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Clipstone is a former mining village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 3,469 at the 2001 census ...
Clipstone Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. The colliery opened in 1922 and operated until 2003. The colliery opened in 1922 and operated until 2003. It was built by the Bolsover Colliery Company , transferred to the National Coal Board in 1947, then operated by RJB Mining from 1994.
Kings Clipstone is a settlement and civil parish, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish lies in the west of the county, and north west within the district.
Clipstone passed into the ownership of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland in 1734 on his marriage to Lady Margaret Cavendish-Harley. [ 29 ] Four late 18th century antiquarian images exist of the extant ruins of the King's Houses by Francis Grose (1772), [ 30 ] Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1773), [ 31 ] Major Hayman Rooke (1790) and John Throsby ...
Clipston Blackberry Farm Nottingham as seen from Clipston Hoe Hill Clipston Lane. Clipston stands on the northernmost edge of the Wolds in Nottinghamshire. The area enjoys, from an elevation of about 79 m/259 ft, panoramic views of the Trent valley and the East and South side of the city of Nottingham, some 50 m/164 ft lower.
Clipstone Colliery Sidings railway station was a station in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. [1]While primarily a goods station, there was an unadvertised halt used by workmen.. It was on the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway line and is listed in Butt as Clipstone Colliery Sidin
Sherwood Pines Forest Park is a forest park located near the village of Kings Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England. [1] Originally called Clipstone Heath, it was acquired by Forestry England in 1925 and planted with trees in response to a wood shortage after World War I. The park offers activities such as walking, bushcraft, mountain biking and ...
This is a list of coal mines in the United Kingdom, sorted between those operating in the 21st century and those closed earlier.. The last operating deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire, closed in December 2015. [1]