Market Warsop
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  Market Warsop shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| Population | 12365 |
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| District | Mansfield |
| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANSFIELD |
| Postcode district | NG20 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Bassetlaw |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
Market Warsop is a small town in Nottinghamshire, England, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365[1]. The village holds an annual carnival which 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 which is situated on Burns Lane.
The town formed an urban district in Nottinghamshire until 1974, when it became part of the Mansfield district. It retains a council, as a successor parish. The parish of Warsop includes apart from Market Warsop itself, 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 was a stone-built tower mill, 28 feet high with three storeys, built in 1825. It was later heightened by adding a fourth storey in brick. The mill was also known as Bradmer or Forest Mill. A gale in 1910 blew down two of the sails, after which the mill was worked for a short time on the two remaining sails. By the 1920s the mill had lost its sails and cap. In 1930 the Warsop grocer Samuel Fell Wilson was shot and killed by an unknown assailant as he sat in his car outside the mill. The tower is now a listed building, standing to the south-east of Warsop close to the A6075 [2].
[edit] References
- ^ "Area: Market Warsop' CP (Parish)"
- ^ Shaw, T. (1995). Windmills of Nottinghamshire. Page 41. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3
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