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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 ...
The place-name Clipstone seems to contain an Old Norse personal name, Klyppr, with tun (Old English), an enclosure or farmstead, so 'Klyppr's farm or settlement'. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Edward I bestowed the King part of its name after Parliament was held at King John's Palace in 1290 "Clipiston Regis", [ 11 ] and appeared on later maps as Kings ...
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 ...
Clipstone Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. 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. The headstocks and powerhouse are grade II listed buildings so have been ...
The forest was part of ancient Sherwood Forest, originally called Clipstone Heath it was replanted with pine trees by Forestry England and renamed Sherwood Pines. [2] There are the remains of Mansfield's 18th century main coach road leading to the Great North Road, and a medieval route from Kings Clipstone to Bilsthorpe, some of the medieval heath land and shroggs survive.
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
They were later renamed Clipstone Boys Brigade before becoming Clipstone Welfare when they started playing in the Mansfield & District League. [2] The club later joined the Sutton & Skegby League and then the Nottingham Spartan League, which they won in 1955–56, alongside the League Cup and Notts Intermediate Cup.
Clipstone is a small hamlet in Bedfordshire, England. [1] It lies within the parish of Eggington that borders with Leighton Buzzard , Heath and Reach and Hockliffe . The hamlet may be small but it gives its name to the largest tributary to the River Ouzel , the Clipstone Brook.