68-572: The Mansfield Railway was an eleven-mile railway line in Nottinghamshire , England. It was built to serve collieries opening in the coalfield around Mansfield , and ran between junctions at Clipstone and Kirkby-in-Ashfield on the Great Central Railway . It opened in 1916 and was worked by the GCR. Passenger stations were opened on the line, although, at the date of opening, road bus competition
136-464: A model village in Ollerton for the colliery higher management and workers. A hosiery factory was established in 1937 to provide work for the miners' wives. During the expansion of the pit, many miners from closed collieries in north-eastern England and Scotland moved to work at Ollerton. There was a large Polish community amongst the miners at Ollerton, estimated to make up roughly half the workforce at
204-788: A station on the Shirebrook to Lincoln line. The line is in use for track testing between Dukeries Junction and Shirebrook. But the through route closed to Lincoln in 1980. The station survives and there is some ambition to reinstate passenger train services to the town by using the current test track line from Shirebrook on the Robin Hood Line to a terminus at Ollerton, with potential stations at Warsop and Edwinstowe . Ollerton receives its television signals from various transmitters: Waltham , Emley Moor , and Belmont TV transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham , Capital East Midlands , Smooth East Midlands , and Bowe Radio,
272-450: A 3D laser scanner to produce a three dimensional record of more than 450 sandstone caves around Nottingham". Nottinghamshire was mapped first by Christopher Saxton in 1576; the first fully surveyed map of the county was by John Chapman, who produced Chapman's Map of Nottinghamshire in 1774. The map was the earliest printed map at a sufficiently useful scale (one statute mile to one inch) to provide basic information on village layout, and
340-725: A broad swathe of land between Nottingham Road and Littleworth. Regular passenger services over the Mansfield Railway commenced seven months after the line had been completed: the first train from Nottingham to Ollerton via Mansfield ran on 2 April 1917. The area was already well provided with stations on the nearby Great Northern and Midland routes, and road bus competition was already making itself felt. There were three trains each way, and all of them made London Marylebone connections at Nottingham Victoria. Stations were built at Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton in Ashfield and Mansfield Central, although
408-432: A day to Nottingham Victoria, and twelve return, in 1939, with extra trains on Saturdays. A Leeds–Bournemouth express was also routed this way during the 1930s. In the autumn of 1955 there were eight northbound and seven southbound passenger trains over the Mansfield Railway, but they had become increasingly loss-making and the decision was taken to withdraw them, on 2 January 1956. Kirkby and Sutton goods yards were to close at
476-538: A junction with the LD&;ECR at Clipstone. The first coal train left Mansfield for Immingham on 6 June 1913, and regular mineral traffic began ten days later. The line was extended through Mansfield to a large goods depot constructed on the approach to Nottingham Road: the extension opened on 2 June 1914. A further act was obtained on 8 July 1914, authorising a west curve at Clipstone, as well as short branches to Clipstone and Rufford collieries. The Clipstone Colliery branch
544-522: A majority of councillors. The party gained full control after previously governing in coalition with the Mansfield Independent Forum since the 2017 election . The council was formerly Labour-controlled after the 2013 election . The County Council is currently made up of 34 Conservative councillors, 15 Labour, 10 Ashfield Independents and 7 independents . Local government is devolved to seven local borough and district councils. Ashfield
612-726: A new facility that would – at least – provide as many new jobs as were lost. A non-profit organisation run by 10 trustees was established to raise "...just under £ 50,000" to purchase the 125- acre colliery footprint from British Coal . A further £4.25 million was needed to reclaim and clean up the land, which was redeveloped as an ecologically sustainable business park of commercial offices occupying 40-acres, named Sherwood Energy Village . Key-tenants , including Center Parcs and Nottinghamshire County Council , were responsible for creating their own buildings, with an emphasis on low-energy consumption by using advanced materials and technology including ground source heat pumps . Included into
680-502: A population of 729,997. The north-east of the county is more rural, and contains the towns of Worksop (44,733) and Newark-on-Trent (27,700). For local government purposes Nottinghamshire comprises a non-metropolitan county , with seven districts, and the Nottingham unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council. The geography of Nottinghamshire
