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27-506: Low Marnham is a small village 12 miles east of Edwinstowe , in the civil parish of Marnham , in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire , England. Located in the village is St Wilfrid's Church , a grade I listed building. [REDACTED] Media related to Low Marnham at Wikimedia Commons This Nottinghamshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edwinstowe Edwinstowe

54-450: A circle. These sails utilised the patent system, enabling adjustment to be made without stopping the mill. One example of a mill with annular sails was at Feltwell , Norfolk . Others are known to have existed at Haverhill , Suffolk , Boxford , Suffolk and Roxwell , Essex . Annular sails were also employed on large wind engines, such as the Titt engine at Crux Easton , Hampshire . In

81-418: A lattice framework over which the sailcloth is spread. There are various "reefs" for the different spread of sails; these are full sail , dagger point , sword point and first reef . The mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Spring sails were invented by Scottish millwright Andrew Meikle in 1772. The sail is divided into a number of bays, each having a number of shutters. All

108-511: 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. 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 miles (9.7 km) from Edwinstowe. The village

135-556: Is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire , England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries . It is associated with the legends of Robin Hood and Maid Marian , and to a lesser extent Edwin of Northumbria , from where the village gets its name. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 5,188. A 2019 estimate put it at 5,261, and

162-609: Is disputed. Like Thoresby, Budby and Mansfield, Edwinstowe belonged to King Edward the Confessor and afterwards became the property of King 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. Legend has it that Robin Hood married Maid Marian in St Mary's Church . Edwinstowe

189-518: Is extended or retracted by a rod and lever system, and connected with a shutter bar on each sail. Adjustment of the roller reefing sail can be made without stopping the mill. This type of sail was popular in Yorkshire , although the only remaining mill with roller reefing sails intact is Ballycopeland Windmill in Northern Ireland . Patent sails were invented by William Cubitt in 1807. They combine

216-526: 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 . 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

243-604: 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. Sherwood Pines Forest Park is set within Sherwood Forest near to Old Clipstone and has activity walking/cycling trails, play areas and bike hire for

270-457: Is opened by centrifugal weights in the sails but can also be operated by the miller similar to the patent system. When opening the airbrake disturbs the airfoil shape thereby slowing the mill. It was invented by German airplane engineer Kurt Bilau early in the twentieth century and became quite popular in Germany where it was fitted to over 140 mills. A similar system was invented by a millwright by

297-506: 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. In order of birth: Windmill sail The jib sail is found in Mediterranean countries and consists of a simple triangle of cloth wound round a spar. The mill must be stopped in order to adjust

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324-452: The reefing of the sail. Though rare in the UK, at least two windmills are known to have had jib sails (St Mary's, Isle of Scilly and Cann Mills, Melbury Abbas). The common sail is the simplest form of sail. In medieval mills, the sailcloth was wound in and out of a ladder-type arrangement of sails. Medieval sails could be constructed with or without outer sailbars. Post-medieval mill sails have

351-469: The Netherlands the position of the sails can be used as a means of communication to display joy or mourning. These sail positions are generally used by the miller to show for example a birth, marriage or death within his family or circle of friends but may occasionally also be used to show mourning at national events, for example the death of Prince Friso and during the day of national mourning for victims of

378-482: The Netherlands were fitted with them. The Fok system, invented by engineer P.L. Fauël, was inspired by the jib on a sailing boat ('fok' is the Dutch word for jib). In this design the leading boards are replaced by a rounded profile of wooden slats in the form of a foresail leaving a small slot between this profile and the stock. Its working principle can be compared to a leading edge slot on an aircraft wing. It enables

405-504: The common sail, they are not adjustable except by adding more sailcloth. Some disadvantages of the Dekker system led millwright Van Bussel of Weert to invent a similar system, though with just a more rounded airfoil replacing the leading boards and not covering the stock itself. Invented by Dutch millwright Ten Have of Vorden , Ten Have sails have a small number of wide longitudinal shutters, operating by centrifugal weights and often also by

432-416: The development proved controversial with concerns over noise and anti-social behaviour. 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,

459-546: 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 . Thoresby Colliery served as Edwinstowe's main source of employment until July 2015, when the mine was permanently closed. The loss of one of

486-547: 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. 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

513-457: The mill to work in a lower windspeed but in variable windspeeds tends to make it difficult to have the mill run at a steady pace. For this reason it is often equipped with air brakes operating by centrifugal force. The Fauël system is used in addition to common sails ( see photo ). The Bilau system uses sails with a streamline covering of the stock, coupled with a full length air brake on the trailing edge, together forming an airfoil. The airbrake

540-493: The miller at the tail of the mill similar to patent sails. This way the sail can be adjusted without stopping the mill. The leading edge is commonly streamlined by the Van Bussel system. Ten Have shutters are normally only used on one stock as the wide Ten Have shutters standing open on a vertical stock would leave this stock vulnerable to side winds during a storm. Beckers sails are an alternative to Ten Have sails. Only two mills in

567-418: The name of Van Riet of Goes where the leading edge and the airbrake together form a more complete airfoil. In France some mills have a system of longitudinal shutters running the length of the sail. The system, invented in 1842, is called Ailes Berton , commemorating their inventor, Pierre-Théophile Berton . These sails can be adjusted without stopping the mill. A few mills had annular sails, forming

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594-503: The sail. Spring patent sails have a spring to enable each sail to be adjusted individually, with the patent sail system allowing all sails to be adjusted without stopping the mill. The system was not a common one. In the Netherlands , the common sail predominates. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Dutch millwrights developed the windmill sail to make it more efficient aerodynamically and operation easier in an effort to keep

621-456: The shutters are joined together by a shutter bar, and the force required for the wind to open the shutters is adjusted by a separate spring on each sail. Although automatic in operation, the mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Roller reefing sails were invented by Stephen Hooper in 1789. As with spring sails, the sail is divided into a number of bays, each with a number of spars with cloth wound around them. The cloth

648-478: The shutters of the spring sail with automatic adjustment of the roller reefing sail. Their construction is similar to that of the spring sail. Adjustment of patent sails can be made without stopping the mill. In 1860, the English millwright Catchpole fitted an automatic air brake to the ends of patent sails. These were longitudinal shutters at the tip of each sail, which opened up if the wind got too strong, thus slowing

675-418: The traditional windmill economically viable in competition with factories and electric pumping stations. The Dutch millwright A. J. Dekker improved on the efficiency of the common sail. The stock is given an airfoil shape by completely covering it with galvanised steel plates. Dekkerised sails provide enough surface area to be able to work the mill with no sailcloth spread if the wind is strong enough. As with

702-469: Was 5,320 at the 2021 census . The etymology of the village name, "Edwin's resting place", recalls that the body of Edwin of Northumbria , King and Saint, was hidden in the church after he was killed in the Battle of Hatfield Chase . The battle against King Penda of Mercia is thought to have occurred near the present-day hamlet of Cuckney , some five miles north-west of modern Edwinstowe, though this location

729-448: 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. Nottinghamshire County Council's Sherwood Forest Visitors' Centre

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