Market Warsop

Market Warsop is a town within the civil parish of Warsop in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.^[1] The adjacent villages in the parish are Church Warsop, Meden Vale, Sookholme, Warsop Vale and Spion Kop.

Burns Lane, Market Warsop

Market Warsop
The High Street
Map of Market Warsop
Market Warsop Location within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK 568685
• London	125 mi (201 km) SE
Civil parish	Warsop
District	Mansfield
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANSFIELD
Postcode district	NG20
Dialling code	01623
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Mansfield
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53.20°N 1.15°W / 53.20; -1.15

Geography

Market Warsop is at the geographic centre of the Warsop civil parish, lying south of the River Meden. Church Warsop is to the north, while Spion Kop is to the south west. The town is the largest settlement in the parish.^[2]

History

Warsop appears in the Domesday Book as a settlement named Wareshope and was recorded as having a church St Peter and St Paul. and places this at where Church Warsop exists today. Market Warsop developed later after a Saturday market and two annual fairs were granted by the local lord and monarchs. By this time, this area grew up to the south of the river and was known as Warsop Fair Town,^[3] and later Market Warsop. The manor passed through to the de Roos family and their heirs the Earls of Rutland. The Knight family bought the manor In 1675, and in 1846 it was inherited by Sir Henry FitzHerbert of Tissington, the family continue hold much of the area into the present day.^[4]