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Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey , it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after King Henry VIII 's dissolution of the monasteries .
The area is centred around Rufford Abbey, a large country estate, [3] and adjacent Rufford Country Park, a leisure amenity run by Nottinghamshire County Council. [4] The population count was 536 residents at the 2021 census. [5] A small portion of Bilsthorpe village falls across the eastern boundary.
Rufford is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 22 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
The following is a list of the monastic houses in Nottinghamshire, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks ( Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller ).
Nottinghamshire County Council and Forestry England jointly manage the ancient remnant of forest north of the village of Edwinstowe, providing walks, footpaths and a host of other activities. [ 11 ] This central core of ancient Sherwood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called Birklands and Bilhaugh , [ 12 ] NNR [ 13 ] and Special ...
The landowners auctioned or leased their mineral rights: Earl Manvers' Thoresby estate in May 1919 and Lord Savile of Rufford Abbey's lease for Ollerton in 1921. [6] Colliery companies such as the Butterley Company at Ollerton and the Stanton Company at Thoresby bought the rights. [7]
Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire, England (1147 Newminster) [1]: 44 Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England (1146 Rievaulx) Saddell Abbey, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (early thirteenth century Mellifont) St Bernard's College, Oxford, England (1437) Sawley Abbey, Lancashire, England (1148 Newminster) [1]: 44
Rainworth Water is a watercourse that is a tributary of the River Maun near Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, England. It is characterised by a number of lakes, including that which forms part of the country park at Rufford Abbey. L Lake at Rainworth forms part of the Rainworth Lakes Site of Special Scientific Interest.