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WARSOP, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Mansfield district, Notts. The village stands on the river Meden, 5 miles NNE of Mansfield r. station; was once a market town; and has a post-office‡ under Mansfield, and three annual fairs.—The parish contains also three hamlets, and comprises 6,710 acres. Real property, £8,437. Pop., 1,426. Houses, 316. The manor belongs to Sir W. Fitz-Herbert, Bart. Nettleworth Hall is the seat of Lieut. Col. H. Fitz-Herbert; and Park Hall, of Capt. F. Hall. There are limestone quarries and gravel-pits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,400.* Patron, Sir W. Fitz-Herbert, Bart. The church is old. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £16 a year, and charities £109. Bishop Halifax was rector. --The sub-district includes also Mansfield-Woodhouse, and comprises 9,570 acres. Pop., 3,689. Houses, 808.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Warsop AP/CP Warsop SubD Mansfield RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Warsop |
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