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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNottinghamshire 
Ancient CountyNottinghamshire 
Civil parishPlumtree 
Civil parishEdwinstowe 
Poor Law unionSouthwell 
Poor Law unionBingham 
WapentakeBassetlaw 
WapentakeBingham 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Clipstone from the following:


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:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictNewark and Sherwood
CountyNottinghamshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtNG21
Post TownMansfield

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