace in 17th Century.
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Best Clipstone places to visit
Clipstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Clipstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Clipstone’s information audio spots:
St Alban’s Church, Forest Town
St. Alban’s Church, Forest Town, Nottinghamshire is a parish church in the Church of England . It is located in the town of Forest Town in Nottinghamshire .
Clipstone F.C.
Clipstone Football Club is a football club based in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Division One and play at the Lido Ground.
St Mary’s Church, Edwinstowe
St Mary’s Church, Edwinstowe is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England. The Boundary Wall, Gate, Steps And Overthrow are also Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Edwinstowe railway station
Edwinstowe railway station is a former railway station in Nottinghamshire. It is located on the outskirts of Edwinstow, Nottinghamshire, in the area.
King John’s Palace
King John’s Palace is the remains of a former medieval royal residence in Clipstone, north-west Nottinghamshire. The name has been used since the 18th century; prior to that the site was known as the “King’s Houses” It is not known how or when the building became associated with King John as he only spent a total of nine days here. Clipstone remained an important royal centre until the late fifteenth century.
Clipstone Colliery
Clipstone Colliery opened in 1922 and operated until 2003. It was built by Bolsover Colliery Company, transferred to the National Coal Board in 1947. Headstocks and powerhouse are grade II listed buildings so have been preserved.
Kings Clipstone
Kings Clipstone is a settlement and civil parish, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire. It is 122 miles north of London, 15 miles north north of Nottingham, and 5 miles north east of Mansfield. The parish touches Clipstone village, Edwinstowe, Rufford and Warsop.
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here Clipstone has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Clipstone plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Clipstone using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Clipstone plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.