Clipstone
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| Clipstone | |
  Clipstone shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| Population | 3,469 (2001 census[1]) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Newark and Sherwood |
| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANSFIELD |
| Postcode district | NG21 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Sherwood |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
- See also: Clipston
Clipstone in north Nottinghamshire is a small working class ex coal mining village, built on an old army base.
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[edit] General description
Clipstone is split into two general sides Kings Clipstone (formerly known as Old Clipstone) and New Clipstone. New Clipstone has a few shops and is home to Vicar Water Country Park. Kings Clipstone is split into two parts one being home to old stone buildings and the new Cavendish estate which is still being built. The village is built alongside the B6030.
Most of the village is in the Newark and Sherwood district council, with a small section in the west near Forest Town in the Mansfield council area. The Garibaldi College is just inside the Mansfield district. The local football team is Clipstone Welfare. The village is adjacent to Sherwood Forest.
Nearby is the medium-wave transmitter for Radio Nottingham.
South in the village is Vicars water country park which was developed out of Vicar Water and the former spoil tips from the colliery, this forms a landscape of hills and ponds and contains the controversial "Golden hand" said to represent the villages mining heritage.
New Clipstone (commonly known as just Clipstone) is the village's most diverse area with both old and new homes, a library, primary school, village hall as well as a few shops and pubs.
Kings Clipstone (previously known as Old Clipstone) is the older part of the joined villages and can be criticised for its virtually "undeveloped" area with only the local Dog and Duck pub as a social place to meet and a slaughter house.
Both villages lie in the heart of Sherwood forest, approximately four miles from Mansfield town.
[edit] Clipstone colliery
The pit closed in April 2003. Since 1993 it had been owned by RJB Mining (now UK Coal). The headstocks, grade two listed structures, are known to be the tallest in Europe and more recently the third tallest in the world. They can be seen from miles around. Despite this, there has been a number of appeals to demolish them due to the expense of the upkeep.
[edit] Clipstone Palace
Only fragments remain of the palace, also known as King John's Palace at grid reference SK605647. It was supposedly built around 1164, and later became a favourite retreat of King John, possibly as a base for hunting parties in Sherwood Forest. Edward I also visited several times. Excavations in 1956 showed that the palace consisted of a number of buildings, some timber framed and some stone, including a great hall, knights' hall, queen's hall and kitchen, king's kitchen, great chamber, great chapel and long stable, surrounded by a ditch. The three walls now remaining belong to an undercroft, possibly of one of two chambers with chapels built in 1279-90 for Edward II.[2] At a site nearby lies Parliament Oak, where Edward is supposed to have held parliament during a hunt.
[edit] References
- ^ Parish Headcounts: Clipstone CP. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
- ^ Transactions of the Thoroton Society (64). 1960, P.21
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