748-521: A recorded population of 15 households, and is listed in the Domesday Book under two owners. Formerly a rural village with a tradition of hop-growing centred on the parish church of St Giles the settlement has its origins at a point where three main routes cross. The A614 linking Nottingham north through Sherwood Forest to Blyth, Nottinghamshire and on to Doncaster ; the A6075 linking Mansfield with
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#1732858381832816-641: Is Nottingham Forest , a Premier League club that won the 1978 English championship , and followed it up with winning the 1979 and 1980 European Cup titles. Mansfield Town and Notts County are the other professional teams in the country, both in League Two . Other notable sporting teams are the Nottingham Rugby Football Club , and the Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Club . An unofficial flag for Nottinghamshire
884-584: Is Peat Carr, east of Blaxton, at sea level ; the Trent is tidal below Cromwell Lock . Nottinghamshire is sheltered by the Pennines to the west, so receives relatively low rainfall at 641 to 740 millimetres (25 to 29 inches ) annually. The average temperature of the county is 8.8–10.1 degrees Celsius (48–50 degrees Fahrenheit ). The county receives between 1321 and 1470 hours of sunshine per year. Nottinghamshire contains one green belt area, first drawn up from
952-405: Is a non-metropolitan county, governed by Nottinghamshire County Council and seven non-metropolitan district councils. Elections to the county council take place every four years, with the first election taking place in 1973. Following each election, the county council has been controlled by the following parties: The regional economy was traditionally based on industries such as coal mining in
1020-498: Is controlled by the Ashfield Independents. Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, and Mansfield are Labour-controlled. Newark and Sherwood is controlled by a coalition of Labour, Liberal Democrat and independent councillors. Rushcliffe is Conservative-controlled. Nottingham City Council , which governs the Nottingham unitary authority and is independent of Nottinghamshire County Council, is majority Labour-controlled. Nottinghamshire
1088-709: Is famous for its involvement with the legend of Robin Hood . This is also the reason for the numbers of tourists who visit places like Sherwood Forest , City of Nottingham , and the surrounding villages in Sherwood Forest. To reinforce the Robin Hood connection, the University of Nottingham in 2010 has begun the Nottingham Caves Survey , with the goal "to increase the tourist potential of these sites". The project "will use
1156-646: Is home to a campus of the University of Law . All three of these institutions combine to make Nottingham one of England 's largest student cities. Nottingham Trent University also has an agricultural college near Southwell , while the University of Nottingham has one at Sutton Bonington . While the overall county is officially in the East Midlands, northern parts of Nottinghamshire are considered to be geographically and culturally southern. Locals may personally refer to places such as Worksop and Bolsover as being in
1224-655: Is largely defined by the River Trent , which forms a wide valley which crosses the county from the south-west to the north-east. North of this, in the centre of the county, is Sherwood Forest , the remnant of a large ancient woodland . Nottinghamshire lies on the Roman Fosse Way , and there are Roman settlements in the county; for example at Mansfield , and forts such as at the Broxtowe Estate in Bilborough . The county
1292-515: Is where the county council are based. There are several market towns in the county. Newark-on-Trent is a bridging point of the Fosse Way and River Trent , but is actually an Anglo-Saxon market town with a now ruined castle . Mansfield , the second-largest settlement in the county after Nottingham, sits on the site of a Roman settlement, but grew after the Norman Conquest . Worksop , in
1360-578: The 1984–85 miners' strike . Until 1610, Nottinghamshire was divided into eight Wapentakes . Sometime between 1610 and 1719, they were reduced to six – Newark , Bassetlaw , Thurgarton , Rushcliffe , Broxtowe , and Bingham , some of these names still being used for the modern districts. Oswaldbeck was absorbed in Bassetlaw, of which it forms the North Clay division, and Lythe in Thurgarton. Nottinghamshire
1428-536: The Leen Valley , and manufacturing. Since the invention of the knitting frame by local William Lee , the county, in particular Nottingham , became synonymous with the lace industry. In 1998, Nottinghamshire had a gross domestic product (GDP) per-capita of £ 12,000, and a total GDP of £12,023 million. This is compared to a per-capita GDP of £11,848 for the East Midlands , £12,845 for England, and £12,548 for
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#17328583818321496-636: The Nottingham Urban Area while Bassetlaw is a non-constituent part of the Sheffield City Region. Ollerton Ollerton is a town and former civil parish , now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton , in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire , England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries . The population of Ollerton and Boughton at
