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WORKSOP:
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VISITORS"
HAND-BOOK TO WORKSOP
AND ITS
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
CONTAINING 1. DESCRTPTIVB AND HISTORICit. ACCOUNT OP THB
ANTIQUITIES, NOBLEMENS SEATS, Ac, (fcc,
IN THIS BKAUTIPULLY PICTURESQUE LOCALITY,
WITH
LITHOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP.

COMPILED BY ROBERT WHITE.

THIRD EDITION.

WORKSOP:
«OIIl!«T WHITH, PABK BTBKBT ; AND WILLIAM WHITE, BBIDBX STBEEI ;
SBfrnmiV : JOSEPH PBAKCI!, HIGH BTHKET ; AND
C, THOMSON, ORCHARD fPTHKIiT. i
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PREFACE TO THB THIRD EDITION.

In compiling this little Hand-book, the aim of the writer has
been to give correct information respecting the principal places
of interest in this locality, in a condensed form. He is quite
aware that much valuable matter relating to each is omitted ;
but that must be attributed to the limited space he had pre
scribed to himself.
In this Edition the matter has been wholly revised, and
many improvements introduced. The Lithographic Illustra
tions are by Mr. J. Baldock, of Worksop, and have been taken
expressly for the Work ; and the Map having been prepared
with great care, will be found to be most useful to the Tourist
in his rambles.
ROBEET WHITE.
Park Street, Worksop.

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VISITORS' HANDBOOK.

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CHAPTER I.

StttrDtortinii.

all historical
topographical
researches relat
ing to our towns,
villages, or places
of interest, our
; earliest authority
-' is generally the
Doomsday - book.
the Conqueror's
object m causing the Doomsday
Survey to be made, was that
he might increase the taxation
of the f ountry to the furthest pos
sible extent. The exact survey being
made, the Conqueror could now see how
much each subject had paid, and had in
his power to pay, so as to augment the
King's revenue. By this and other means
his income reached the enormous sum of

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four hundred thousand pounds sterling, which according to
a moderate computation, was equal to five millions of our
money. Great as this sum appears, none of it was ever
employed in paying his army, a separate charge on the
proprietors of the land being made for that purpose.
We rarely hear this book mentioned, but our thoughts
immediately revert to what must have been the aspect and
condition of the country and its inhabitants, at the remote
period at which it was compiled. In regard to Worksop, how
much the appearance of the country has been changed, when
instead of the present highly cultivated fields and meadows
a bleak and barren extent of sand presented itself, clothed
with heath, gorse, fern, and stunted brushwood, with, here
and there, a range of noble forest trees, growing in all the
wild luxuriance of nature, undefaced by the hand of man,
and tenanted by countless herds of deer and other noble
wild game, rarely disturbed, because protected by penal
statutes and harsh laws, which elevated above, and gave
more protection to, the wild animal than the peasant. So
severe and unjust were these laws, that the unauthorised
slayer of a deer, a boar, or a hare was punished with the
loss of his eyes, while the killing of a man could be atoned
for by the payment of a moderate composition.*
A few acres of land in the valleys or on the river banks
gave the only token of cultivation and of the presence of
man — a few miserable huts would be scattered here and
there, with their little less miserable inhabitants, who derived
a scanty subsistence by their hard labour, and that too often
mulcted by the rapacity ahd extortion of their superiors,
whom no laws restrained, and with whom might formed the
only code of right and wrong, and by whom they were
considered in the light of mere beasts of burden and formed
a Hume, Vol. 1, (1811) p. 253. Also note to Eapin's History of England, folio Ed.,
(1743) Vol. 1, p. 161.

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for their sole use and pleasure." His black bread, with which
he might allay, but could scarcely satisfy his hunger, was seldom
accompanied by anything more dainty ; and many things which
have now become to us the necessaries of life, were to him
either utterly unknown, or if known, unattainable.'' Sunk in
superstition, and the unreasoning servant of the priesthood, his
labour was still further taxed to satisfy the demands of the
servants of the church, that they might live a life of sloth
and indolence ; ^indeed, " he was made to beheve that
enriching the monks was the main of religion, or, at least,
would supply all defects."" Still more insecure was he from
the grievous forays of the neighbouring barons and freebooters,
to whom plunder was a speedier means of enrichment than
the honest pursuits of industry. The law to him was a
sealed book, and totally ignored his presence, except as mere
property. Ignorant and degraded almost to the level of the
beasts, aspirations or hopes of better days could seldom come
across his mind ; tied to the soil, he lived and died, having
rarely indeed left his native valley — all beyond being to him
another world.
After a time, a change comes over the scene ; the axe and
the hammer are heard sounding in the valley ; a noble
monastery rears its head, but it is by the peasants' compulsory
labour, urged on by the promise of release from purgatory, and
the certainty of eternal happiness. Such, however, were only
man's conditions of happiness — God's terms are widely different.
No amelioration or improvement of the poor man's temporal
a" It ia now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when the
noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a
modern footman, when farmers and shopkeepers breaMasted on loaves, the veiy
sight of which would raise a riot in a modem workhouse, when men died faster in
the pui-est country air than they now die in the most pestilential lanes of our
towns, and when men died faster in the lanes of our towns than they now die on the
coast of Guiana." — Macmdey's Miatory of EngUmd, Vol, 1, p, 424.
b Eapin, Vol. 1, p. 161.
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condition ensues ; he has but exchanged a hard taskmaster at
a distance for one at his own threshold ; the one makes a boast
of his rapacious deeds, the other masks them under the garb
of holiness ; while the end is the same, and the poor are still
the paymasters.
Time passes on — the land is now more fully brought into
cultivation — the hamlet slowly increases and becomes the
village, and that the town. The peasant delivered, at least in
part, from the thraldom of the church, passes through a
rough and stormy period, improving his condition by dint of
hard and long-continued exertion, at times losing all he has
gained : yet, nothing daunted, he fights the battle over again,
and at last his persecutors acknowledge him as worthy of
equal laws and privileges with themselves.'
Civilization advances, tranquility reigns, commerce extends,
education is found to be a necessity, and now the groimdwork on
which the present greatness of the country is based is laid.
Changed indeed is the scene ; where sterility was, now aU
is richly cultivated ; where ignorance was, now intelligence
abounds. In the Doomsday - book, Worksop, or Werchesope, is
referred to as a manor in the wapentake of Bemesedelawe,
or hundred of Bassetlaw, as it is now called. Doubtless it
has claims to far higher antiquity, but documentary evidence
appears to be wanting to establish the fact. In this valuable
national record, which was compiled between the years
1080 and 1086, the following iia substance is said respecting
the place.
" In Worksop, Elsi (son of Caschin) had three carucates of
land to be taxed : land to eight ploughs. Roger (de Busli)
a" The condition of the peasant had been gradually elevated. Between tho
aristocracy and the working people had sprungup a middle class, agricultural and
commercial. There was still, it _may be, more inequality than ia favourable to the
happiness and virtue of our species, but no pan was altogether above the restraints
of law, and no man was altogether below its protection." — Maeauley'e History of
Englcmd, Vol. 1, p. 24.
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had one carucate in. the demesne, and eighty-two sochmen on
twelve bovates of this land ; and twenty-four villains, and
eight bordars, having twenty-two carucates, and eight acres of
meadow. Pasture wood two leuse (? miles) long, three
quarentens broad." In the time of Edward the Confessor,
this was valued at eight pounds ; wh^n the Conqueror's
survey was made, seven. " In Rolneton, (now Rayton) near
Worksop, also of Roger de Busli's fee, were two Manors
before the Conquest, which Elsi and Alchill had, and paid
the geld for one carucate," &c., &c.

