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  GENUKI: White's Directory 1853 - Worksop, NTT
It includes Worksop Manor and Clumber Park, the princely seat of the Duke of Newcastle, and extends eastwards from Shireoaks (at the junction of the three counties of York, Derby and Nottingham), to Osberton and Rushey Inn, near Babworth, a distance of seven miles.
The Manor of Worksop forms a separate constablewick, and comprises the greater part of the town, the Manor House and Park, Worksop Lodge, and the scattered dwellings of Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Grange, harness Grove, Darfould and Sloswick, on the borders of Derbyshire, two miles west of the town.
Worksop is one of the polling places for the Borough of East Retford, in which all the freeholders of Bassetlaw are entitled to vote for two members of parliament.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/NTT/Worksop/White1853.html   (4942 words)

  
 Worksop - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Worksop is a massiveish place in the county of Robinhoodshire in the 20th century nationalised by the Soviet Union before being sold in 1993.
Worksop was formerly called Keepworking, but after the fluff miners strike of 576AD, the townspeople voted to become lazy, and so renamed the town Workshouldstop.
Worksop was voted the most interesting place in the world in The Worksop Council sponsored BORI opinion poll.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Worksop   (333 words)

  
 Worksop : FactFile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Worksop’s growth was boosted by the building of the Chesterfield Canal (completed in 1777) and the arrival of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1849, which attracted trade, commerce and people into the town.
Worksop is now jointly administered by Nottinghamshire County Council, and Bassetlaw District Council which was founded 1974 and has its headquarters in the town.
The countryside around Worksop is generally cultivated agricultural land to the north, east, and west, with natural broad-leaf woodland and cultivated pine forests to the south.
www.nottsnet.co.uk /Worksop/worksop_facts.htm   (643 words)

  
 Worksop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clumber Park, just south of Worksop is a country park owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.
Worksop Priory, the Church of England parish church
Worksop railway station, the railway station that serves the town
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worksop   (894 words)

  
 Worksop Town FC
Worksop Town FC was established in 1861, making it one of the oldest football clubs in the country, having been formed two years before the Football Association itself.
Worksop Town FC were one of the founder members of the Northern Premier League in the 1967/68 season.
Season 2001/02 was one of Worksop’s most memorable when, for the first time since 1955/56, they reached the First Round proper of the FA Cup.
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Worksop Town recovered from the shock of a fourth minute goal by Paget Rangers to turn the tables and record a 2-1 victory at the Vale Stadium.
Worksop responded in positive fashion and duly levelled the scores after 16 minutes when a free flowing move involving four players ended with leading scorer Kirk Jackson turning and firing home from 12 yards.
Worksop Town's latest signing, Mark Platts from Torquay United, featured for most of last season in the South Coast club's first team squad making 22 Football League appearances although most of those were from the subs bench.
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 Worksop Town - Sheffield & Hallamshire Cup Final - Hillsborough
Worksop kicked off in the first half defending the Kop end of the ground, and had a useful attack down the left wing within the opening couple of minutes, with Burton, operating wide on the right, having to clear from the right back position to Gill on the half way line.
Worksop continued to show that they meant business, with a further attack in the third minute – again down the left – with Nelson having to come out to the edge of his penalty area to dive at the feet of the Worksop centre-forward.
Still Worksop had the balance of play, and the sixth minute saw a cross into the centre from the left was fired fractionally wide of the left post from twelve yards.
www.doncasterrovers.co.uk /matches/Matches2002/Worksop(away).htm   (1118 words)

  
 Worksop information | attractions | accommodation | Worksop hotels Nottinghamshire UK
Worksop is situated at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.
Worksop is 8 miles from Retford and 13 miles from Mansfield.
Worksop is known as the "Gateway to the Dukeries".
www.kayukay.co.uk /worksophotels.html   (650 words)

  
 Worksop
Worksop is in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, and is situated on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest less than 20 miles from Sheffield.
In the early 1990s the town and its surrounding communities suffered from the decline of the mining industry; however, unemployment is currently 10-15% below the UK national average.
Worksop intends to draw on the experience of other towns and cities to develop more sustainable models of funding to support new initiatives and higher standards of service delivery in the town.
www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk /en/1/worksop.html   (280 words)

