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Mansfield was a royal manor in the 11th and 12th centuries, and since the Middle Ages it has been the main market centre for west Nottinghamshire. During the Industrial Revolution , mills were built long the River Maun , and the town also became a centre for stocking frame knitting, but few buildings from this period have survived.
The titles Earl of Mansfield (in the County of Nottingham) and Earl of Mansfield (in the County of Middlesex) were created in 1776 and 1792, respectively, for the Scottish lawyer and judge William Murray, 1st Baron Mansfield, fourth son of David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont (see Viscount of Stormont for the earlier history of the family).
The Manor, Mansfield Woodhouse. The town was recorded as having a population of 18,500 according to the 2011 census. [6]It has a number of schools; the larger primary schools are St. Edmund's Church of England Primary School, Northfield Primary and Nursery School, Peafield Lane Primary and Nursery School, Leas Park Junior School and Nettleworth Primary and Nursery School.
Mansfield / ˈ m æ n z f iː l d / is a ... The Royal Manor of Mansfield was held by the King. In 1042, King Edward the Confessor possessed a manor in Mansfield.
Teversal Manor Teversal Manor and the Manor Rooms Garden. Teversal Manor is a small Grade II listed 17th-century country house in Teversal, Nottinghamshire, some 5 km (3 miles) west of Mansfield. The building is constructed of coursed and dressed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer, and peer best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace, Perthshire, to a family of Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth before moving to London at the age of 13 to study at Westminster School.
Mansfield District is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is named after the town of Mansfield , where the council is based. The district also contains Mansfield Woodhouse (which forms part of the Mansfield urban area ) and Warsop .
Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath.The present house, built in the late 17th century, was remodelled in the 18th century for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield by Scottish architect Robert Adam, serving as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield until the 20th century.