CHAPTER II.
€ilB %mmi Intb nf 5Dnrtop, ^t.
"HE lordship of the Manor of Worksop was successively
held by the De Buslis, De Lovetots, Fumivals, and Talbots.
With the latter family commenced the earldom of Shrews
bury, and the lineal connection was kept up for nearly seven
hundred years. We may notice briefly a few of the incidents
connected with this ancient Une of nobles.
2123tUtam ie HobetOt was the founder of the Parish
Church, at Shefiield, and also of an Hospital at that place, for
the sick. This Church was at that time, connected with the
religious establishment of Worksop. He was succeeded by
his son,
HifiiartJ ie HobetOt, who was visited by King Stephen,
at Worksop, in 1161, where he confirmed a benefaction of
Malgerus de Rolleston to the Monastery at Rufford. This
Richard was succeeded by his son,
512Stlliam ie EobCtOt, who married Maud, daughter of
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Walter Fitz-Robert, of the noble house of Clare. He died
between the 32nd and 27th years of the reign of Henry II, ,
leaving a daughter, Maud, who was married to
€ferattl tit jFutntbal, a Norman knight, son of another
Gerard de Furniral, who was with Henry II. , at the siege of
Acre. The precise time of the union does not appear ; but by
it the lordships of Hallamshire and Worksop came into the
Furnival family. Connected with the history of this Gerard,
we may add that, " whilst the eldest branc]j( of De Lovetot
ended in a female heiress, there was another branch still
existing, which sprung from the first William, by his younger
son Nigel," When the father of Maud died, the rights of
this branch were vested in Richard de Lovetot, who seems to
have acquiesced in the transit of the great property of the
family to his cousin, her husband, and her issue. This
Gerard went to Jerusalem, and died there, in 1219, He was
succeeded by his son,
CilOtnaS tit jFutnibal, who was slain in Palestine, where
he was buried. His youngest son subsequently went there,
and brought back his remains, which were interred in
Worksop Church, His mother, who was then living, gave to
William de Furnival, her youngest son, her Manor at
Gringley, and the mill at the same place to the Convent " for
the benefit of his soul," Gerard, brother to Thomas, was
with him in the Holy Land, but returned, died, and was buried
at Worksop,
<&erartl tie dFurnibal, son of Thomas, succeeded his
father, and he was succeeded by
€l)omas be jFurnibal, and he by
Cl&omaS, ILOtb jFurntbal, who became a favourite with
Edward the First, from whom he pbtained the grant of a
market and fair at Worksop, in the 24th year of that
Monarch's reign. This Thrmias, Lord F hi- nival died in 1332 ;
his serond wife, who had Worksop, among several other
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SIjj ^^trtifnt furbs of aiorlisup, A't,
valuable estates, for her dowry, died in 13.54, when ^tliey
again reverted to the family of Furnival,
STJotnas, titt secontt Horb jFurntbal, died in 1339 : he
was buried at Beauchief, near Sheffield, and was succeeded by
his son,
Ci)OmaS,'ILorb jFurnibal, sumamed the " Hasty,'- who
was with Edward the Third, at the battle of Cressey, in 1311 :
he died in 1366, and his brother,
SDSEtUtam, %axti jFurnibal, became heir, iu whom the
direct male line terminated, in 1383, leaving a daughter,
3Joatt be dFurnibal, who married Sir Thomas Nevil :
on her death he married Ankarat, who had been married to
Richard, Lord Talbot. He died in 1406, and was buried in
the Priory Church, at Worksop, Sir Thomas Nevil, Lord
Furnival, had one daughter by his first wife, Maud de Nevil,
who transferred the estate into another family, by her
marriage with
SJoJn ^Calbot, first Eari of Shrewsbury. He built the
magnificent mansion Worksop Manor, which was destroyed by
fire, in 1761, He was a famous warrior, and was killed at
Chatillon, on the 20th July, 1453,
It is said that his sword was found many years after his
death, in the river Dordan, near Bordeaux, having on it this
inscription : — Sum Talboti. M, IIII, u. XLIII.
Provincere inimeco meo.
^Ofin Talbot, the issue of his first marriage, succeeded
to the title as second Earl of Shrewsbury : he was a warrior,
and fell in the battle of Northampton, July 10th, 1460, and
was buried at Worksop. In this year, and a few days before
the great battle of Wakefield, there was a fight or skirmish at
Worksop, which appears to have been omitted by all the
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states that " the Duke of York, with the Earl of Salisbury,
and many thousand armed men, were going from London to
York, in December, 1460, when a portion of his men, the van,
as is supposed, or perhaps the scouts, to the number of
* ¦•' * were cut off by the people of the Duke of
Somerset, at Worksop.''
The John Talbot last named was succeeded by his eldest
son, 3i0ttt CalbOt, third Earl of Shrewsbury.. ¦' He was more
devoted to literature and the muses, than to politics and
arms." He died at Coventry, in 1473, and was buried in
the Lady Chapel, at Worksop. His son and heir succeeded
him, as
©JOtge Talbot, the fourth Earl of Shrewsbury.
In 1530, Worksop was visited by Cardinal Wolsey, when
he was on his way to Cawood, in Yorkshire, as will be seen by
the foUowing extract from " Cavendish's Life of Wolsey :" —
" Then my lord, {i.e. Wolsey,) intending the next day to
remove from thence (Newstead Abbey,) there resorted to him
the Earl of Shrewsbury's keeper, and gentlemen, sent from
him, to desire my lord, in their maister's behalf, to hunt in a
parke of their maister's, caUed Worsoppe Parke,"
At the latter end of this year, 1530, the Earl of Northum
berland, Shrewsbury's son-in-law, was sent to arrest the
Cardinal, at Cawood, and deliver him into the custody of the
Earl of Shrewsbury, He arrived at Sheffield Manor on
Tuesday, November 8th, and remained sixteen or eighteen
days, and then proceeded to Leicester Abbey, where he died.
This Earl of Shrewsbury died July 26th, 1531, and was
buried at Winfield Manor, He was succeeded by his son, by
his first wife,
dFtanCtS CalJot, fifth Earl of Shrewsbury, who was
bom at Sheffield, in 1500, Henry the VIII. said of him,
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great favourite with Henry VIII,, and received from him
considerable grants of Abbey lands, including the site of the
dissolved Monastery of Worksop, which was founded by his
ancestors. He died September 21st, 1560, at Shefiield
Manor. His son, by his first wife, now became his heir,
who was
<@Mtge JCalbOt, the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury. The
memoirs of this iUustrious personage are intimately connected
with a deeply interesting, though melancholy event in English
history, the imprisonment of the beautiful and talented Mary,
Qaeen of Scots, who was placed by Elizabeth under his care.
It would occupy too much room to speak of her history further
than as it is connected with the history of this place. There
appears no doubt as to the fact that whUe under Shrewsbury's
care, " she was aUowed to visit Shrewsbury's seat at Worksop."
The Talbot papers contain a letter to Baldwin, dated Nov.
3rd, of the same year, denying that while the Queen was at
Worksop she was permitted to walk in Sherwood Forest.
(Talbot Papers, Vol. G. f. 225.) This noble lord died at
Sheffield Manor, November 18th, 1590. The title and
inheritance then descended to his eldest surviving son,
(Silbett tn^albot, seventh Earl of Shrewsbury. On the
death of Queen Elizabeth, James VI., of Scotland, was named
as her successor, and the proclamation was signed by the Earl
of Shrewsbury. Worksop being in a convenient line for the
Royal progress, the Earl wished to entertain him, and
addressed the following letter to his agent, "John Harpur,
Esquire :" —
" Mr. Harpur, yt may be I shalbe verie shortly in the countrie, &
perhaps may be soe happie as to entertaine the king oiu- sov'aigne
at Worsupp. I would eutreate you to lett aU my good friends in
Derbyshire and Staffordshire know so much, to the end that I may
have theire companie against such tyme as his ma'tie shall come
thither. I know not how soon. If yt soe hap as I shaM know w'thin
a few daies the certaintie ; but then yt wilbe to late for your horses,
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or anie thinge else, to be prepared, unless you prepare them presently
upon the receipt hereof. AU things here are well, and nothing but
unitie and good agreement. God continue yt. Amen, amen.
" At my chamber in WhytehaU Pallace, this 30th of March, being
Wednesdaie at night, in verie great haste 1603.
" Your friend, most assured,
" GILB. SHREWSBURY.
" I will not refuse anie fatt capons, and hennes, partridges, or th»
lyke, yf the king come to me. " G. SH.
" To my verie good friend, Mr. John Harpur, Esq., at Swarston, dd."
On the 5th April, 1603, the King left Edinburgh, and
arrived at Worksop on the 20th, as will appear from the
following brief account of his reception, by a contemporary
writer : — " The 20th day, being Wednesday, his Majesty
rode (from Doncaster) towards Worstop, the noble Earl of
Shrewsbury's house ; and at Batine, the High Sheriffe of
Yorkshire took his leave of the King, and there Mr. Askoth,
the High Sheriffe of Nottinghamshire, received him, being
gallantly appointed both with horse and man ; and so he
conducted his Majesty on, till he came within a mUe of Blyth,
where his highness lighted, and sat downe on a banke side to
eate and drinke,
" After his Majesty's short repast, to Worstop his Majesty
rides forward ; but, by the way, in the Parke he was somewhat
stayed, for there appeared a number of huntsmen, all in
greene, the chief of which, with a woodman's speech, did
welcome him, offering his Majestie to showe him some game,
which he gladly condescended to see ; and, with a traine set,
he hunted a good space, very much deUghted : at last he
went into the house, where he was so nobly received, with
siiperfluitie of all things, that still every entertainment seemed
to exceed other. In this place, besides the abundance of all
provision and delioaoie, there was most excellent soul-ravishing
musique, whrrewith his highness was not a little delighted.
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" At Worstop he rested on Wednesday night, and in the
morning stayed breakfast ; which ended, there was much
store of provision left, of fowle, fish, and almost every thing,
besides bread, beere, and wines, that it was left open for any
man that would, to come and take," On the demise of this
Earl, without surviving male issue, the title became the
inheritance of his only surviving brother,
IBbtoarb IHalbOt, the eighth Earl of Shrewsbury, who had
married Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of Cuthbert, Lord
Ogle. This Edward died without issue, February 8th, 1617,
when the Shrewsbury title passed to a distant relative, George
Talbot, Esq,, of Grafton, in Worcestershire.
Ci^; I^OtoatbS. — On the death of Edward, the eighth
Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1617, the title, it is seen, went to a
distant relative ; while the principal part of the property,
including the ancient Baronies, descended to three surviving
daughters of Gilbert, the seventh Earl. Lady Alethea Talbot
was the youngest daughter, and Queen Elizabeth was her
godmother ; she married Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel,
Surrey, and Norfolk, himself Earl Marshal of England, only
son of Philip, Earl of Arundel, and grandson of Thomas,
Duke of Norfolk, who fell a sacrifice to the jealousy of
Elizabeth, respecting Mary, JJueen of Scots, From this it
wiU be seen how the illustrious family of the Howards
became possessed of Worksop Manor, and of the other
ancient estates of the Lovetots, Furnivals, and Talbots, The
Lordship of the Manor of Worksop continued in this family
through a long series of years, pregnant with many of the
most interesting and important facts connected with the
history of England, until it was sold to the late Duke of
Newcastle ; the present Duke is, therefore, the Lord of the
Manor,

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CHAPTER III.
(Kj)j l^rinrti : its /nttcMnu nuii Msgnlutinii.
"HE most prominent feature connected with the early
history of Worksop was its Priory, which, however, shared
the fate of most similar institutions. The precise date of
its foundation appears to be involved in some little obscurity,
but 1103 is most probably the correct date. It was founded
by William de Lovetot, and dedicated to St. Cuthbert" for
the use of monks of the order of St. Augustine, It is to be
regretted that so little information of a reaUy satisfactory
nature can be obtained from contemporary authorities as to
the state and history of this Priory, In the absence of such
facts, we are left to conjecture, an uncertain path, it must be
confessed, in the prosecution of historical research on subjects
of such importance. Let us hope that the canons of this
Priory were free from the grave charges usually brought
against the inmates of religious houses of this period, in
some oases, perhaps, without foundation. Now, as history is
silent on this subject, it would be pleasant to believe that the
writings of St, Augustine exercised an influence in this place,
as they did in the Latin Church, St, Augustine is spoken of
by Mosheim as a man " whose fame fiUed the whole Christian
world ; and not without reason, as a variety of great and
shining qualities were united in the character of that
illustrious man. A sublime genius, an uninterrupted and
zealous pursuit of truth, an indefatigable application, an
invincible patience, a sincere piety, and a subtle and lively
a St. Cuthbert was the sixth Bishop of Durham, and died at a great age, in 686.
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wit, conspired to establish his fame upon the most lasting
foundation."' He had, however, his frailties; let us not magnify
these, for who is free from them ? He was bom, according
to the best authorities, a.d. 354, and signalised himself early
in his opposition to the then prevaUing heresies, and in his
defence of the canon of Scripture, He was a voluminous
writer ; but it was not until about 1588 that the doctrines on
the subjects of grace and election held by this " father''
were attempted to be controverted by the Church of Rome ;
when those who held his views were subjected to a most
painful persecution, extending to what may be said to be its
consummation, the dispersion of the inmates of Port Royal
des Champs, in 1709. A remnant of those holding the
doctrines set forth in the writings of St. Augustine, and still
maintaining their union with the Church of Rome, now exist
at Utrecht. The monks of this house, agreeably to the
Augustine rule, had to live in common, " having nothing
proper to themselves,'' to be chaste, and to keep their
cloisters ; close study was also enjoined, and preaching.
The dress of this order was a long black cassock, with a
white rochet over it, and above that a black cloak and hood.
The monks shaved, but the regular canons wore their beards,
and had caps on their heads. In our little vignette, at the
head of the first chapter, we see' one sitting, with the arms of the
early Lords of Worksop at his feet, and mourning over the
desolation of his once favourite retreat. But to revert to the
Priory, it was, as has been said, founded by William de Lovetot,
and the purport of the charter is as follows : —
" Be it known to T. Archbishop of York, the Archdeacon of
Nottingham, and to all the gentry, clergy, and laity, French
and English, in all England, and Nottinghamshire, that
William de Lovetot, by the concession and consideration of
Emma, his wife, and their sons (or children,) grants and
confirms by his breve (or writing) the donation which he
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made to God, the holy church, and the canons of St,
Cuthbert, of Worksop, in perpetual alms. In the first
place, the whole chapelry of his whole house, with the tythes
and oblations ; then, the Church of Worksop, in which are
the said canons, with the land and tythes, and all things
belonging to the said church : moreover, the fish pond, and
the mUl, which are near the said church, at Worksop ; and
all that meadow, which is by the mill and fish pond : likewise,
aU the tythes of the pence of all his settled revenues, as weU
in Normandy as in England : at Inwara, in the field of
Worksop, one carucate of land ; and his meadow of Cratela ;
and all his churches of his demesne of the honour of Blythe,
viz,, the churches of Gringley, of Misterton, of Walkeringham,
of Normanton, of Coleston, of Willoughby, of Wishou, and
his part of the church of Tyreswell, with all lands, tythes,
and things belonging to the said churches : likewise the tythe
of his pannage, and of honey, and of venison, of fish, and of
fowl ; of malt, and of all other things of which tythes are
wont and ought to be given. And he wUls, and firmly grants,
that the aforesaid canons may truly and peaceably, freely and
honourably, hold all these things, with aU the liberties
and free customs with which he himself holds them. The
witnesses to this grant are, Egero Sacerdote, Wulveto
Sacerdote, Ilberto Scriptore, Rogero de Lincolnia, Edone
Dapifero, Erturo Praeposito, Wigero de Sancto, Albino, Cont
de Shefeld, Gilberto de Gatef (ord ?) Rogero de Sayendale.''
WiUiam, son of Richard de Lovetot, gave, on the day of his
father's burial, the tythe of aU his rents which he then had,
or ever should have, and wheresoever, on this side or beyond
the sea, to God, St, Mary, and St. Cuthbert, and the canons
of Radeford, which gift was confirmed by a bull from Pope
Alexander the Third.
The grants to this Priory were very numerous, and property
belonged to it in various parts of the country. After existing
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436 years, the period arrived when the dissolution of this and
kindred institutions became inevitable. How little, alas, at
this time, did the tempers and dispositions of the different
parties concemed, (as well of those who took part in dissolving
the Monasteries, as of those who suffered in consequence of
their dissolution) harmonize with the simplicity and purity of
the faith of Him whose honour was professedly sought. A
commission from Henry VIII, arrived at Worksop on the
15th of November, 1539, demanding the full and peaceable
surrender of the Monastery in that place. It was then
inhabited by the Prior and fifteen Monks, and its annual
value was £289. 15s, After the dissolution and distribution
of the property of this Priory, it passed into the hands of a
descendant of one of the original founders.
In. 1542, Henry VIII, granted to Francis, son of George,
fourth Earl of Shrewsbury, the whole site and precinct of the
Monastery or Priory of Worksop, and all messuages and
houses, and several closes and fields, and four acres of arable
land in Manton, in the parish of Worksop, &c., to hold to
him and his heirs of the King, in capite, by the service of the
tenth part of a Knight's fee, and also by the royal service of
finding the King a right band glove at his coronation, and to
support his right arm that day, as long as he should hold his
sceptre in his hand, paying yearly £'23. 8s. OJd, rent. The
same honour appears to have been enjoyed by the possessors
of another manor, who were ancestors of the above-named
Earls. "The Barons Furnival held Femeham, (Farnham
Royal,) in the county of Bucks, by the service of finding their
sovereign Lord and King, upon the day of his coronation, a
glove for his right hand, and to support his right arm the
same day, while he held the verge or sceptre in his hands,"
This ceremony is stUl continued at coronations.