1564-516: The "north". Nottinghamshire is home to the Sherwood Forest , known for its association with the legend of Robin Hood . Nottinghamshire contains the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron , Newstead Abbey , which he sold in 1818. It is now owned by Nottingham City Council, and is open to the public. The acclaimed author D. H. Lawrence was from Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. Toton was
1632-521: The 1950s. Completely encircling the Nottingham conurbation, it stretches for several miles into the surrounding districts, and extends into Derbyshire. Nottinghamshire, including the city of Nottingham, is represented by eleven members of parliament ; nine for the Labour Party , one Conservative and one Reform UK MP. Following the 2021 County Council election , the Conservative Party make up
1700-599: The 2011 census was 9,840. The area is sometimes differentiated locally using the names New Ollerton for the post-1900 expansion, compared with Old Ollerton referring to the original village clustered around the church, river and mill. Ollerton is a settlement listed in Domesday Book , located in the Bassetlaw Wapentake or hundred in the county of Nottinghamshire at a crossing of the River Maun . In 1086 it had
1768-579: The LD&ECR was perpetually in financial difficulty and abandoned the plan. In 1907 it was absorbed by the Great Central Railway but attempts to persuade the GCR and the Great Northern Railway at different times to build a line to, or through Mansfield met with failure. In the early years of the twentieth century the coalfield was being developed and new pits with considerable promised output were being made ready. Local coal-owners decided
1836-467: The LNER. The neighbouring Midland Railway was a constituent of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The development of the collieries in the district continued after 1923 and several new colliery connections were made. As the former Mansfield Railway (now LNER) and the former Midland Railway (now LMS) lines were close together here, but still in competitive ownership. Both companies wanted to make
1904-974: The Nottinghamshire LEA in 2007. The best results were from the West Bridgford School , closely followed by Rushcliffe Spencer Academy and the Minster School in Southwell . In Nottingham, the best results came from the Trinity Catholic School and the Fernwood School in Wollaton . At A-level , the highest performing institution was The Becket School , followed by the West Bridgford School. Some of Nottingham city best results tend to come from Nottingham High School , closely followed by
1972-484: The Soar, Erewash, and Idle, composed of many streams from Sherwood Forest, run through wide and flat valleys, merging at Misterton . A point just north of Newtonwood Lane, on the boundary with Derbyshire is the highest point in Nottinghamshire; at 205 metres (673 feet), while Silverhill , a spoil heap left by the former Silverhill colliery, a human-made point often cited as the highest, reaches 204 metres (669 feet). The lowest
2040-621: The United Kingdom. Nottingham had a GDP per-capita of £17,373, North Nottinghamshire £10,176, and South Nottinghamshire £8,448. In October 2005, the United Kingdom had 4.7% unemployment, the East Midlands 4.4%, and the Nottingham commuter belt area 2.4%. The county has comprehensive secondary education with 47 state secondary schools , as well as 10 private schools . The City of Nottingham local education authority (LEA) has 18 state schools and six independent schools, not including sixth form colleges . A total of 9,700 pupils took GCSEs in
2108-448: The all-female Nottingham High School for Girls , both of which are privately run. Worksop College is another private school near to Worksop . The University of Nottingham is a Russell Group university and well-renowned, offering one of the broadest selections of courses in the UK. Nottingham Trent University is one of the most successful post-1992 universities in the UK. Nottingham
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2176-465: The birthplace and home of English folk singer-songwriter Anne Briggs , well known for her song Black Waterside . The north of the county is also noteworthy for its connections with the Pilgrim Fathers . William Brewster , for example, came from the village of Scrooby, and was influenced by Richard Clyfton , who preached at Babworth . Nottinghamshire has international twinning arrangements with
2244-664: The connections, and collaborated in making some of them jointly as far as possible. Such a line was made to Bilsthorpe Colliery in 1928. The LMS got access to an area that was within the LNER area of influence, and the LMS may have benefitted far more from the construction. Mansfield had concentration sidings where coal wagons were formed into trains for the transit to Immingham and elsewhere; in 1927 they were considered to be overwhelmed and an additional reception road and fifteen new sidings were sanctioned, as well as new coaling and watering facilities. Mansfield Central had fourteen passenger trains
