Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Clipstone, a township in Edwinstowe parish, Notts, in Sherwood Forest, on the river Maun, 4½ miles NE of Mansfield station on the M.R. Post town, Edwinstowe; money order office, Edwinstowe; telegraph office, Ollerton. Acreage, 4033; population, 241. Clipstone Park, the property of the Duke of Portland, is nearly 8 miles in circuit; was once rich in oaks, mostly destroyed in the Civil War; and contains a small, modern, handsome lodge, and a fine archway lodge and other remains of an ancient royal residence, usually called King John's Palace. This residence was originally built by one of the Northumbrian kings; was a frequent retreat of King John both before and after his accession to the crown; and was the meeting-place in 1290 of a parliament of Edward I. There is at Clipstone Park a chapel of the Established Church, and elsewhere a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Civil parish | Plumtree | |
Civil parish | Edwinstowe | |
Poor Law union | Southwell | |
Poor Law union | Bingham | |
Wapentake | Bassetlaw | |
Wapentake | Bingham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Clipstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clipstone)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Clipstone are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:
- Nottingham Evening Post
- Nottinghamshire Guardian
- Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
- Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.