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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.
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The abbey itself was founded by Gilbert de Gant, on 12 July 1147, [4] and populated with Cistercian monks from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.. The English Pope, Adrian IV gave the blessing for the abbey in 1156, following which the abbey's lands expanded and the villagers of Cratley, Grimston, Rufford, and Inkersall were evicted.
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There is some evidence to suggest that William Shakespeare may have performed in the Great Hall. Local historian Katherine Eyre has argued that in about 1580 Shakespeare had been sent, by his Stratford schoolmaster, to be an assistant teacher in the household of Alexander Hoghton at Lea Hall near Preston, and the "wilim Shakeshaft nowe dwellynge with me", referred to by Hoghton in his will ...
Rufford was a chapelry in the parish of Croston from which it was separated by act of parliament and became a parish in 1793. [4] It was part of the Leyland hundred and after 1837 became part of the Ormskirk Poor Law Union which built a workhouse and took responsibility for the poor in that area.
www.rufford.org The Rufford Foundation , formerly the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation , is a trust based in the United Kingdom that funds nature conservation projects by small or medium-sized organizations in developing countries .
Rufford New Hall is a former country house that belonged to the Heskeths who were lords of the manor of Rufford, Lancashire, England.It replaced Rufford Old Hall as their residence in 1760.