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Warsop Vale Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Warsop Vale

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Warsop Vale history

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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.

Warsop Vale landmarks

War memorial

A number of residents went to fight in World War I, of which 20 did not return. A war memorial was subsequently built in the churchyard but later moved to the green space within the village.

Hills and Holes SSSI

The Hills and Holes (more informally as the Humps and Hollows) is a former limestone quarry which has reverted to nature. It’s thought the churches in Warsop and Sookholme used stone mined from here. Large scale quarrying did not occur here, resulting in little impact to the ecology.

Warsop Vale geography / climate

Location

Warsop Vale lies in the north west of the district and west of Nottinghamshire county. The core of the hamlet is accessed from the B6031 Church Warsop-Shirebrook road. Surrounding the settlement is predominantly a farming area, interspersed by farms and occasional residential dwellings.

Nearby woodlands and landscapes

Hills and Holes site of special scientific interest (SSSI) is a geological feature spread out to the east, adjacent to the village. It is composed of former limestone quarries causing characteristic shallow dips to its landscape. Sookholme Moor is a meadow directly adjacent to east of the village. Further afield, The Lord Stubbins SSSI is 3/4 mile (1.2 km) to the north west.

Elevation

The wider area is low-lying, at a land elevation of 65–75 metres (213–246 ft) with a mining spoil tip peak directly north of the village of 100 metres (330 ft)

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Best Warsop Vale places to visit

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Warsop Vale has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Warsop Vale’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Warsop Vale’s information audio spots:

St Augustine’s Church, Sookholme St Augustine’s Church, Sookholme is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England. It is located near Warsop in the north-east of the town of Warsop.

F.C. Bolsover Football Club Bolsover was a football club. They played at Shirebrook Town’s Langwith Road ground in Derbyshire. They were based in Bolsovers, a suburb of Bolsver, and played in the 1960s and 1970s.

Holy Trinity Church, Shirebrook Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II listed parish church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade I listed parish.

Church of St Chad, Pleasley Vale The Church of St Chad (also known as St Chad’s) is on Church Lane, Pleasley Vale, Nottinghamshire. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Mansfield, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Shirebrook Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire. It had a population of 13,300 in 2001, reducing to 9,760 at the 2011 Census. It is close to the boundaries with the districts of Mansfield and Bassetlaw of Nottinghamshire.

St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Church Warsop St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church. Several gravestones, the boundary wall, gates, piers and overthrow in the churchyard are Grade II listed. Warsop parish centre in the Church grounds is Grade II* listed.

St Mary’s Church, Norton Cuckney St Mary’s Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England. At the edge of the churchyard are the remains of the castle, a motte and bailey castle listed as a Scheduled Monument.

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