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CHAPTER IV.
^^OR the benefit of the numerous strangers who are now
JE constantly visiting Worksop, we shall endeavour to
describe its situation and appearance at the present period,
The town is situated in a rich and gently sloping vaUey, in
the north-west corner of Nottinghamshire, on the border of
Sherwood Forest The tourist wiU readUy perceive its
situation, on referring to the accompanying map. The
neighbourhood is agreeably diversified with woodland scenery
and park-like landscapes. On approaching the town, from the
Railway Station, the effect of the fine woods seen in the
distance, extending over hundreds of acres south of the
town, and the double-towered Church in the valley, is both
striking and beautiful. Worksop has no manufactures peculiar
to itself, the malting trade is carried on very extensively, and
with direct access to the great manufacturing districts of
Lancashire, it will probably be carried on on a stUl larger scale.
There are now a great number of maltkilns in and around the
town, the cowls or hoods of which form a striking peculiarity
in the scenery of the place. We must also not omit to
mention the extensive buUding lately erected as a maltkUn,
near the Station, by Mr, Threlfall, of Manchester, It has
four dryuig kUns, and is constructed with two cisterns, capable
of steeping, in four days, seventy-five quarters of barley each.
The amount of duty paid to the excise for malt in the
Worksop district is about £30,000 per annum. The
principal markets for this aiticlc are Sheffield, Manchester,
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&o., &c. The town is also admirably situated for carrying on a
great trade in flour, as it is now connected with districts to
the eastward, unequaUed for the extent of their agricultural
productions, and it may thus become convenient as a central
mart between the growers and the consumers. The grinding
of com is just the species of manufacturing operation adapted
for a clean and pretty market town in an agricultural district,
and can neither detract from its agreeable aspect, nor render
it unsuitable for the residence of families who wish to enjoy
the pleasures of the country, particularly retired manufacturers
and tradesmen, who desire to terminate the labours of their
youth and manhood in ease and repose. The timber trade has
become an important business of late years, and a considerable
number of men are employed in preparing timber for railway
purposes, and for the various departments of the Sheffield
trade. The town has been long famous for the manufacture
of Windsor chairs and agricultural implements. Recently a
large leather factory has been established, by Mr, Tobias Child,
from London, for the manufacture of roans, coloured and
other calf-skins, chamois and morocco. The establishment is
calculated, when in full work, to employ about 100 hands.
Behind the Union, and also in other parts of the town, is a
considerable number of allotment gardens. This is a very
pleasing feature in the internal economy of the town, and may
be the means of not only furnishing the cottager with
vegetables raised by his own hand, and thus enhancing, the
pleasures of the table in a simple and innocent way, but may
also be the means of withdrawing him from less refined and
more expensive amusements. The town has long been noted
for the number of its private educational establishments, which
probably exceeds that of any town of similar extent in the
kingdom, and in quality, we are sure, inferior to none. Dr,
Heldenmaier's establishment may be noticed as being conducted
on the principles of Pestalozzi. There are about ten resident
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teachers, and we helievp it is the largest establishment of the
kind in the kingdom. The population of the parish was 5,566
in 1831, nearly half of ^Ybom were engaged in agricultural
pursuits ; and in 1841, the population had increased to 6,197 ;
according to the census of 1851, there is a still further
increase to 7,333, The parish comprises 18,220 acres, and
consists of the townsiiips of Worksop, Radford, Gateford,
Shireoaks, Haggonfield, and Osberton, The value of rateable
property is estimated at £21,400, The town now derives
additional interest from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin
colnshire RaUway passing by it. The act for this line passed
the House of Lords, July 17, 1846, and the line was opened
July 17, 1849.
We will now proceed to notice briefly the principal objects
of interest in the town.
The Railway Station, in the Elizabethan stj'le, from
the design of Messrs, Weightman and Hadfield, of Sheffield,
is built of white stone from Steetley Quarry, on the Manor
Estate, The Worksop Station is one of the largest and
most attractive on the line. It is situated on the north
side of the town, and commands a very pleasing view. The
frontage of the building is 101 feet, the length of the platform
is 252 feet, and the iron roof over the roadway is particularly
light and elegant,
A Uttle to the east of the Station is the Union Woekhodse,
which was built in 1837, and is the centre of a union of 26
parishes and townships.
Immediately adjoining the Union Workhouse is the Infant
ScHooi., built at the sole expense of Robert Ramsden, Esq,,
of Carlton Hall, by whose liberality and munificence it is
supported. In passing up Bridge Street, from the RaUway Station, a
little to the right is an eminence called the Casti.e Hill,
on which it is said a Castle once existed ; though not a trace
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of real evidence of it can be found, either in the shape of
stone or historical facts, Leland, writing in the time of
Henry the Eighth, observes , — " The old castelle on a hUl by
the towne is dene downe, and scant knowen where it was ;"
and elsewhere he adds, " and there is a place now enviroynd
with trees, rawlyd the Castelle Hille, where the Lovetoftes
had sumtime a eastel," This, we believe, is about all that can
be found relative to such a building in history.
The Savings' Bank, situated on the left side of Bridge
Street isa neat stone building, erected iu 1843, Immediately
above is the Branch of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Banking Company, and in Potter Street the Bank of Cooke,
Vernon, Walker, Jackson, and Milner.
In Bridge Street may be noticed the Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel ; in Potter Street the Wesleyan Association Chapel ;
in Westgate the Independent ; and in Newgate Street the
Primitive Methodist Chapel. These are all unpretending
buildings, but well suited for their several, yet one, purpose.
At the head of Potter Street is situated the Cobn Exchange,
a neat and useful building, in the Italian style, built in 1851,
by a Joint Stock Company, from the design of Mr. Gilbert, of
Nottingham. The corn factors attend in the large room, on the basement
floor. The sack market is held at the south end, in the open
air. In the rear of the building will be found the Butchers'
Shambles ; and the markets for miscellaneous articles are
held in the various parts of the surroimding open space.
To retum to the building : in the centre of the front will
be seen the arms of the Duke of Newcastle, carved in stone,
and forming a considerable ornament and relief to the somewhat
heavy appearance of the elevation. At the top is a clock,
with an illuminated dial, which was presented to the company
by the late Duke of Newcastle. It is found to be a great
convenience to the inhabitants. Tho principal entranre is by
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a flight of steps, passing under three arches of rustic stonework ;
the centre door leads into the Com Market above-mentioned ;
the one to the right opens into a small room, at present used
as a News Room, and is well supplied with daily and other
papers. Entering the door to the left, we ascend a flight of
steps, which bring us to the corridor ; passing through this,
we enter the spacious Assembly Room, in which are held the
County Court, Petty Sessions, concerts, lectures, &o,, &c.
In a room adjoining is now kept the Library of the Reading
Society and Mechanics' Institute. The room is also used by
the members as a Reading Room. The Society was formed at
a public meeting, held in the Assembly Room, on the 15th
April, 1852. A good Library has been formed, by donations
of money and books from the principal noblemen and
gentlemen iu the neighbourhood ; among these may be
mentioned the munificent present of books, to the value of
£75, from his grace the Dnke of Newcastle.
The Society is in a very prosperous condition, and we trust
it will long continue so.
We now come to the Abbey Gateway — the remains of
the venerable Abbey — certainly the most interesting object,
in an architectural point of view, in the town. The south,
or principal front is about nineteen yards in breadth, comprising
three divisions, and two divisions in height, with a pediment
over the centre. There are four buttresses rising nearly
to the roof. The inner ones have very beautiful enriched
niches, with brackets, but the figures are gone. The great
arch is in the centre, about twelve feet wide, supported by
stout clustered columns. Over this arch, in the second
division, is a very handsome traceried window, the head of
which is the segment of a circle, and the weather cornice
reaches nearly to the springing of the tracery. It is
divided by stone mulUons and transoms, into twenty-five
compartments. On each side of this window is a niche, with