2312-484: The county are: The Nottingham Post is the county's local newspaper. (post 1974) (post 1974) The traditional county town, and the largest settlement in the historic and ceremonial county boundaries, is the City of Nottingham . The city is now administratively independent, but towns including Arnold , Carlton , West Bridgford , Beeston , and Stapleford are still within the administrative county, and West Bridgford
2380-804: The county developed malting and woollen industries. King William I the Conqueror in 1066 made Sherwood Forest a Royal Forest for hunting which was frequently visited by the Mercian and later Kings. William's 1086 Domesday Book identified certain areas in Nottinghamshire being under the land of King Edward the Confessor these included Mansfield and Sutton in Ashfield , amongst other places including Skegby , Dunham-on-Trent , East Drayton , East Markham , Farnsfield , Warsop , Carburton , Edwinstowe , Carlton-on-Trent , Budby , Perlethorpe and Walesby . King John's Palace ruin near Kings Clipstone
2448-511: The county. The East Coast Main Line from London to Doncaster , Leeds , York , Newcastle upon Tyne , and Scotland serves the eastern Nottinghamshire towns of Newark and Retford. The M1 motorway runs through the county, connecting Nottingham to London, Leeds, and Leicester by road. The A1 road follows for the most part the path of the Great North Road, although in places it diverges from
2516-639: The county; ITV Central also covers regional news in the county. Northern parts of the county such as Worksop and Retford in the Bassetlaw and Mansfield receive a better signals from the Emley Moor TV transmission so the area is covered by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire (West). Ashfield and parts of Newark get better signals from the Belmont TV tranmsitter that broadcast BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire (East). Radio stations for
2584-463: The district. Parliament authorised the route on 26 July 1910: it was to run from a junction with the Great Central Railway at Clipstone to another junction with the same company at Kirkby in Ashfield. The Great Central Railway agreed to work and maintain the line for 60% of gross receipts, on condition that it would have exclusive use of the line; this was ratified by an agreement of 28 October 1910. Construction began in 1911, between Mansfield Colliery and
2652-557: The existence of landscape features such as roads, milestones , tollbars , parkland, and mills. Nottinghamshire saw a slight change to its overall boundary in the extreme northern part of the county in 1974, when the villages of Blaxton , Finningley and Auckley (part) were merged into the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire . Nottinghamshire, like Derbyshire , and South Yorkshire, sits on extensive coal measures, up to 900 metres (3,000 feet ) thick, and occurring largely in
2720-617: The ferry crossing of the River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent and on via the A57 road to the cathedral city of Lincoln, England ; and the A616 linking Sheffield with the Great North Road Great Britain at Newark-on-Trent . Ollerton was an ancient parish , and became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 1 November 1996 and merged with the parish of Boughton to form the new civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton. In 1961
2788-453: The first experimental waggonways in the world; an example of this is the Wollaton wagonway of 1603–1616, which transported minerals from bell pitt mining areas at Strelley and Bilborough , this led to canals and railways being constructed in the county, and the lace and cotton industries grew. In the 18th and 19th centuries, mechanised deeper collieries opened, and mining became an important economic sector, though these declined after
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2856-504: The historic boundaries of Nottinghamshire. These airports serve the county and several of its neighbours. Together, the airports have services to most major European destinations, and East Midlands Airport now also has services to North America and the Caribbean . As well as local bus services throughout the county, Nottingham and its suburbs have a tram system, Nottingham Express Transit . Nottingham and its surrounding areas form part of
2924-503: The historic route where towns have been bypassed. Retford was by-passed in 1961, and Newark-on-Trent was by-passed in 1964, and the A1 now runs between Retford and Worksop past the village of Ranby . Many historic coaching inns can still be seen along the traditional route. East Midlands Airport is just outside the county in Leicestershire , while Doncaster Sheffield Airport lies within
2992-463: The layout was a nearby Tesco superstore. The original development organisation failed in 2010 and went into administration, citing difficult trading conditions after the worldwide 2007–2008 financial crisis , having created 500 more jobs than the original 1,000 target, and having been awarded the inaugural Enterprising Britain Award in 2005. In the old part of the original village, Ollerton Watermill
