- Market Warsop
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.20
longitude= -1.15
map_type = Nottinghamshire
static_
static_image_caption = The Gate Inn, Warsop
official_name= Market Warsop
population = 12365
shire_district= Mansfield
shire_county =Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Bassetlaw
post_town= MANSFIELD
postcode_district = NG20
postcode_area= NG
dial_code= 01623
os_grid_reference=Market Warsop is a small town in
Nottinghamshire ,England , located on the outskirts ofSherwood Forest . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798397&c=NG20+0SL&d=16&e=15&g=479007&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1207742028468&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779"Area: Market Warsop' CP (Parish)"] ] .The village holds an annualcarnival which has traditionally been held on the first or second Sunday in July. In the last couple of years the carnival has been expanded to the Saturday as well with this day being used as a sports day and music festival. The event is held on The Carrs playing fields.It is home to The Meden School & Technology College which is situated on Burns Lane.
The town formed an
urban district in Nottinghamshire until 1974, when it became part of the Mansfield district. It retains a council, as asuccessor parish . The parish of Warsop includes apart from Market Warsop itself,Church Warsop ,Meden Vale ,Warsop Vale and Spion Kop.Mansfield District is twinned with the German town of
Heiligenhaus ,North Rhine-Westphalia .Warsop watermill was built in 1767 and restored in 1924. It is open to the public for the sale of flour.
Warsop
windmill , first called Forest Mill but also later known as Bradmer Mill, was a stone-built tower built in 1825. It was 28 feet high with three storeys, a fourth storey being added later in brick. The mill had four sails, two of which were blown down by a gale in 1910, after which the mill was worked for a short time on the two remaining sails. By the 1920s the mill had lost all its sails and its cap.In 1930 Samuel Fell Wilson, a Warsop grocer, wine merchant, and publisher of the "Warsop and District Almanack" was shot in the head and chest as he sat in his car outside the mill. The murderer was never identified. The mill was to have been demolished the same year, but was saved by the actions of a local councillor. The tower is now a listed building, standing to the south-east of Warsop close to the A6075 [Shaw, T. (1995). "Windmills of Nottinghamshire". Page 41. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire County Council. ISBN 0-900986-12-3] .References
External links
* [http://www.warsopweb.co.uk/ Market Warsop Community page]
* [http://www.musos.org.uk/ The Black Market and Musos]
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