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a crocheted canopy, and figures full size, in a standing
position, the one representing St. Augustine, and the other St.
Cuthbert. The pediment also contains a niche, with a superb
canopy of tabernacle work, in vvhich is a figure of the Virgin
Mary in a sitting position, with a small circular window over it.
The road- way through the building is about fifteen yards, and
has for its ceUing the boards of the floor of the room above ;
which is curiously traversed and supported by ribs of oak.
On the east of the ai'chwaj' is a porch projection, in the
decorated style, nearly square, and rising about two-thirds of
the whole front. The entrance is by a door on the west.
There was originally one also to the east, which is now waUed
up. Above these, are tiers of niches, with ornamental
canopies — the lower containing figures, that on the east front,
the Salutation of the Virgin Mary. The south front of the
porch is occupied by a large and elegant window, which
originally contained very elegant tracery, now gone ; the lower
part is boarded up. Over the window is a ruined pediment,
vrith a basso relievo of the adoration of the Magi, and two
grotesque projecting figures. The ceiUng is tastefully groined
ill stone, with roses, ball-flowers, &c., at the intersection of the
ribs, which spring at the angles from corbel heads. The whole
porch was originaUy surmounted by a handsome parapet, which
is now destroyed. On entering the lofty stone staircase, there
is a magnificent and highly wrought niche and canopy, with
bracket, but no figure remaining ; the entrance to the staircase
is also richly double canopied, in the ogee form, with crockets
and finials. It is much to be regretted that this beautiful
specimen of ancient architecture is so far mutilated : however,
the present remains are worthy of the careful attention of
the visitor.
Nearly opposite this gateway stands the Old Cross, the
shaft of which on a series of conical steps, only remains.
This is probably the site of the ancient markets and fairs
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of Worksop, and from these steps, during the Commonwealth,
the banns of marriage ^Yere published, as we have express
evidence in the Registry, where it is stated, in 1656, that
the marriage of one couple was, " accoi'ding to the Act,
published at Worksop Market Crosse,"
The Church is a fine specimen of Noriuan architecture,
and has recently been restored, both internallj' and externally,
at a cost of, we believe, about £6,000. It was originaUy
built ill the form of a cross, with an apse to the east,
evidences of which still remain. The existing building has
two fine toweis, in the transition style, about 100 feet high,
with Anglo-Norman and early-pointed windows, in the different
stages. The doorway in the west entrance is very beautiful,
consisting of a Norman arch, with zig-zag and early English
tooth ornaments. The interior consists of a nave, about 130
feet long, and two aisles, in which open benches have been
substituted for pews, Down each side of the nave, are ranged
eight pillars, alternately octagonal and cylindrical, each about
ten feet six inches in circumference. From these spring
Norman arches, most of which are adorned with large
dog-tooth tracery. Above, are a triforium and clerestory of
admirable design and arrangement. In the wall of the north
aisle, is a recessed tomb, with an ancient cross on the face of
the slab. The aisles are vaulted and cross-ribbed with stone.
At the east end, a large triplet window has been inserted
during the restoration, over which is a very fine wheel window.
On the same occasion, four stone coffins were exhumed on the
north side, the longest seven feet, and the shortest four feet.
Only three monuments of the ancient Lords of Worksop are
left, and those in a very mutilated state, The roof is of open
wood work, in imitation of old oak, and harmonizes well with
the other parts of the building. The Rev. James Appleton,
M,A,, is the vicar. The annual value of the living is about
£388, and is in the gift of the Duke of Newcastle.
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Connected with the Church, there are two National
Schools. The one for boys is held in the room over the
Abbey gateway ; that for girls is held in a neat newly-
erected building, near the Church,
The Ruins of St, Mary's Chapel, wliich are near the
east end of the church, ai'e highly attractive to the lovers
of architectural antiquities, and are said to present one of
the finest specimens of lancet windows in the country. It is
this object of archseologioal interest which we have endeavoured
to pourtray in our vignette. Without expressing any sympathy
with the sorrowing mourner over the decay of ecclesiastical
power, it must be confessed that we have a strong desire to
see the rich relics of ancient art preserved, however mutilated
they may be.
The Roman Catholic Chapel is situated at the top of
Park Street, near the Lodge Gates. It was built by the Duke
of Norfolk, in 1840, soon after he sold the Worksop Manor
Estate, on which the old chapel was situated, Messrs.
Weightman and Hadfield, of Sheffield, were the architects.
This Chapel is dedicated to St, Mary, and forms a beautiful
object on entering the town by the Newark and Mansfield
road, and the design will be appreciated by those who admire
the ancient architecture of this country. In regard to the
exterior, it is only necessary to observe that, while its
proportions and details have been carefuUj'' selected from
ancient examples, its carved enrichments have been executed
with much spirit and freedom. The interior of the Chapel
is, however, deserving of a few remarks. The harmony and
simplicity of the nave, with its traceried, open roof, at once
recommend themselves to the eye of the beholder. The same
may be said of the ancient architecture developed in the
design of the organ loft, the entrance porch, and the seats or
stalls, all of which are rendered subservient to the chancel,
Tlie plan of the cliancel or sanctuary is semi-liexangular,
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lighted by three windows of stained glass, executed with
beautiful and correct taste. The altar is of white Roche
Abbey stone, richly carved ; and upon it rests an elaborate
oak reredos, the crooketted canopies and pinnacles of which
break the line of the window siU, Parts of the whole
composition are slightly coloured and gilded, after the
ancient manner, so as to harmonize with, and at the same
time heighten, the gorgeous tints of the windows. The roof is
dark blue, and forms a very harmonious relief with the oak.
The Rev. James Jones is the priest. There is a school
connected vvith this place of worship.

CHAPTER V.
€|iE Bttttnr Sdde ru\ f ntk.— €{ib Eitma nf
ItetlBij dDlrKpEl.
SHE visitor, on arriving at the top of Park street, will come
to a pair of iron gates, and passing through, he will be in the
Manor Park ; and here he wiU find himself in the midst of
a landscape rich in every variety of sylvan scenery. Here are
the gently undulated turfy plain and rising mounds and ridges,
too slightly elevated to be honoured with the distinction
of the name of hills indeed, but gracefully formed, rich in
light and shadow, and lavishingly decorated with a perfect
luxury of colour, in every variety of tint, from the assembled,
separated, and commingled beech, oak, ash, larch, spruce,
fir, laurel, and a host of solemn poems, in the shape of cedar
trees. On arriving within a short distance of the house, there is a
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HUls on the left, at the foot of which there may now be seen
the Castle Farm, with its Gothic front and embattled parapet ;
stiU further to the left may be seen the curly smoke from the
lovely " Cottage.'' The woods surrounding this delightful
little spot are exquisitely beautiful, particularly the fine
beech wood, which has been not inappropriately named the
"Druid's Temple" and the " Lovers' Walk," a narrow path
leading down into the wood, the hills rising on each side.
On the one it is thickly hung with the rich dark laurel, and
on the other rise taU and towering trees of various kinds.
This path winds round untU it brings us out into the open
plain. But we are in the Manor Park, and must hasten
to the road again, on the right of which there is another
sequestered spot, the Menagerie, with its sheet of water, its
lovely, winding walks — its beautiful majestic trees, and elegant
flowering shrubs.
We wiU now retrace our steps, and proceed up the carriage
road, and on approaching the Mansion, we come to the large
iron gates under the Clock House. On going through, we
come into the extensive Court-yard of offices of various kinds.
The buildings on the left consist of housekeeper's room,
steward's room, kitchens, &c., &c, ; and on going through the
iron gates opposite those before-named, we come into the
lawn in front of the ruin of the house, and here we must rather
speak of what it has been than what it is. The desolation of
this once magnificent buUding is enough to cause a feeling
of regret in every breast ; but we wUl not dwell on this
subject, but hasten to describe, in a few words, what the
buUding was. The immense beautiful screen of light archi
tecture stUl perfect is deserving of particular attention.
The building combined elegance and grandeur in a high
degree. It was 303 feet in length, and built of Steetley
stone. In the centre, a portico makes a small projection,
consisting of six Corinthian pUlars, fluted, resting on the
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rustics, and surmounted by the tympanum and the pediment ;
upon the points of the triangle of the latter are placed three
handsome statues : in the pediment " the three animals
denote some of the well-known ancient alliances of the Norfolk
family. They are also emblematical : the lion is an emblem
of strength and courage, the horse of generous ardour, and
the dog of fidelity and vigUance, On the west side of
the principal group is a distant view of the old Manor House,
which, with all the furniture and the rest of its contents, was
consumed by fire, in October, 1761. The evening sun, the
broken columns, and shattered trees, are expressive of the
devastation occasioned by the calamitous accident. On the
east side, the whole appears to be unhurt, or restoring to its
former beauty, which is expressed by the flourishing oaks, the
sheep feeding, and the ploughman pursuing his labours. In
the foreground of this part, is represented the plan of the
present building, and some of the instruments employed in
erecting an edifice." A light and elegant balustrade surmounts
the edifice, from the tympanum to the projecting part of the
ends, which mark the terminations in the style of wings :
upon this are placed a series of vases, executed with fine taste,
and disposed of in admirable order. Magnificent as the ruins
of the building may appear to the visitor, it comprises only
one side of an intended quadrangle of about 300 feet each face.
If this building had been finished, it would probably have been
one of the largest houses in England, It is needless to say
anything respecting the former state of the interior, as the
wall of the north front is now all that remains, the inner walls
having very lately been removed. The foundation of the
present mutilated structure was laid on the 25th of March,
1763, and before the end of July in the following year, the
present portion of the building was covered in, which is
accounted for by the immense number of 500 workmen having
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the Old Manor House, which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday,
October 20th, 1761, The damage was computed at £100,000,
The house is said to have contained 500 rooms ; and £12,000
a year was then paid to workmen about the house.
We must not omit to notice the immense size of many of
the trees in this Park. There are few, perhaps, in England
to surpass them in size and beauty. There is one, a beech
tree, near the south-west comer of the Manor, in the Deer
Park, weU deserving attention : it is, indeed, a magnificent
tree, covering an area of 7,668 square feet, and the circum
ference of the bole is 23 feet. The Park contains about
1,100 acres, and is about eight miles in circumference.
Within the last few years, a great part of it has been fenced
off, and let for fields, and one or two fields have been allotted
for gardens.
About two mUes from Worksop, on the Chesterfield road,
and a few hundred yards from the Steetley Bar, wUl be found
the RxJiNS OF Steetley Chapel, one of the finest specimens
of Norman architecture in the country. The foUowing is the
description from Lyson's Magna Britannia : — " It exhibits a
complete specimen of the latter and more enriched style of
Norman architectm'e on a small scale. It consists of a nave
and chancel, each 26 feet in length, the east end being
circular and vaulted, the ribs of the arches, and the capitals
of the half pUlars, from which they spring, are much enriched
with various mouldings, grotesque heads, foliage, and other
ornaments. A cornice, supported by brackets, ornamented
with roses, heads, &c., runs round the upper part of the
buUding on the outside. The circiUar part of the east end has
also a fascia of foliage running round it, about the middle of
the buUding ; and is, besides, enriched with pilasters, in the
Norman style. The arch of the south doorway is ornamented
with zig-zag mouldings and heads ; the shafts of the pUlars
are covered with sculptured foliage and other ornaments, in
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the style of the doorway of Ely Cathedral." Since this
description was written, the buUding is much more dUapidated,
stUl it will repay the antiquarian for the walk to see it. The
Church appears once to have been connected with a parish
and rectory, of which the Vavasors and FreschviUes were
successively patrons, and to which the latter presented an
incumbent, in 1370.
It is usuaUy understood that Shireoaks derives its name
from a large oak tree, the branches of which overshadow a
portion of the three adjacent Counties — Derby, Nottingham,
and York. This, however, on reference to the map, will be
found to be erroneous, as the junction of the three Counties is
at Steetley.

CHAPTER VL
WiMlt %Wtri anil :f ark, toMCttU €mp, kt,
pELBECK ABBEY is distant from Worksop about 3^
, mUes. The road wiU be through the Manor Park gates,
at the top of Park Street, a few hundred yards from the
gates, the tourist will perceive the road to Welbeck branching
off to the left ; this will take him past the Castle Faem, and
pursuing the road to the left through the Park (during which
he wiU have a good view of the ruins of the Manor House) he
wUl come into a delightfuUy sequestered wood of deep lonely
deUs and rising hiUs : there the gorse, the fern, and the
lichen, in immense variety, will be found to contrast beautifully
with the fine towering oaks. This wood is the continuation of
the " Manor HiUs," and divides the Worksop Manor and
Welbeck estates.
At the turn of the road in this wood, he may, instead of
going down to the Lodge on the right, take the footpath in his
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front, which will bring him to the Pobtee Oaks, so caUed
from there having been a gateway between them. The height
of one is about 100 feet, and about 40 feet in circumference :
the other is about 90 feet high, and about 36 feet in circum
ference. Then there is the Seven Sisters, an oak, so called from
its having had seven tranks issuing from one root, in a
perpendicular direction, to the height of about 88 or 90 feet :
the circumference at the bottom is about 80 feet. One of
these stems has long been blown down.
The " Duke's Walking Stick,'' which formerly stood in this
Park, was a fine oak, perhaps unmatched by any other in the
kingdom for height and straightness. It was about 112 feet
high, contained about 440 feet of solid timber, and its weight
was estimated at 11 tons. There is now a "Young Oak
Walking Stick," of 129 years' growth, in the plantation
near the Abbey. This tree is as straight as an arrow, and
about 100 feet high, and 70 to the branches.
Welbeck is extra-parochial, and contains 2,283a. 3r. 5p. of
land, and anciently formed part of the Manor of Cuokney,
which was held by Sweyn, a Saxon ; and after the conquest it
was given in fee to Hugh Fitz -Baldric and Joceus de
Flemangh, with the exception of two carucates, which Gamel-
bere, an old Saxon knight, was allowed to retain. Gamelbere
died without issue, and the estate estreated to King Henry L,
who gave it to a son of Joceus de Flemangh, who came with
the Conqueror. This son of Joceus had issue, Richard, who
built and founded the Abbey here, for Praemonstratensian
canons. The monastic edifice was begun in the reign of
Stephen, and was completed in that of Henry II. He
dedicated the Abbey to St. James, and gave it and the lands
to the monks, in free and perpetual alms, for his own, father's,
and ancestors' souls, "and theirs from whom he had unjustly
taken any goods."  i
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In 1512, the custody of aU the houses of this order was
conferred on the Abbot of Welbeck, The Prsemonstratensians
were brought into England by Peterde Goula, or Gousel, in
1140, just twenty years after their establishment. The dress
of the canons was a white cassock, with a rochet over it, a
long white cloak, and a white cap — -hence they were called
white canons. Of this order there were about thirty- five
houses. At its dissolution, in 13th of Henry VIIL, its yearly
revenues were £249. 6s. 3d., and it was granted by purchase
to Richard Whalley, from whom it passed to Sir Charles
Cavendish, youngest son of the celebrated Countess of Shrews
bury, by her marriage with Sir WUliam. He marryiag the
heiress of Lord Ogle, his son succeeded to that barony, and
afterwards became the Duke of Newcastle, the author of the
famous treatise on horsemanship. He built the magnificent
riding-house at that place, in 1623, which we believe is one of
the finest in the kingdom. For one of this Duke's grand
entertainments to the King, Ben Johnson wrote a masque,
which was played at Welbeck, on the 21st May, 1633,
entitled, " The King's entertainment at Welbeck, in Notting
hamshire, A house of the Right Honourable WiUiam, Earl
of Newcastle, Viscount Mansfield, Baron of Botle (?) and
Bolsover." Margaret, grand-daughter to this Duke, married
John HoUes, fourth Earl of Clare, who was created Duke of
Newcastle in 1694, but he left only a daughter and heiress,
Henrietta, who married Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, who
founded the Harleian Library, in 1762. The only issue of
this union was a daughter, Margaret Cavendish Harley, who
married, in 1734, WiUiam, second Duke of Portland, from
whom this ancient seat and other estates descended to the
present noble proprietor. In 1809, the present noble possessor
of this estate assumed the title of Soott-Bentinck — his name
is, therefore, William Henry Cavendish Soott-Bentuick, Duke