3060-539: The line appears to have been in 2003. A significant study of the signalling on the line was published in three parts in 2011-12, in Forward , the journal of the Great Central Railway Society. Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire ( / ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m ʃ ər , - ʃ ɪər / ; abbreviated Notts. ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county borders South Yorkshire to
3128-485: The line into the 1960s, notably a Grimsby to Whitland express fish train. Coal traffic remained the mainstay. Mansfield Concentration Sidings ("Con", locally) handled and distributed countless wagons of coal to all parts over the years. The line South of Crown Farm Colliery, Mansfield closed on 7 January 1968. Mansfield Central Station and associated earthworks in Mansfield were removed in 1972. The last use of any part of
3196-493: The line: Mansfield , Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield . They all had "Central" added informally, to reduce confusion with neighbouring stations, though the word "Central" never appeared on station nameboards. A passenger service of three trains per day, calling at all stations between Nottingham Victoria and Ollerton began on 2 April 1917. By 1939 this had expanded to 14 trains per day between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some going on to Ollerton. There
3264-426: The necessity of building through the expanding built-up area of Mansfield. Sidings at Clipstone were used to assemble coal trains for onward movement over the LD&ECR; coal trains from collieries to that location formed a heavy traffic on the line. Through trains conveying fish from Grimsby and steel from Scunthorpe were also prominent. The goods yard facilities at Mansfield were on a very large scale, occupying
3332-673: The north of the county, is also an Anglo-Saxon market town which grew rapidly in the Industrial Revolution , with the arrival of canals and railways and the discovery of coal. Other market towns include Arnold, Bingham , Hucknall , Kirkby-in-Ashfield , Tuxford , Retford and Sutton-in-Ashfield . The main railway in the county is the Midland Main Line , which links London to Sheffield via Nottingham. The Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop serves several villages in
3400-541: The north of the county. There is an oilfield near Eakring . These are overlaid by sandstones and limestones in the west, and clay in the east. The north of the county is part of the Humberhead Levels lacustrine plain . The centre and south west of the county, around Sherwood Forest, features undulating hills with ancient oak woodland. Principal rivers are the Trent , Idle , Erewash , and Soar . The Trent, fed by
3468-463: The north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Nottingham (323,632), which is also the county town. The county has an area of 2,160 km (830 sq mi) and a population of 1,154,195. The latter is concentrated in the Nottingham built-up area in the south-west, which extends into Derbyshire and has
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#17328583818323536-512: The only course was to build a railway themselves. The Mansfield colliery ( Crown Farm ) of the Bolsover Colliery Company was producing 1.2 million tons annually at the time of building of the line. Rufford colliery (at Rainworth ) was producing 750,000 tons. The result was the promotion of the Mansfield Railway, led by the Duke of Portland , who owned considerable coal-bearing estates in
3604-627: The parish had a population of 5529. From the 1920s onwards the main industry was coal mining with Ollerton expanding greatly during the 1960s and 1970s, having the name New Ollerton . The colliery was sunk in the 1920s and completed during the General Strike of 1926 , which led to a saying of "Ollerton was ever built with scab labour ". The coal mine was established and funded by the Butterley Company , having an historic base of coal and iron ore mining in nearby Derbyshire; they created
3672-414: The passenger service on 1 October 1917, but it was discontinued on 10 July 1920. The remainder of the main line, from Mansfield to Kirkby South Junction, opened for goods on 4 September 1916. Clipstone west curve opened on 18 March 1918; a branch to Rufford Colliery, two miles in length, opened on 8 July 1918. The route of the line posed engineering difficulties, due to difficult ground conditions and also
3740-592: The province of Wielkopolska ( Greater Poland ) in western Poland , and with the province's capital city, Poznań . In 2002, Crocus nudiflorus (Autumn crocus) was voted by the public as the county flower of Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (NCCC) are a first class county cricket club who play at Trent Bridge in West Bridgford . They won the County Championship in 2010. The most successful football team within Nottinghamshire
3808-588: The same time. Scheduled summer Saturday holiday trains continued until 8 September 1956, and seasonal excursions to east coast resorts continued for several years. Nevertheless Mansfield goods depot closed on 13 June 1966 and the line south of Crown Farm Colliery (two miles east of Mansfield) closed on 7 January 1968. Virtually all traces of the route through Mansfield were eradicated in the 1970s. Crown Farm Colliery closed in March 1988, and Bilsthorpe in March 1997. Clipstone Colliery closed in 2003. Three stations were built on