  
 Worksop College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for those aged 13 to 18 and is one of the select public schools in England.
Talbot is the academic house at Worksop; this has been underlined by the high number of academic scholars and the winning of the House Challenge Competition (similar to University Challenge but contested between houses) for the last 8 years.
Worksop is also the owner of a newly refurbished organ which stands nearly the height of the Chapel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worksop_College   (2851 words)

  
 Worksop Town FC official website
Worksop Town Football Club are pleased to announce that Mr Keith Ilett has accepted the position of Life President of the club in recognition of the contribution he has made in many different roles over a considerable number of years.
Jon Froggatt nodded Worksop onto the edge of the play-offs after his 67th minute goal proved to be the difference between the Tigers and Moor Green at Damson Park on Saturday.
Worksop Town Junior Coach Paul Phillips has picked up a top honour when he was presented with the Football Coach of the Year award by Barnsley boss Andy Ritchie and Owls striker Barry Corr.
www.worksoptownfc.co.uk /index.php   (2139 words)

  
 Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Brown's History of Nottinghamshire: Worksop
One of the monasteries that was undoubtedly enriched in his lifetime was that at Worksop, founded by William de Lovetot, the son of a Norman baron who had come over with the Conqueror, and who had succeeded the powerful Roger de Builli in the possession of the Worksop property.
During their residence at Worksop the Lovetots rendered continual service to the State, and members of the family who had settled in other parts were equally active and influential.
During the residence at Worksop of the two great families we have described the abbey and church had been enriched by continuous grants, and within the precincts of the sacred edifice many stalwart warriors had been buried.
www.nottshistory.org.uk /Brown1896/worksop1.htm   (1482 words)

  
 Worksop Rugby Club - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Worksop was hoping to start the New Year on a winning note with a visit from Long Eaton.
Worksop started well and from the kick off had pinned the visitors down into their own half.
Worksop started the field with five of the under nineteen side who the club is trying to develop in to top quality players to put new blood in are aging club.
www.worksoprufc.com   (392 words)

  
 Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Worksop, The Dukery and Sherwood Forest: Worksop: its early history and ...
The tradesmen of Worksop of the 17th century, had, like those of most other towns, their local tokens, but only the following three are known.
His father was a skilful and extensive manufacturer of cotton mill machinery, and it would seem was only a temporary resident in Worksop, from whence he removed in 1780 to Lambeth, where he was unsuccessful in business.
During the civil war of Charles I, Worksop seems to have been slightly implicated in the contests of that period.
www.nottshistory.org.uk /white1875/worksop_historyp2.htm   (964 words)

  
 Worksop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Worksop is now automatically associated with Lee Westwood and both the town and the Golf Club have benefited from hundreds of high profile mentions in the press and on T.V. The course is Lee’s golfing home and he plays there regularly, as do Mum and Dad.
Since Dad shares his time with fishing, his handicap is not too important to him but Lee’s mum, Trish plays off 27 and tries to be involved in the ladies’ medal play as much as she can.
Worksop Golf Club is a heath-land course with tight, fast fairways and fast undulating greens set in attractive surroundings in the north of the county of Nottinghamshire.
www.westyuk.force9.co.uk /worksop.htm   (247 words)

  
 Chapel - Worksop College
Woodard believed that the task of education was not primarily to inform, but to provide the place, climate, thought, and patterns of debate in which people might grow to fulfilment.
This sense of community is underlined further by the value we attach to parental/guardian engagement with a pupil’s education.
Additionally, parents have established their own ‘Friends of Worksop College’ group which, in addition to providing organisational focus to some of the key social occasions at the school, raises funds for invaluable school projects.
www.worksopcollege.notts.sch.uk /Scripts/page_view.asp?page_id=188   (481 words)

  
 Worksop Town F.C. Information
Worksop Town Football Club are a semi-professional English football club from Worksop, Nottinghamshire who currently play in the Conference North.
Another cup run occurred during the 1920/21 season, with Worksop becoming one of the famous FA Cup minnows by holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 0-0 draw at the Division One side’s White Hart Lane ground.
Around this time, Worksop had another relatively successful FA Cup run, reaching the First Round during the 1978/79 season, losing 5-1 away to Barnsley.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Worksop_Town_F.C.   (612 words)