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of Portland, The Bentinck family descend from the noble
famUy of that name in the province of Overyssel, in the
Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, where
they flourished for many generations. The Westons were Earls
of Portland from 1653 to 1665, when the title became extinct
by the death of Thomas Weston, without issue ; it was again
revived, in 1689, in the person of WiUiam Bentinck, who was
in the suite of WUliam Prince of Orange, when he came over
to take possession of the English throne.
There does not appear to be any remains of the old
Monastic Mansion, except some arches of the vaults and a
few inner waUs. Some old sepulchral monuments are stiU
attached to some of the inner waUs. The present building
was begun in 1604, and has towers, turrets, smaU battlements,
and ballustrades. There is an air of antiquity about the
buUding, stiU not in harmony with the ancient Abbeys. The
principal apartments are elegantly furnished, and contain a
large coUection of portraits of the Cavendish and Bentinck
family, and other paintings by eminent masters. The Library
is a fine room, 40 feet by 30 feet, and is in the Tudor style
of architecture.
The gardens at Welbeck are very extensive, and have been
celebrated by some extraordinary productions, especially an
enormous bunch of grapes of the Syrian variety, that was
raised when Speechley was gardener there. This bunch
weighed nineteen and a half pounds, and was sent by the
present Duke's father as a present to the Marquis of Rock
ingham, at Wentworth. The men who took it carried it in the
same manner that the spies carried the grapes from the land of
Egypt, — namely, suspended on a pole. The ranges of hot
houses are mostly taken up by forcing all the best kinds of
exotics and fruits ; and there is a large orangery, where lemons,
citrons, limes, &c., are grown to a large size. In the pleasure
grounds many of the new species of the fir tribe from Mexico
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and the Himalayan mountains are growing with great luxuriance,
and have braved our cold and damp climate so well hitherto,
as to be pronounced nearly hardy. The seeds of the cedrus
deodora (or sacred cedar of the Hindoos) were sent from India
by the late Lord WiUiam Bentinck, when Governor-General
there ; and there are now two fine trees in the Pinetum,
near Carburton. Since these trees have been planted, they
have grown as fast as the larch. The Auricarias too, in the
same Pinetum, are growing fast, and wiU quite alter the forest
scenery in parks and plantations, when they get to the fuU
size, by their graceful and tropical appearance.
The Park is studded over with fine oaks, beeches, &a., and
the woods, for extent and beauty, cannot, we believe, be
surpassed in England. The charming lake is a fine sheet of
water, upwards of a mUe in length, and of considerable width,
winding in the most natural and easy manner in the valley ;
here and there several small promontories, studded with trees,
give the picture a most delightful effect, and the lake's silvery
surface, with the dark foliage of the surrounding trees, and
the presence of the noble deer, add greatly to the beauty of
the scene.
We beUeve that the noble owner is the greatest planter and
farmer in England.
The tourist desiring to visit Cbesswell Crags is recom
mended to take the road in front of the entrance gates to the
footpath, and after a pleasant walk through rich woodland
scenery, he wiU cross the river WoUen, which wUl bring him
into an opening of one of the most romantic defiles imaginable ;
—a wUd streamy glen, with high rocky sides, that form the
indentures on one hand, and the projections on the other
formed to fit them, convincing you at once that in some
remote age of the world both were joined together, and that
a high hUl was here opened through its centre, by some
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On proceeding through the village, a few minutes' walk wiU
bring us to Maekland Grips, which, in all probability, are a
continuation of Cresswell Crags, at least the sides of the
rocks bear evidence of having been divided in a simUar
manner, at some remote period of the world's history.
Retuming by the same road, and passing the front of the
Abbey, about a quarter of a mile, we come to the Greendale
Oak, the — " Methusalah of trees" — unquestionably the most
remarkable tree in this fine domain. In 1724, an opening
was made through this tree, capable of allowing a carriage, or
three horsemen abreast, to pass through. In 1790, Hayman
Rooke, Esq,, of Mansfield Woodhouse, published "Descriptions
and sketches of remarkable oaks in Welbeck Park," in which
the following is given as the dimensions of the tree at that
time : — " The circumference of the trunk above the arch,
thirty-five feet three inches ; height of the arch, ten feet
three inches ; width about the middle, six feet three inches ;
height to the top branch, fifty-four feet." It is supposed to
be about 800 years old. It is now planked diagonally, and
otherwise supported, yet notwithstanding its decrepitude,
its green boughs spread over a diameter of about forty-five
feet. Proceeding forward, on the camage road, towards Norton,
and about its junction with another road, we shall find a
footpath, which will lead us into what may truly be termed a
"Lovers' Walk," so secluded and quiet is the scene: tall
evergreens hem in the path on every side, as it winds through
the woods. Here you may wander secure from observation
and undisturbed by ought, save the twittering of the myriads
of the feathered tribe, as they flutter away, alarmed at the
unwonted intrusion on their secret haunts. Passing through
this delightful walk, we quickly reach the noble and beautiful
Bridge, spanning the head of the lake, with one arch, of
graceful proportions. From it we have a fine view up the
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lake, with a distant glimpse of the Abbey, sheltering, and us
it were, hiding itself among the surrounding woods. This
Bridge has recently been built by the Duke, at an enormous
expense. Within a short distance of this Bridge, is the gate and tree
near which the lifeless body of Lord George Bentinck was
found. Crossing the Bridge, the visitor may now proceed through
the wood to the Mansfield road, and by it return to Worksop,

CHAPTER VII.
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pE now proceed to Clumber, the seat of the Duke of
Newcastle ; and should the visitor be on foot, he will
find a very pleasant walk across the Netherton Fields to
the windmill, opposite to which will be found one of the finest
views of Worksop and its Neighbourhood, extending for many
miles, and terminating with the spire of Laughton-en-le-
Morthen Church, FoUowing the path to the right, through
the fields and the woods in front, the visitor will soon arrive
in the Park. Should the visitor have a conveyance, the road
will be direct through the town up Sparkin Hill ; when at the
top of this hill, he must take the OUerton road to the left.
and after going about half a mile, he will find a carriage road to
the left, tlu-ough a wood ; this will shortly bring him to the
Lodge gates, and pursuing the road, in a few minutes this
beautiful Park opens upon him. The view is rich in effect,
and delightful to the eye. The fine plantations are here and
there intersected with patches of broom and gorse, about this
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time (July), decked in all their lovely tints, Tlie hills, or
rather rising grounds, are beautifully clothed with woodland
scenery, and the lawns are spread out as a smooth green
carpet. The house occupies a central situation in the Park,
on the north side of the lake ; and it has been said to combine
more magnificence and comfort than any other nobleman's
seat in England, It is certainly not so large as many others,
but the taste displayed in and about this Mansion is of a very
high order : it may be said to be a second Chatsworth, Tlic
house consists of three fronts, and in the centre of that which
faces the Lake, there is a very light Ionic colonnade, whicli
has a very pleasing effect. The south front is ornamented
with four niches, each containing a beautiful white marble
statue, emblematical of the four seasons ; and the angles of
the house are surmounted with sixteen fine vases. The
interior of the house is not less beautiful. The Entrance
HaU is lofty : it is supported by pillars, and contains an
elegant marble medallion of a Dolphin and Tritons, two fine
inlaid marble tables, antique busts, &c. The loft}"" staircase is
adomed with some fine paintings, and other articles of vertu,
amongst which will be found an exquisite model of the Laocoon
group, Roman monuments, &c. The railing is curiously
wrought and gilt, in the shape of crowns, with tassels,
hanging down between tbem, from cords twisted into knots
and festoons.
The Library is beautifully fitted up with rich mahogany
bookcases, and contains a fine collection of English, foreign,
and classical literature ; it is 45 feet long, 31 feet wide, and
21 feet in height, A beautiful gallery, with gilded railings,
surrounds it, A Corinthian arch, the columns of which are
of jasper, opens into a reading room, which has an octagonal
front ; and this opens into the east part of the terrace, from
which there is a charming prospect of the lake and pleasure
grounds, &c. This room is 30 feet by 27 feet.