3876-497: The time of the 1984-1985 strike. Ollerton Colliery was considered one of the most left-wing pits in Nottinghamshire, and was subject to heavy picketing at the time of the ballot by the Nottinghamshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers in March 1984. A miner from Ackton Hall Colliery, near Featherstone , West Yorkshire died at Ollerton when picketing during the miners' strike on 15 April 1984. David Gareth Jones
3944-426: The wake of the tragedy. However, several working miners in Ollerton reported that their gardens and cars had been vandalised during the night. A memorial bench was sited near the spot where David died. As a mark of respect for Jones, Ollerton Colliery closed for a few days afterwards. The mine closed in 1994, losing around 1,000 jobs. A group of locals including past colliery workers had a vision to try to establish
4012-454: The word Central never appeared on its nameboards. In 1923 most of the main line railways of Great Britain were compulsorily reorganised into one or other of four new large companies, in a process known as the "grouping", mandated by the Railways Act 1921 . The Mansfield Railway was absorbed by the new London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and the Great Central Railway was a constituent of
4080-412: Was a horse-drawn edge railway. The Midland Railway established a presence in Mansfield in 1849. The Midland company was widely believed to exploit its monopoly position in setting mineral traffic rates beyond what was reasonable, and considerable hostility developed on the part of coal-owners. The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway obtained authorisation for a branch line to Mansfield, but
4148-464: Was a royal residence for King John , the area being near to Sherwood Forest . King John's Palace was a place where King William the Lion of Scotland met King Richard I of England to congratulate him on his return from the crusades. King John died at Newark Castle in 1216. During the Industrial Revolution , the county held much needed minerals such as coal and iron ore , and had constructed some of
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#17328583818324216-402: Was already dominant. The passenger service was withdrawn in 1956 and the line closed in stages as collieries ceased work, completely ending operation in 2003. Railways had existed in the immediate area of Mansfield for many years. The first proper railway had been the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway of 1819, built for the purpose of conveying coal from Pinxton Basin on the Cromford Canal . It
4284-406: Was built in 1713 on the River Maun . It operated commercially producing flour until 1984. Restored in 1993, it now houses a teashop and exhibition. Ollerton Town has a local football team, Ollerton Town F.C. Ollerton is served by Stagecoach Mansfield, Travel Wright. Stagecoach Bassetlaw run the Sherwood Arrow between Worksop/Retford-Ollerton-Nottingham every 60 minutes. Ollerton was served by
4352-403: Was created through a design competition organised by BBC Radio Nottingham , and registered with the vexillological charity the Flag Institute in 2011. It consists of a green field, on which is a red cross fimbriated (bordered) with white, on which a white shield containing the green figure of an archer is superimposed. BBC East Midlands is based in Nottingham and broadcasts news around
4420-427: Was even a Sunday service of four trains per day. By the time passenger services were withdrawn on 2 January 1956 the service had been reduced to seven trains per day between Nottingham Victoria to Mansfield Central, four of which went on to Edwinstowe . Stations reopened for Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough , Cleethorpes , Skegness and Mablethorpe for several more years. Long distance freight used
4488-427: Was hit in the neck by a brick thrown by a local youth when he was picketing, but the post-mortem ruled that it had not caused his death and that it was more likely to have been caused by being pressed against the pit gates earlier in the day. News of his death led to hundreds of pickets staying in Ollerton town centre overnight. At the request of Nottinghamshire Police, Arthur Scargill appeared and called for calm in
4556-442: Was opened on 13 June 1916, together with a half-mile spur to Clipstone Camp, an army depot. The Camp branch was built by the War Office; there was a platform for embarking troops, horses and stores. A passenger service operated between the camp and Mansfield. The Clipstone Camp branch was taken over by the Great Central Railway on 17 December 1917; it shared part of the route of the line to Clipstone Colliery. The GCR had begun operating
4624-400: Was settled by Angles around the 5th century, and became part of the Kingdom, and later Earldom, of Mercia . However, there is evidence of Saxon settlement at the Broxtowe Estate, Oxton , near Nottingham, and Tuxford , east of Sherwood Forest . The name first occurs in 1016, but until 1568, the county was administratively united with Derbyshire, under a single Sheriff . In Norman times,
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