Worksop
- The parish was in the Worksop sub-district of the Worksop Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2419 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2643 |
- There was an ancient Augustine Priory established here around 1103. The existing church was the chapel of this priory.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Priory on Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne.
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1558-1857.
- The parish was in the Worksop sub-district of the Worksop Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Worksop was both a market town and a parish on the River Ryton at the north end of Sherwood Forest. It is 137 miles north of London and 18 miles south-east of Sheffield.
- The Chesterfield Canal opened here in 1777.
- Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of the Chesterfield Canal on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
- The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway began to operate here in 1849.
- Alan HEARDMAN also has a photograph of the Railway Station on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
- Worksop has a trade history in malt and timber, and the manufacture of agricultural implements, railway sleepers, and Windsor chairs.
- In June 2007 Worksop was inundated by a great flood, one of the worst in 100 years. About .77 meters of rain fell in 15 hours.
- The original Worksop Manor was for some time the prison of Mary Queen of Scots.
- The present Worksop Manor was built in the 18th century.
- The national grid reference is SK 5879.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in 2007. The memorial was built in 1925 on Newcastle Avenue, in front of the parish church.
- Christine JOHNSTONE has another view of the War Memorial, also on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- At the time of the Norman Conquest, circa 1058, this place was klnown as "Wirchesop."
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
3,263 |
| 1851 |
7,215 |
| 1871 |
10,409 |
| 1881 |
11,625 |
| 1891 |
12,734 |
| 1901 |
16,112 |
- Nathaniel Woodard founded St Cuthbert's College in 1890. St Cuthbert's College is now Worksop College, located just south of Worksop. Their website is: Worksop College where there are links to the history re the Woodard Trust.
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[Last updated: 15-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