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The Dining Room is by far the most magnificent apartment.
The ceiling and panels are extremely rich in stucco and
gUding, yet chaste. The lustres, marble chimney piece, and
steel grate are all of the most exquisitely beautiful description.
There are seven paintings in this room, valued at £25,000,
four of them are market pieces, and consist of a display
of flesh, fish, fowl, fruit and vegetables. The others are
dead game by WenLx, and landscapes by ZuccareUi. The
other apartments are superbly furnished, and contain a great
number of famUy portraits, and a variety of exquisite paintings
from the pencils of Rembrandt, Reubens, Vandyke, Snyders,
Hoare, Corregio, &c., &c., amongst which is the celebrated
painting of Sigismunda, weeping over the heart of Tancred.
The Terrace, we believe, is scarcely to be surpassed in
England. It is in the Italian style, and the vases and figures
are arranged in a very effective manner. There is a very
splendid white marble fountain in the centre, which came
from Italy. The lower, or large basin, is twelve feet six
inches in diameter ; above this is a smaller basin, four
feet in diameter, supported by four Dolphins ; from the
top of this basin the fountain plays, and has a very beautiful
effect. The block from which the large basin was made,
weighed fifty tons when got from the quarry. The Terrace is
beautifully laid out in ornamental flower beds ; and the flowers
with which it and the coUonnade are decorated, are very choice
and beautiful. The Conservatory is situated on the east side
of the Terrace, and contains a great variety of fine greenhouse
shrubs. In the centre a small fountain throws up its sparkling
treasures, adding a pleasing effect to the scene ; and to add
still more to the picturesque appearance, there is a small
Aviary. From the Terrace there is a delightful walk on the
side of the lake, for upwards of a quarter of a mUe, tastefully
laid out, and combining a great variety of scenery, The Cedars
of Lebanon are of the most beautiful description ; and the
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grounds are kept in the finest order. The Temples which are
here and there arranged in these Pleasure Grounds, form
another pleasing feature. The Lake, which is said to cover
considerably more than two hundred acres of land, is extremely
beautiful, and on it are two fine vessels, one named the
" Salamanca,'' and the other, of forty tons burden, is called
"The Lady Lincoln,"
The Gardens are kept in fine order, and extend over from
six to seven acres of ground. They contain about eighteen
hot and other houses, and are rich in plants of a choice
description. It is said that for forcing. Clumber, Welbeck,
and Thoresby are not to be surpassed in the Kingdom.
Clumber is mentioned in Doomsday Book, and when that
survey was taken, Roger de Busli had two manors there.
With other great estates in Nottinghamshire, it came into the
family of the present Duke of Newcastle, by a marriage with
one of his Grace's ancestors. Sir William Cavendish was
created Baron Ogle and Viscount Mansfield in 1620, Baron
Cavendish, of Bolsover, in 1628; Earl Ogle and Duke of
Newcastle in 1644. He wrote a work on horsemanship, and
resided at Welbeck, and was the builder of the large Riding
Room at that place. He died in 1676, and was succeeded by
his son Henry Cavendish, who married the daughter of
WiUiam Pierrepont, Esq,, of Thoresby Hall, and died in 1691,
when, having no male issue, the titles became extinct.
Margaret, one of his daughters and co-heiresses, married
John HoUes, fourth Earl of Clare, who, in 1694, was created
Marquis of Clare and Duke of Newcastle, Before his marriage
he lived at Houghton, and afterwards at Welbeck, where he died
in 1711 ; and having no issue his titles became extinct. He
bequeathed his estates to his sister's son, Thomas Pelham,
second Baron Pelham, of Laughton, in Sussex, who assumed
the name of Holies, and in 1714, was created Duke of
Newcastle-under-Lyne, He died in 1768, and all his titles
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became extinct, except those of the Duke of Newcastle-under-
Lyne, and Baron Pelham, of Stanmere, which descended in
marriage with his niece Catherine to Henry Fiennes Clinton,
ninth Earl of Lincoln, who assumed the name of Pelham, and
died in 1794. His son, Thomas Pelham Clinton, died in the
foUowing year, and was succeeded by his son, the late Duke,
who dying January 12th, 1851, was succeeded by the present
Most Noble Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Duke of New
castle and Earl of Lincoln, who was born in 1811. The
family surname of Clinton, heretofore Earls of Lincoln, is
derived from an ancestor who came into England at the
Conquest, and resided on their lordship, at Climpton, in
Oxfordshire. Roger Climpton, or Clinton, was Bishop of
Coventry from 1228 to 1249.
We now accompany the visitor to Thoresby, the seat of
Earl Manvers. Taking the road on the right of Clumber
House, we cross the lake by a beautiful bridge of three
arches. From this bridge we have a finer view by far than
can be obtained within the limits of the Park. Immediately
before us, the waters of the lake flowing amongst miniature
islands and rocks form numerous mimic cascades ; the sound
of the falling waters mingled with the cry of alarm from the
water fowl as they rapidly rise from their quiet and secluded
retreat beneath the pendant foliage, toying and sporting
with every breath of air, and dipping its leaves and branches
in the water, all combine to relieve the exceeding quiet and
stillness of the scene. To the left is the house, skirted by
the .gloomy cedar, and beyond, the lake expanding into a
noble sheet of water, is embosomed in magnificent woods,
extending far as the eye can reach.
After pursuing the road for about two miles, the magnificent
Park opens upon our view. The eccentric Pemberton, who
was a true lover of the picturesque, said that this spot was to
him the most " exciting example of park scenery in the
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kingdom.'' It is certainly exceedingly beautiful. The Park
includes an area of about thirteen square miles, and contains
several very pretty sheets of water. The lake near the house
is so disposed as to represent an extensive river, and being
amphitheatrically surrounded with lawns that appear to hang
as it were towards the Mansion in varied and verdant slopes,
has a very fine effect. The herd of deer in the Park is
unusually large. The ancient Mansion at Thoresby was
destroyed by fire, in 1745, and the present house was erected
shortly afterwards by the great uncle of the present proprietor.
It consists of a rustic stone basement, with two stories of
brickwork. The principal front is decorated with a treta style
portico, of the Ionic order. The principal entrance is in the
basement, opening into the hall, which is decorated with
some good paintings, and a chiaro oscura of the Trojan
horse, &c. The ascent to the principal story is by a double
staircase, which opens into the dome, supported by fourteen
pillars, alternately round and square, on which rests a gaUery,
balustered, and opening into the upper chambers. The light
is admitted by a handsome circular skylight. The walls are
done in imitation of a yeUow variegated marble, beautifully
contrasting with the white pillars and pilasters, and others
resembling the verd antique. The floor is tessellated with the
same substance. The drawing-room contains a bust of Pascal
Paoli, who fought against the Genoese, and then against the
French, and after a long and unequal content, was compeUed
to leave Louis XV. in possession of his once free and
independent country. At length Paoli found an hospitable
home at Thoresby. Lady Wortley Montague, who first intro
duced Inoculation from Turkey into this country, and who
distinguished herself by her "Letters" and descriptions of the
the Turkish Harems, was born at Thoresby,
The present noble owner is descended from Robert de
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Conqueror. His lineal descendants soon acquired both fame
and property. George Perpoint was knighted in the first of
Edward VI. Henry, his son and heir, left issue, Robert, who
in 1627 was created Baron Pierrepoint, of Holm-Pierrepoint,
and Viscount Newark, and in the following year Earl of
Kingston, who distinguished himself in the civil wars of
Charles I. He was succeeded by his son Henry, who also
distinguished himself in the cause of royalty, and was created
Marquis of Dorchester in 1644, He died in 1680, without
issue, when the Marquisate became extinct, but the Earldom
devolved on his Grace's nephew, Robert Pierrepoint, who,
in 1682, was succeeded by his brother, William, who died in
1690, leaving his honours and estates to his brother Evelyn,
who was created Marquis of Dorchester in 1706, and Duke of
Kingston-upon-HuU in 1715. He was succeeded by his
grandson, Evelyn, who dying without issue in 1773, his titles
became extinct, 'The estates devolved upon his sister's son,
Charles Meadows, who assumed the name of Pierrepoint and
was created Baron Pierrepoint and Viscount Newark in 1796,
and Earl Manvers in 1806 ; he died in 1816, and was succeeded
by his son, the present Earl Manvers,
Immediately adjoining Thoresby Park, a little to the right,
wiU be found the pleasant little viUage of Bddby : it presents
the beau ideal of an English vUlage. The cottages are buUt
in the Swiss style, and are profusely hung with roses and
other flowers, and are surrounded with pretty gardens. The
river adds its charms as it bubbles through the village, now
leaping and foaming over the twisted root of an old wUlow,
then stealing away softly with a broad expanse of water —
gliding towards the fine lake at Thoresby. On the eastern
border of the forest, the visitor wiU come to that wUd moor
land tract called Budby Forest, as wild as the ardent lover of
nature can desire, save the formal hunting drives that occa
sionaUy intersect it. He must recoUect that he is stiU in
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Sherwood Forest, though in this part it is clear of the oaks
and other large timber trees that adorn old Bilhagh ; but it is
entirely studded over vrith low, broad-crowned hawthorns,
which, in the latter end of May or early in June, are covered
over with white clustering blossoms, that flood the wilderness
with aroma, spreading over miles in length, and presenting a
picture rarely to be found. They are picturesque in all
seasons, spangling the greensward with their tender shadows
in the sunn}^ summer time ; splendid when autumn throws
around her gorgeous tints, transformed by her golden touch
into every conceivable hue, from rusty green to pure Ver
million ; and when the storms of winter have begun their
denuding sport, these hawthorns present a charming contrast,
with their dark stems and twigs, festooned with Druidical
wreaths of deep-green shining mistletoe, spotted with its
white viscid berries. This forest is again variegated with
countless evergreen gorse shrubs that in the spring-time and
autumn are all golden with papilionaceous blossoms — an ocean
of beauty, whose golden bUlows heave to the nectar-bearing
breezes as far as the eye can reach. Here the linnets,
winchats, blackbirds, and silver-piped thrushes are singing glad
some strains ere moming unbars the gates of light, and their
music is continued as grey twilight spreads the soft couch of
even : not a sound save of Nature's choristers, breaks the
repose of this wildemess of sweets.
The tourist may now proceed forward, and in a few minutes
he finds himself in the very midst of that part of Sherwood
Forest, known as Birkland and Bilhagh, and a most romantic
and charming portion of Sherwood Forest it is. When this
Forest was first made is uncertain : it is mentioned in the
reign of Henry II. , but it was a forest earlier, for WUliam
Peverel, in the reign of King Stephen, seems to have had the
whole profit and command of it. According to a survey of
Sherwood Forest, made in the year 1609, it contained 95,115 i
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acres, of which 44,839 acres were then enclosed, 9,486 in
woods, and 35,080 in waste. The cultivated portion now
exceeds 80,000 acres, and the remainder is in woods, planta
tions, &c. The boundary of the Forest, according to a
perambulation in 1231, passed from " Coningswith Ford, by
the highway towards Nottingham, on to Blackstone-Haugh,
and thence foUowing the course of the Doverbeck into the
Trent. Westerly, it went to Coningswith, by Mayden Water,
to the town of Worksop, following the course of the river to
Pleasley, so up to Otter Brigges, then keeping the great
highway to the MUl Ford ; thence to Mayneshead, by Hard
wick and Kirkby, to Nun Carre ; on towards Annesley,
keeping the high road to Linby, through the midst of the
town, to Lene Water, on to Lenton, and thence by the
said water, as it was wont of olden times to rtjn into the water
of Trent," The late Major Rooke tells us that until the
beginning of the last century Sherwood was full of trees, and
was then one continued wood from Mansfield to Nottingham ;
but this tract is now cleared, and the only remains of ancient
woodland are principally in the hays of Birkland and Bilhagh ;
part of these hays are in Thoresby Park, whence they extend
westward to Warsop and Clipstone, being about 3-^ miles in
length, and 1^ in breadth, or about 15,000 acres. In 1790,
they contained only 10,117 trees, valued at about £17,000.
It is said to have been the favourite haunt of Robin Hood ;''
and there can be no doubt that this is one of the finest
instances of forest scenery in England, It extends for miles
in one dense mass of umbrageous foliage, and is indeed " a
ruined Palmyra of a forest :" for here are old oaks — some
a It would be an interesting task for the lover of history to endeavour to search
out historical proofs of the existence of such an autrust personage as Robin Hood ;
we confess our inability to do so, and so long as aU contempora,ry history continues
to be an absolute blanii respecting Mm, we shall accept the baUads and traditions
which have been \vi-itten respecting him as evidence of the widely-diffused popu
larity of the fitary ; but for anything we can see to the contrary, they show that
it ought rather to be placed among our national fictions than among bur national
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solitary, some in groups — in all the attitudes of falling columns
and shattered temples, scattered widely over the plain, among
which no living thing may be seen, save, now and then,
flapping through the still gloom, one of those lonely birds that
love to haunt the ruin and the wilderness. We gladly refer
to a description of the Forest by Mr. C. Thomson, who is
familiar with its beauties : — " The sombre green of old Bilhagh
crowns the hill, a sea of ferns are billowing their curly crests
into an ocean of emerald. Did 3'ou ever witness such a scene
before ? You may have gazed upon the sylvan spots scattered
over our country, all sunlit islets of gold in a vast ocean of
verdure ; so Claude-like and charming — you may have gazed
on the rough grandeur of heaven-reaching mountain-peaks,
sublime as the savage splendour of Salvator Rosa ; but here is
a spot unknown, and whose glory is yet undepicted. The
nature-loving Pemberton has described this place as ' beautifully
grand, awful, solemn, and deeply, intensely affecting.' On one
hand, the hill top interlines the blue heaven — before you ten-
century oaks, that the blasts of time have but scathed — not
killed ; here they stand in every conceivable form of beauty,
' their tines and randlepipes' fretted together into a tracery,
through which the bright sun rains down showers of glory on
the sheeny foliage beneath — and here, young, twiggy, soft,
green birches, a forest sisterhood, are fraternising in nature's
temple — here silver-stemmed and golden-tressed dryad birches,
whose ringlets are swinging to the graceful music of the west
winds. Forest flowers creep on the carpet, embracing tiny
mosses — elegant foxgloves, whose coral lips welcome the honey-
hunting bees. In the high heaven the speckled lark is
trilling — the forest songsters make the wUd woods rebound
with their musical throats ; the glossy jackdaw caws a solo —
the partridge whirrs to the pheasant's wild scream — ^butterflies
of interminable hues spangle the scene — and at sundown the
nightingale's song makes the evening dance to the glow-worm's