  
 Worksop Poor Law Union and Workhouse
Worksop has a small Workhouse in which there are at present (July, 1795) 18 persons.
County of Nottingham: Blyth, Carburton, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Cuckney, Harworth, Hodsock, Holbeck, Nether Langwith, Norton, Styrrup, Worksop (3).
The new Worksop Union workhouse was built in 1837 at the north side of East Gate in Worksop.
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 Worksop tourist information
  Worksop is known as the 'gateway to the Dukeries', refering to to the nearby ducal residencies at Rufford, Thoresby, Clumber and Welbeck. 
Worksop's other attractions include the Mr Straw's Nouse (owned by the National Trust), the Pilgrim Fathers' Story and the Harley Gallery, a contemporary art gallery.
Nearby are the Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre and the parks to the south of the town are the beginning of Sherwood Forest.
www.touruk.co.uk /nottinghamshire/Worksop.htm   (868 words)

  
 Worksop Miners Welfare Band
The Band was then promoted from Section C to Section B of the Sheffield Bands Association, and in the late 1920's won at most of the festivals in the neighbourhood, as well as at Sheffield, Pleasley, Doncaster and Gainsbrough.
There is not the slightest doubt that give Worksop people the goods and they will support it to the utmost, and that is one of the efforts of the Worksop Town Prize Band - to give the people a chance of hearing a band that ranks with the best bands in Great Britain.
The concerts were promoted by the Worksop Town band in aid of their instrument fund, and it must be disappointing to them that the public did not show greater appreciation of their enterprise.
www.worksopminerswelfareband.org.uk /history/1924-1927.htm   (1653 words)

  
 Worksop College
An embrace of educational innovation sits easily with the established patterns of our 19th century Woodard foundation and our pupils are encouraged to be as open to the ‘new’ as they are wary of the ‘fashion’.
The centre for much of your child’s experience of Worksop College is the boarding or day house to which she or he is assigned.
Not all will be comfortable and many will create thoughts that challenge; however, every pupil’s individual response to these questions, and their search for more, is what inspires me in guiding this school.
www.worksopcollege.notts.sch.uk   (298 words)

  
 Worksop - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 BBC - Lincolnshire - Sport - Boston 1st XV 18-12 Worksop 1st XV
A misdirected cross field kick out of defence by Worksop landed invitingly into winger Paul Jarvis's hands, who with aplomb outpaced his opposite number and fullback to score in the corner and move Boston into a five points to nil lead.
Not surprisingly, Worksop scored to reduce the arrears to 10 points to 5, and with an increasing penalty account against the home side, and twenty minutes remaining, the omens did not look good.
Whilst moving Boston 15-5 ahead, celebrations were shortlived as Worksop scored a deserved converted try, a result of poor defensive tackling, to reduce the difference to three points 15-12, and ten minutes to play.
www.bbc.co.uk /lincolnshire/content/articles/2006/03/27/boston_1st_v_worksop_1st_feature.shtml   (720 words)

  
 Worksop : Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
"Worksop's Augustinian Priory of St Cuthbert and St Mary was founded in 1103 by local landowner William de Lovetot.
The Chesterfield Canal is fully navigable for leisure use between Worksop and West Stockwith.
The Worksop to Chesterfield section is the focus of current restoration themes.
www.nottsnet.co.uk /Worksop/worksop_places.htm   (2733 words)

  
 Worksop Leisure Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Worksop Leisure Centre is located in a medium sized town in North Nottinghamshire.
Worksop Leisure Centre offers a balanced programme of wet and dry activities suitable  for all age groups and interests.
In addition to the wealth of organised activity, Worksop Leisure Centre also offers casual activities suitable for both individuals and Family Groups.
www.bassetlaw.gov.uk /worksop-leisure-centre   (547 words)

  
 Sport - Worksop Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
With Worksop back to full strength, they were pushing for the winning points but it was not until they brought on Tom Matheson, one of their up-and-coming stars and Matthew Hardy, that they started to put pressure on the Casuals' defence.
With time running out, Worksop put some good moves together and when they ran it down the blind- side the ball was recycled through four pairs of hands for Poxon to score his second and Worksop's winning try.
On Saturday, Worksop travel down to Aylstone St James in the fourth round of the EDF National Cup while the second team play East Leake in the first round of the Pennant Cup away from home.
www.worksoptoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=742&ArticleID=1919490   (515 words)

  
 Properties for sale in Worksop
Celtic Village is a fantastic development comprising of three and four bedroom houses on the outskirts of Worksop.
The Shires is a fantastic development comprising apartments and houses on the outskirts of Worksop.
A tremendous opportunity to acquire a substantial stone built former farmhouse and mill which is now in need of considerable restoration and renovatio...
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