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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map [10] Bevercotes Park: 8.5 21.1 Map [11] Birklands And Bilhaugh ... Map [19] Clumber Park:
Clumber Park in 1829. Clumber, mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086, was a monastic property in the Middle Ages but later came into the hands of the Holles family. [3] In 1707 permission was granted to John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle to enclose 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of Sherwood Forest, and re-purpose it as a deer park. [4]
The terrace on the north side of Clumber Lake in Clumber Park extends for about 60 metres (200 ft), and has a central landing stage, steps and flanking walls. It contains two pairs of garden benches, one pair semicircular with scrolled ends in the form of winged lions, the other pair with scrolled ends and lion's head finials , and all with ...
The surviving park and outbuildings such as the chapel, kitchen garden, gates and bridge are intact and mainly are listed structures. The Clumber and Hardwick locations until 1974 were a part of Worksop ancient parish, which was abolished and became a part of the newly formed Bassetlaw district unparished area. [14]
The river has been dammed to create several lakes in the Dukeries estates of Welbeck Abbey and Clumber House now the National Trust property of Clumber Park. The ornamental Gouldsmeadow Lake, Shrubbery Lake and Great Lake on the Welbeck estate are supplied by a tributary of the Poulter, while Carburton Forge Dam and Carburton Dam were built to ...
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The gateway and lodges at the entrance to Clumber Park are in stone. In the centre is an archway with an archivolt , a fluted keystone , and decorated spandrels . Above it is a reeded frieze , a dentilled cornice , and a balustraded parapet with an achievement of arms.
It passes through Sherwood Forest, taking in Clumber Park, Farnsfield, Greasley, Kimberley, Rainworth, Creswell Crags, Kirton and Bothamsall. [ citation needed ] References