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lamp. 'Tis an Eden of the nineteenth century — no roU
of machine to break the solemn silence — no smoke of
factory minarets to mingle with the pure blossom of health-
blessing breezes — no poverty moan of the every-day world we
have left behind us — nor the withering frown of haughty pride
to mock our manhood ; the busy world is forgotten, we ' are
in a strange, solemn, and old universe.'
" We traverse the broad glade, and tread the mossy carpet
for about half a mile, and we arrive at the Major's Oak.
You fancy, ere you approach this tree, you have seen finer
specimens in your ramble — but mark as you approach his
broad flanks — his bole full 30 feet in circumference — ^one of
his huge arms 12 feet girt — his leafy crown covering a
diameter of 240 feet. Time has scooped out his old sides,
and opened his hard breast to shelter the visitor from the
burning sun, or the ruthless storm.''
On passing over the Forest, we come to the neat little
viUage of Edwinstowe, near which, on the Mansfield road, wUl
be found the Ruins of Clipstone Palace, consisting of
several fragments of massive walls. It is said to have been
built by one of the Kings of Northumberland. Throsby says
it was a palace for the Kings of England so early as the reign
of Henry II. Here Richard I. entertained the King of
Scots, in 1194, and King John frequently resided and held
courts here. The first Edward occasionally visited this
Castle, and held a parliament here in 1290, but whether in
the Palace or under an oak now caUed the Parliament Oak is
uncertain. Another tradition, however, says that this oak
obtained its name so early as 1212, when King John, hearing
of the second revolt of the Welsh, held a brief council vrith
his followers under its branches. The second Edward, ac
cording to the chroniclers, held his Christmas here in 1315
and 1316.
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Henry VL, on the 20th March, 1422, granted a charter to
Nottingham and Clipstone Palace. In 1514, Henry VIII.
granted Clipstone Park to his Lord Treasurer, Thomas, Earl
of Surrey, when he made him Duke of Norfolk, The property
afterwards reverted to the crown, and in the reign of James I.
it was granted to Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury. This ancient
domain, supposed to be the oldest in England, is now the
property of the Duke of Portland, who preserves with care the
remains of this ancient pUe, to whisper its stories of the olden
time to all visitors. The only part of the Palace now re
maining stands in a large field close to the vUlage, and seems
to have been the hall. The foundations have formerly been
very extensive, with several large vaults.
Near to the Palace of Clipstone, stood the Chapel of St.
Edwine. A few moss-grown stones are aU that now mark the
spot. The next object of interest is the Clipstone Archway, buUt
by the Duke of Portland in 1844, in the same style as the
Abbey Gateway, at Worksop, and is used as a School Room,
On the south side, are figures of Robin Hood, Little John,
and Clorinda ; on the north, King Richard, Friar Tuck, and
AUen-a-Dale, About two miles beyond Edwinstowe, and two mUes south
of OUerton, stands the ivy-mantled Abbey of Rufford, For
mUes round this venerable pile, the scenery is beautifully
picturesque, presenting boundless woods, meandering rivulets,
and gracefuUy undulating slopes. The bowery woods present
almost every variety of foliage ; the sturdy oak, with his
mantle of rusty green ; large beeches, rich in vigour and life,
rear their lofty heads ; towering pines, raising their pointed
tops like pyramids ; others with their bushy tops forming a
fine broad screen, under which the bright sunlight streams,
and tips the underwood with silvery grey : some beautifuUy
festooned with rich foliage, almost to their roots ; and from j
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which numbers of agUe squirrels chase each other from tree to
tree, like children at play ; others sitting with their bushy
taUs gracefully turned over their laughing features, like a
broad plume : others swinging from the pendulous branches
of the birch, or sliding down their naked stems : and in
picturesque relief to the dark masses, the thorn spreads out
its fragrant blossoms.
The undulating slopes, and patches of green turf, are dotted
over with, cattle, feeding, ever and anon enlivened by the
nimble bound of the antlered deer.
The tinkling little streams that rush and twine along the
valleys, fall off the eastern side of the Abbey into a lovely
lake, spread out like an " expanse of sUver," so pure, so
beautiful ! whose face is gently ruffled by the skimming of the
water-hen and the coot ; the wild duck's brilliant plumage of
azure and gold ; and the stately swan, majestically sailing,
like some fairy skiff, along the crystal flood. At some
distance from its banks, are verdant islets, whose masses of
foliage are reflected in the clear blue lake, which abounds
with fish ; and on its shore may frequently be seen the patient
angler, anxiously plying his piscatorial art. On the eastern
side of the lake, is a lonely little dell, called the " WUderness :"
knots and knolls, scattered over with the fragrant violet,
primrose, cowslip, wood anemone, orchis, and the cheerful
blue veronica ; pollard stems intertwined with the wUd rose
and the honeysuckle, fit to " canopy Titania's bower :" the
outspreading branches of the stately trees, kissing the surface
of the lake, which may be seen through openings of the foliage,
like ribands of burnished sUver : the charming dell teeming
with the wild melody of the small birds, and the spied thrush,
" On topmost shoot of odour-breathing birch,
Making the wild woods ring."
And the rushing of the neighbouring mill race over its pebbled
face, " imposes silence with a stilly sound." A narrow footpath
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winds through the entangled underwood of this "wilderness
of sweets," to the heathery moorlands and forests that bound
the scene.
From various points in this charming landscape, portions of
the old monastic pile may be seen peeping above the tufted
trees ; the fine turret from which the old convent bell sends
its deep reverberating sound through the sylvan glades ; the
lofty water-tower, capped with beautifuUy pierced Elizabethan
tracery. This fine rural liberty was anciently called Rugforde, or
Rumforde, and before the Conquest is said to have been held
by Ulf the Saxon, and afterwards, of the fee of Gilbert de
Gaunt, nephew to the Conqueror, who was succeeded by his
son Walter, whose eldest son married the Countess of Lincoln,
and was himself created Earl of Lincoln, and here, in 1148,
founded a Cistercian Abbey, for a colony of monks, whom he
brought from the Abbey of Rivaulx, in Yorkshire, in honour of
the Virgin Mary. Thoroton says, it had often been the resi
dence of King James 1., and his son Charles, who found it
very commodious for hunting in Sherwood Forest. A few
years ago, some labourers, while excavating, dug up a stone
containing the following inscription m Latin : —
" Here lies the body of Eoger de Martham, monk of this house,
on whose soul may the mercy of God shew pity. Amen. Who died
on the seventh day of the calendar of April, in the year of our Lord
1239." After the expulsion of the monks, by Henry VIIL, he granted
the Abbey and estates to George, Earl of Shrewsbury and
Waterford, in exchange for many large estates in Ireland,
The Rufford esta-te passed by marriage to Sir George SavUe,
of Barrowby, in Lincolnshire, whose descendant of the same
name was created Marquis of Halifax, in 1682 ; but that title
became extinct on the death of his son William, in 1700.
The last Sir George Savile died in 1784, and left his estate

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to Richard, the second son of his sister (wife of the Earl of
Scarbrough), but on the death of his eldest brother, in 1807,
he succeeded to the Scarbrough title and estates, whUe the
the estate of Rufford passed to his younger brother, the
Honourable and Reverend John Lumley Savile, who, in 1832,
succeeded his eldest brother as Earl of Scarbrough. He held
both the Sandbeck and Rufford estates till his death, in 1835,
and was succeeded by his son, the present possessor, John
Savile Lumley Savile, the eighth Earl of Scarbrough, Viscount
and Baron Lumley, and also Viscount Lumley, in Ireland,
and Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Through a massive gateway, fronted by a neat Lodge, you
enter an avenue of lofty beech and elm trees, whose wide
spread branches completely embower the road, and in a few
minutes the Mansion breaks upon your view ; through a fine
stone portal, whose architectural decorations are surmounted
by the arms of the present noble possessor, in carved stone,
you enter the large Hall, through the arches of a splendidly
carved oaken screen, inscribed with the motto, " Mums
ceneus conscientia sana," in quaint characters ; and abounding
in rich Elizabethan tracery, shields, ribands, grotesque masks,
and with the bold projecting mouldings, now sparkling with
light, now throwing their deep brown shadows in a thousand
fantastic forms, and surmounted by fine finials.
There is also a variety of other objects in the room, con
sisting of the richly carved chimney-piece of Caen stone,
bearing the family arms, surmounted with elegant carvings of
masks, tracery, mouldings, finials, &c., — the variously wrought
stone corbels, with figures, some bearing shields, others with
the toe comically placed in the mouth, in various grotesque
postures. There is the fine mellow tone of the oak panelling.
Then, the open timbered roof — the elaborate bosses, large
chandelier, suspended by a massive iron chain — the spacious
music gallery — the raised dias — the floor of tinted brick, in

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various mosaic devices — the splendidly carved oak tables, with
other appropriate furniture, oaivings, and decorations, irre
sistibly command our surprise and admiration.
The Library, the Dining, and Billiard Rooms, are all
interesting, and are appropriately furnished. The Drawing
Room is elegantly and profusely decorated with carvings of
flowers, medallions, ribands, and wreaths, in white and gold.
The walls are hung vrith costly crimson silk, embroidered with
white flowers ; panelled with curiously carved gold frames ;
enriched cornices, splendid fumiture, elaborate needlework,
and innumerable articles of taste and elegance. The Picture
GaUery contains many beautiful creations of the pencU, from
celebrated masters, amongst which are portraits of the ancient
possessors of Rufford Abbey, and a fidl-length one of that
celebrated senator. Sir George SavUe, by Wilson. Then there
is the ancient Chapel, with other rooms, interesting from their
tapestries, panelling, carvings, and furniture. And if last, not
least, is the fine old and spacious Servants' Hall, with its
columns, groined stone roof, open fireplace, oaken tables, and
other requisites.

