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Worksop Manor- Aerial 2017 (2) - Geograph 5542991
Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. Other nearby towns include Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Retford, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Mansfield. Worksop had a population of 41,820 as of the 2011 Census and it is twinned with the German town Garbsen. History Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman history Worksop was part of what was called Bernetseatte (burnt lands) in Anglo-Saxon times. The name Worksop is likely of Anglo Saxon origin, deriving from a personal name 'We(o)rc' plus the Anglo-Saxon placename element 'hop' (valley). The first element is interesting because while the masculine name Weorc is unrecorded, the feminine name Werca (Verca) is found in Bede's ''Life of St Cuthbert''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Church, Worksop
St. John's Church, Worksop is the parish church of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. History The church was built between 1867 and 1868 by the architect Robert Clarke and his son Robert Charles Clarke. In September 2019 the Church celebrated its 150th anniversary. Incumbents *1867 - 1872 Revd Charles Bury *1872 - 1909 Revd George Dobree *1909 - 1930 Revd John Henry Bligh *1930 - 1937 Revd Edwin Arthur Green *1937 - 1946 Revd. Cuthbert Rowland James Hayes *1947 - 1955 Revd John Robert Joughin Kerruish *1955 - 1962 Revd Jack Richard Hassett *1962 - c1975 Revd Canon Robert Purdon NeillSt. John Church, Worksop. A Centenary History, 1869 - 1969. William Straw, Worksop. 1969. *c1975 - c1985 Revd Albert Brown *c1985 - 1990 Revd Bruce Hunt *c1991- 2000 Revd Glynn Jones *2001- 2011 Revd Neil Hogg *2013 - Revd Tim Stanford Organ The church has an organ by Brindley & Foster Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
