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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 park and woodland, are open to the public as Rufford Country Park. Part of the park is a local nature reserve.
The area is centred around Rufford Abbey, a large country estate, [3] and adjacent Rufford Country Park, a leisure amenity run by Nottinghamshire County Council. [4] The population count was 536 residents at the 2021 census. [5] A small portion of Bilsthorpe village falls across the eastern boundary.
Rufford Abbey: 13th century: A Cistercian abbey, converted into a country house in 1560–61, and later altered, including a remodelling in 1838–40 by Anthony Salvin. It consists of a north wing and a house to the south.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Wollaton Park: Country House: 1580-88: ... Rufford Abbey: Rufford: Abbey: 1147: 18 March 1949
The river then reaches the southern boundary of the country park at Rufford Abbey, where Gallow Hall Dyke joins it from the east. [6] Parts of Gallow Hall Dyke and some ponds on the eastern edge of Rufford Lake form the Rufford Country Park Local Nature Reserve.
A fifth large country house, Rufford Abbey in this area belonged to the 2nd to 8th Savile baronets, their later-to-be ennobled heirs (with the territorial designation of Halifax), then from 1888 until 1938 to 1st to 3rd Lords Savile.
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Other local sites are Thoresby Hall Park [25] and Rufford Abbey country park. Rufford Abbey is owned by English Heritage with the park managed by Parkwood Outdoors. [26] Clumber Park is a former estate of Clumber House. The park is owned by the National Trust. Rufford Abbey