Edwinstowe

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Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

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::summary Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England ::

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Etymology

The etymology of the village name, "Edwin's resting place". Edwin of Northumbria, King and Saint, was killed in the Battle of Hatfield Chase against his rival King Penda of Mercia. His body was buried in the forest, by the time his friends came to collect him to take him to be buried in York in 633AD, a small wooden chapel had been erected. This chapel became St Mary’s Church which exists today.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/The_church_at_Edwinstowe.jpg" caption="The interior of St Mary’s Church, Edwinstowe"] ::

History

Like Thoresby, Budby and Mansfield, Edwinstowe was part of crown land. Edwinstowe belonged to Edward the Confessor and afterwards became the property of William the Conqueror.

Edwinstowe is referred to twice in Domesday Book as having five households, in addition to a priest and his four bordars, in 1086. The village resided in the hundred of Bassetlaw.

Edwinstowe in 1334 being close to Sherwood Forest was subjected to Forest Laws. Vicar John de Ryston of St Marys Church was convicted of Venison trespass and in 1340 Thomas Fox, vicar, was imprisoned in Nottingham for trespassing in Sherwood Forest.

Legend has it that Robin Hood married Maid Marian in St Mary's Church.

Edwinstowe is known for the presence near the village of the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, a feature in the folk tales of Robin Hood, and Robin Hood's Larder.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Major_Oak_(9494).jpg" caption="The Major Oak, Sherwood Forest"] ::

By the turn of the 20th century Edwinstowe consisted of a cluster of houses along Town Street, East Lane, Church Street and High Street. A hamlet called Hazel Grove was bordered by Mill Lane and the railway line and a cluster of houses at the top of Rufford Road was another hamlet called Lidgett. Lidgett was the site of a fireworks factory owned by F. Tudsbury and Co. before George Pinder, a local wine, spirit and porter merchant who resided at Lidgett House, took over ownership by 1886. These settlements eventually merged as the result of infills from World War I, much of it housing for colliers and named after the largest area.

Economy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Sherwood_Forest_Visitor_Centre.jpg" caption="The Visitor Centre"] ::

Nottinghamshire County Council's Sherwood Forest Visitors' Centre is located near the village and was redeveloped and improved in 2017 at a cost of £5.3 million. This centre is operated in partnership by the Council and the RSPB.

Center Parcs' Sherwood Forest holiday village is a local employer established in 1987, close to the edge of the village.

thumb|Sherwood Pines Forest Park Sherwood Pines Forest Park is set within Sherwood Forest near to Kings Clipstone and has activity walking/cycling trails, play areas and bike hire for the general public. Sherwood Pines is managed by the Forestry Commission. A Go Ape adventure area is on-site too.

There was a post windmill south of the Mansfield Road with a small box-style roundhouse. It was driven by two common and two double-patent windmill sails.

Former Industry

Thoresby Colliery served as Edwinstowe's main source of employment until July 2015, when the mine was permanently closed and has been demolished. The loss of one of the last remaining deep coal mines in the country has left tourism as the main factor in the local economy. The colliery has now become a large housing development for 800 homes, to make use of the now brownfield site.

Amenities

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Edwinstowecricket.jpg" caption="Edwinstowe Cricket Ground"] ::

The two schools in the village are St Mary's Primary School and King Edwin Primary School. The former Rufford School on the north side of the village closed in 2003 and has become residential housing by Barratt Developments, known as Friars Park. A skate park on the development proved controversial with concerns over noise and anti-social behaviour.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Edwinstowe_-Sherwood_Forest_Art&_Craft_Centre.jpg" caption="Sherwood Forest Art & Craft Centre, Forest Corner (off the B6034 Swinecote Road, Edwinstowe towards Budby road). They were originally stables for Edwinstowe Hall, then used as laboratories for the coal mining industry."] ::

The village has a business services provider, a St John's Ambulance amenity, an antiques centre, workshops, a fun park, a youth hostel, two arts and crafts centres, a village hall, and a community pest-control centre. Leisure facilities include Thoresby Colliery Band and Youth Band, a high-wire forest adventure course, a mountain biking, cyclo cross and forest walks centre, a forest fun park, and an outdoor adventure park.

