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Rufford, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, is the site of two villages whose inhabitants were evicted in the 12th century. Cistercian monasteries were established and the monks wished to ensure their isolation. [1] [2]
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. Part of the house was demolished in the 20th century, but the remains, standing in 150 acres of ...
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.
Rufford Charters by Christopher J. Holdsworth Dec 1981 Charters for Rufford Abbey from the 12th century onwards (DD/SR/102 and 208). The majority of these have been edited by Professor C J Holdsworth and published in the four volumes of Rufford Charters (Thoroton Society Record Series, vols. 29, 30, 32 and 34, 1972 – 1981).
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 ).
The Dukeries is an area of the county of Nottinghamshire so called because it contained four ducal seats. It is south of Worksop , which has been called its "gateway". The area was included within the ancient Sherwood Forest . [ 1 ]
Rufford Colliery was a coal mine located near Rainworth, a village in Nottinghamshire, England. [1] Its first shafts were sunk in 1911. [2] In February 1913, fourteen workers at the mine died when a water barrel "containing some tons of water was precipitated down the shaft on to some men who were working at the bottom" of one of shafts. [3]
The grants and charters which created the Liberty of Rufford are known as the Rufford Charters. At the dissolution it possessed a revenue of £254.6.8. The remains of Rufford Abbey have been incorporated into a spacious mansion, situated in a richly-wooded park of 1400 acres; the large hall was altered to its present state in the reign of ...