Talk:Warsop

Proposal to reinstate rail service
I've found a reference and rewritten the section. Currently the Robin Hood line sees two trains per hour between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse, one of which terminates there and the other continues via Shirebrook to Worksop. My understanding of the proposal is that the Nottingham to Worksop service would be unaffected but that the service that currently terminates at Mansfield Woodhouse would be extended via Shirebrook and Warsop Junction onto the former LD&ECR line through Warsop, Edwinstowe and terminating at Ollerton. —MegaPedant 04:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I now see that this section was a direct copy of a section from the Shirebrook railway station article. Since it properly belongs in the Robin Hood Line article I've moved it there. —MegaPedant 06:18, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Names of localities using 'Warsop'
Seeing recent changes altering usage of Warsop within the Wiki-page has prompted me to confirm that the main settlement of Warsop was re-named to Market Warsop by Mansfield District Council (roadside namesign on Google Streetview). An earlier re-naming was Welbeck Colliery Village to Meden Vale. The 2009 Wikipedia redirect of Market Warsop to Warsop is unclear. Other nearby small settlements are Church Warsop and Warsop Vale. These are shown at the HMSO map in the link that follows. Warsop is not a market town, although may have been in antiquity. Online sources are sparse, but this 1998 Mansfield District Council document (section 4.13, hosted at Nottinghamshire County Council) confirms Market Warsop existed at that time.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 00:07, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Saw this and thought to respond. It's quite complicated, the changes over many centuries certainly lead to some confusion. I tend to go by council records and OS maps to clarify inconsistencies. Basically the original settlement with medieval church was called Warsop. In the 14th century a Warsop manor owner decreed a fair be held on his land which was a little distance away, and in those days had to have confirmation from the monarch, who confirmed fairs and markets could be held there. That area developed into 'Warsop Fair Town', 'Warsopp Markett town' and eventually Market Warsop. The original place continued as Warsop, but eventually became 'Warsop Church Town', and Church Warsop.
 * As to current day nomenclature, Warsop is the official civil parish, which encompasses the urban areas of Church Warsop, Market Warsop, and several other smaller settlements - Meden Vale, Warsop Vale, Sookholme, Spion Kop, Nettleworth Manor, and finally Gleadthorpe Grange and the couple of residences by Meadow Bank if we want to be particular!
 * A parish article is a good start, with subsections for each discrete settlement to explain the relationship, links from each section to individual articles even better.
 * The Equalizer (talk) 22:53, 22 February 2021 (UTC)