Environmental concerns are addressed under the Maun Valley Project Conservation Area.

Transport

Edwinstowe railway station functioned between 1897 and 1955. A goods line remains. The nearest passenger railway stations are at Mansfield Woodhouse and Mansfield, both about 6 mi from Edwinstowe.

The village is served by half-hourly daytime Monday–Saturday bus services to Mansfield and Ollerton, six buses a day Monday–Saturday to Worksop, and one bus a day Monday–Friday to Nottingham. Services run twice a week to Newark and once a week to Lincoln.

Demography

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CensusPopulationHouseholds200120112021
4,9592,118
5,1882,268
5,3202,386
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Notable people

In order of birth:

References

References

  1. St Marys Church, Edwinstowe. The Origins of Edwinstowe PDF. 2021. A Church Near You. Edwinstowe Guide. retrieved on 27 April 2025
  2. White, Robert. Worksop, "The Dukery" and Sherwood Forest, (1875). Retrieved 9 April 2023
  3. "Place: Edwinstowe". Open Domesday.
  4. Cite Web https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/edwinstowe/hhistory.php. St Mary’s Church Exwinstowe. Southwell Churches. access date 7 May 2025
  5. Cite Web:https://visitsherwoodforest.co.uk/p/church-of-st-mary/. St Mary’s Church. Visit Sherwood Forest. access date 7 May 2025
  6. Cite Web:https://visitsherwood.co.uk/at-the-visitor-centre/edwinstowe-village/. Edwinstowe Village. Visit Sherwood. access date 7 May 2025
  7. "War Memorial". Edwinstowe Village News.
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  9. "Fire Brigade".
  10. (August 2025). "First World War". Edwinstowe Village News.
  11. [http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-environment/country-parks/sherwood-forest Sherwood Forest Country Park] {{Webarchive. link. (19 August 2016 Nottinghamshire County Council, Retrieved 30 December 2015)
  12. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-33879214 RSPB chosen to build Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest visitor centre], ''BBC News (Nottingham)'' 12 August 2015, Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  13. [http://www.centerparcs.co.uk/villages/sherwood/index.jsp Centre Parcs Sherwood Forest Village] {{Webarchive. link. (13 August 2016 Retrieved 30 December 2015)
  14. [http://www.centerparcs.co.uk/company/history/history_second.jsp Centre Parcs history] Retrieved 30 December 2015
  15. Sherwood Forest cite web https://www.forestryengland.uk/sherwood-pines retrieved on 9 April 2023
  16. Go Ape, Sherwood Forest, cite web https://goape.co.uk/locations/sherwood-pines retrieved on the 9 April 2023
  17. [https://edwinstowehistory.org.uk/local-history/buildings/the-upper-village/ Earlier photograph. Retrieved 26 May 2020.]
  18. (10 July 2015). "Nottinghamshire's Thoresby Colliery closes after 90 years".
  19. [https://harworthgroup.com/projects/thoresby-vale/ Thoresby Vale] The Harworth Group. Retrieved 9 April 2023
  20. [http://www.edwinstowe.co.uk/magazine/edwinstowe-village-news-issue3.pdf Edwinstowe Village News] {{Webarchive. link. (7 January 2022 edwinstowe.co.uk, July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020)
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  22. [https://www.chad.co.uk/news/our-concern-still-remains-over-skate-park-1-6388927 Our concern still remains over skate park] ''Chad'', local newspaper, 22 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2020
  23. [https://www.chad.co.uk/news/noise-issue-highlighted-at-edwinstowe-skate-park-1-6649871 Noise pollution from a controversial village skate park may have to be tackled, a parish council has admitted] ''Chad'', local newspaper, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2020
  24. [http://www.edwinstowe.co.uk/documents/edwinstowe-skate-park.html Edwinstowe Skate Park] {{Webarchive. link. (28 March 2022 edwinstowe.co.uk, 16 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2020)
  25. Distance calculator [http://www.distances-calculator.com/ukrail-near-edwinstowe-great%20britain.htm Retrieved 26 June 2016.]
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  28. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistice.
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  30. "About Brendan Clarke-Smith MP".

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