CHAPTER VIII.
(Dstortnn, EnrljE llttotj, JrAm (Crags, kt,
N this concluding chapter, we propose to glance hastUy at
one or two of the remaining places of interest comprised
within the limits of our map, the size of our little Hand-book
precluding our entering into lengthened details, but the tourists
will readUy find their position on referring to the map.
OsBEKTON, the seat of George SavUe Foljambe, Esq., is
j about three miles from Worksop, on the Retford road. This
estate came into this ancient and highly respectable family by
1 a marriage between the late Francis Ferrand Foljambe. Esq., j
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of Aldwark, and the daughter and co-heir of John Thornhaugh,
Esq, John SavUe Foljambe, Esq., the eldest son and heir
apparent, died before his father, himself having two sons, the
eldest of whom is George Savile Foljambe, Esq., who became
possessor of the estate on the death of his grandfather. The
estate, though not extensive, is rich in woodland and other
delightful soenerj'. The house is an elegant Mansion, vrith a
portico of four Ionic pillars, supporting a highly ornamented
architrave and pediment. There is here a Museum, containing
a valuable collection of British birds, geological specimens,
&c,, &c. ; also a carving in alabaster, representing the Assassi
nation of Thomas a Beckett, and supposed to have been the
altar piece of Beauchief Abbey, near Sheffield. The house
has recently undergone extensive alterations and improvements.
At Scofton, which is almost in immediate connection with the
house, there is a neat little- Church, built by the present Mr
Foljambe. The Rev. William Bury, of Worksop, is the
chaplain. The proprietor of this estate also supports a School
here, for the benefit of the children around.
Roche Abbey is about nine mUes from Worksop ; the
proper road for the tourist to go will be on the Doncaster
road to Oldcoates, and then to take the Rotherham road on the
left. The ruins are the remains of an old Cistertian Abbey,
founded by Richard de Busli, and Richard Fitz Turgis, or de
Wickerseslai, in the year 1147, and dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, John, the son of Richard de Busli, confirmed to this
house the donations made by his father. The Monks also
received numerous other benefactions from other persons,
among whom were Matilda de Lovetot, widow of Gerald de
Furnival, Edmund de Laci, Constable of Chester, and William,
the second Earl of Warren, the latter of whom granted them
the tenth of the residue of the eels taken out of the fisheries
hi Hatfield, Thorne, and Fislak, after tbe deduction of the
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Lyveth, with Idonea de Viponte, and Haclesia, Countess of
Augy, both widows, were likewise contributors to this Monastery;
and Pope Urban the Third, by his Bull, dated in 1186,
confirmed these and all future donations, and exempted the
Abbot and Monks from tlie payment of tithes for all lands in
their own occupation.
At the time of the dissolution, there were seventeen Monks,
and their last Abbot, Henry Cundel, all of whom surrendered
on the 23rd Jmie, 1539; and their revenues were rated at
£224, 2s. 5d. per annum.
It is situated in an extensive, deep, and lovely vale, uniting
all the varied characteristics of picturesque scenery. The
varied and contrasting beauties of this spot are shut up in its
own seclusion,*and " lies like a hidden dell, a grotto at the
bottom of the ocean." There is its gentle, sloping, sunny
greensward — its pleasant stream of water, its rippling, bubbling,
tumbling, rivulet — its magnificent foliage, hung in indolent
luxuriance — its shady footpath, winding up the woody hill — its
dizzy heights — its rocky summits — its craggy footway, and its
silent lonely ruins, o'er which the rolling ages seem to hang
and brood in solemn grandeur and majestic gloom.
It is now the property of the Earl of Scarbrough, and
adjoins his Sandbeck estate.
The tourist in search of a day's pleasure away from the
bustle of town cares and anxieties, will find here all that can
be wished for ; and we have no doubt will feel himself amply
repaid by the visit, as is testified by the hundreds who annually
go there. If the tourist is from Sheffield, he will find the
most convenient and quickest way will be on the Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, to Kiveton Park Station,
from which place it is about five miles.
AxsTON Crags, or, as they are commonly called, Anston
Stones, are distant about five miles from Worksop, on the
Sheffield road If the visitor comes on the Railway from
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Sheffield or its district, he will find it a very pleasant route to
stop at the Kiveton Park Station, and walk from thence to
Anston. He may, in the first place, enter the village and see
the extensive quarries from which the stone for the new
Houses of Parliament has been obtained. If he be a lover of
the picturesque he will find much in this village to please
him. He may now enter the Crags, which come up to the
viUage, and he will soon find himself in a deep ravine, with
a rippling stream at the bottom, on either side of which are
luxuriantly clothed hiUs, spreading out their umbrageous
beauties before his view. A little further, and he comes to
deep recesses, formed by the overhanging rocks, and at almost
every step fresh varieties of wild romantic scenery present
themselves. After walking about three-quarters of a mUe,
these Crags terminate, and a footpath wUl lead the visitor on
to Lindriek Common, from which place he may retum to the
Station, or proceed to Worksop by the turnpike road.
We must not omit to express our hope that parties visiting
any of the Parks and other places belonging to the NobiUty
and Gentry m the neighbourhood, wUl refrain from breaking,
or in any way injuring the trees, &o. Such acts are a prolific
cause of the people's pleasure being abridged ; we trust, there
fore, that this friendly hint wiU not be disregarded.

TABLE OP DISTANCES FROM WOEKSOP.

Clumber .,,  4 iMiLEs,
Welbeck  3^ ,,
Osberton ,.  3 ,,
BUFFORD  10 ,,
BiBKLAND AND Bilhagh !^

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Harkland Grips  ,5i
Roche Abbey  g
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

WORKSOP

R. A. PEARCE, Proprietor.
The above Old Established Tavern and Hotel is replete with every
convenience for Visitors to this delightful neighbourhood, and with comtbrt
to Commercial Gentlemen.
OMNIBUSES MEET EVERY TRAIN.
POST-HORSES, FLYS, BAROUCHES.
VISITORS TO WORKSOP,

BRIDGE STREET, WORKSOP.
WILLIAM GUNTHORPE
EespectftiUy tenders hia grateful acknowledgements for the patronage he
has received from the numerous visitors to Worksop, and his Friends,
and begs to announce that it wiU ever be his study to merit a continuance
of the same.
Refreshments on the Shortest Notice, and on Reasonable Terms.
BOOMS CAPABLE OF SEATINa PAETIES OF 10 TO 200.
Conveyances and Gtddes procured for the accommodation of Parlies who
wish to visit the Mansions and Parks in ihe neighbourhood.

BRIDGE STREET, WORKSOP,
iernratnr, Snee l^min, §l\kx, Eiiit
^aper danger.
A STOCK OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ROOM PAPERS ON HAND-
®il l^mnlings Ctkrtmiy, '^tntit, anb Jfratnjb, ^ittnrijs ^lestortb, Jramjs
ABTISTS' COtOiniS, OIiASS rOB, riCTUEES, So.
PLEASURE PAETIES VISITING WORKSOP
WILL PIND THB
BEST ACCOMMODATION AT THB
KING'S HEAD INN,
NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION, WORKSOP,
ON REASONABLE TERMS.
PRIME HOME-BREWED ALE, SPIRITS, &c.
OBSERVE,
GEORGE HEWITT'S, KING'S HEAD INN,
On the road from the Railway Station into IVoi'ksop.
TO PLEASURE PARTIES.
BOUNDARY INN, POTTER STREET,
(neab the church,)
Bbitjamik Gaksidb respectftilly acquaints Part«s visiting Worksop>
that at his House will be found every accommodation, combined with
comfort, on the most Moderate Terms.

Chops, Tea, and Coffee on the shortest Notice.
Eg= PRIME HOME-BREWED ALE.

TO

ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS,
RAILWAY COMPANIES, &c.

TIMBER PRESERVINa PROCESS.

THE ANTISEPTIC
Is a Preparation rich in Creosote, and the other oily compounds of
Wood Tar, together with Liquid Tar, and Pyrolignite of Iron. It has
been employed with the greatest success in saturating Timber, and is
especially adapted for rendering Railway Sleepers proof against decay.

Sold in Casks, at from Threepence to Sixpence per Gallon,
according to strength.

F. T R AC HS EL,
CHEMICAL WORKS, WORKSOP.

WILLIAM CATER,
NEWCASTLE ARMS,
RAILWAY AND FAMILY HOTEL,
NEAR THE STATION, IVORKSOF.
FEMIE IBIDrmS(n)H AMID) (D^miim AHaliBo
BOTTLED AND DRAUGHT PORTER.
MTO^^ MB IBAW mAMM^u
Carriages, Coach, Breaks, Flys, Gigs, Barouches, and Horses
on the Shortest Notice.

HUNTING BOXES.

Wi[L[L°/aaii© ©i©l

JOHN SHAW,
Begs to inform Parties visiting Worksop and others, that he has
f E^irltB, mitti §mhB nti^ irittna,
Constantly ready to convey them to the various Places of interest in this
Neighbourhood, on the most beasonable teems.
LICENSED DEALER IN GAME.
WILLIAM PEAECE
ABBEY STPoEET, WORKSOP,
Respectfully announces to Visitors to Worksop and others, that he has
always in readiness
LIGHT CARTS. FOUR-WHEELED CARRIAGES,
With efficient Guides and steady Drivers,
Eor tho accommodation of Parties who wish to visit tho Paeks in this
Neighbourhood.
TEEMS REASONABLE.

GEORGE WARBURTON,
BRUSH-HEAD AND BOBBIN TURNER,
WORKSOP.
COAL MEECHANT, WORKSOP.
RESIDENCE, EASTGATE.
NEW PATENT GRAIN EXTRACTOR,

INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY
JOHN GOUCHER,
Igrirnltiual ^mpkm^nt Bohr,
CHURCH -WAImK iron IVORES,
WORKSOP.
This Machine possesses immense advantages over every 6ther kind of
Thrashing Machine hitherto invented ; its main peculiarity being that it
does not out or injure the Com in any way, and the Straw, which is
introduced thatch-wat, also remains uninjured.
Old Thrashing Machines fitted up, equal to new, with the Patent
Beatees. Manufacturer of Steam EuaiisrES of all kinds ; Ieon and Bkass Castings
of every description on the shortest Notice.

GENUINE DRUG ESTABLISHMENT.

WII,I.IAIV[ NAVI.OR,
CHEMIST, &c., MARKET STREET,
WORKSOP.

Pbbpabations made according to the London Pharmacopoeia : each
Article properly and distinctly labelled, to prevent mistakes.
Physicians' and Surgeons' Prescriptions compounded with accuracy aad
despatch.
PAINTS, OILS, AND COLOUBS, OF THE BEST QUALITY, AT REASONABLE
CHARGES.
WITH DIBBCTIONS EOE VSE.
W. N. has also in Stock a large Assortment of TOOTH and NAIL
BRUSHES, FANCY TOILET and SHAVING SOAPS, Superior
FRAGRANT SHAVING CREAM, dh-ect from Pai-is; POMADES.
BEARS' GREASE, POMATUMS, BANDOLINE, COSMETIQUES,
PHILOCOME, EXTRAIT DE PLEUE, BAU DE COLOGNE,
ODORIFEROUS ESSENCES, in great variety ; COLD CREAM,
&c., &c.
Hair, Clothes, Blacking, Gloss, Shoe, Dairy, Broom, and
Banister Brushes.
White and Grey Woolhni Mops, with or u-ithout handles.
PATENT MALT VINEGAR,
Warranted free from Sulphuric Acid, particularly recommended to Families
for Pickhng.
MUSTARD AND SPICES,
and every article genei'ally kept by the Trade.
^tifetts' drccn tntrqcr aitb a\\a J3iitislj WHmts.

PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY.
WILLIAM STORY,
(Late PHndpal Assistant with Anderson and AdamSj State Apotliecaries and
GhemisiSf Duhlin,)
MAUKST FI-ikCEl, WOB.KSOF.
W. S. begs to call the attention of the Publio to the foUowing select
Preparations : —
ssomf's ©¦msM'M'm.AT'mm wM.A^%m® &^'&Am.
This peculiarly elegant Chemical Composition is recommended for its
decided superiority in producing a rich and permanent lather, aud in pro
moting comfort in Shaving. Sold in pots, at Is. and 2s. each.
STORY'S NUTRITIVE CREAM.
The finest invention of the age for rendering the most inflexible Hair soft,
and giving it a tendency to curl, with a superb glossy appearance, infi
nitely superior to any other preparation. It possesses wonderful stimu
lating properties in restoring a decayed head of hair, and iu reproducing
it ill all cases of baldness. In bottles, Is. 6d. each.
DR. LOCOCK'S LOTION FOR THE GROWTH OF HAIR.

story's celebrated acidulated
SQUILL AND IPECACUANHA LOZENGES,
Which are strongly recommended to the PubKo, and have long been
acknowledged by the first Physicians to be an invaluable Medicine, as an
effectual and speedy cure for Husky and Dry Coughs, Sore Throats,
Hoarseness, Asthma, Shortness of Breath, and Incipient Consumption.
In cases of Hooping Cough, One or two taken occasionally wiH be found
extremely beneficial. Prepared and Sold only by the Proprietor, at the
Chemical and Medical Establishment, Market Place, Worksop. Ea->h
Lozenge has "Stoet" stamped upon it ; none others being genuine.
STORY'S CAMPHOR RM,L, FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
An excellent preventive, aud certain cure for Roughness of the Skin,
occasioned by oold winds, &c.
^torg's JeJrgosraia:, ax '^tx&xuxi €ss£Kt«.
This most delightful article is equal, it not superior, to any description of
perfume for the Handkerchief or Toilet : its delicacy of scent and extreme
durability of fragrance having secured for the inventor the patronage of
some of the first famflies in the kingdom.
GTOESraWK DKKTXIFBJCCE,
As recommended by L'Estrange, State Surgeon-Dentist, Dublin. Odorif
erous Tincture of Myrrh and Borax, prepared with Eau de Cologne,
strongly recommended by the first Dentists for Teeth and Gums, particu
larly the latter. antiseptic quinine dentifrice.
Tooth and Nail Brushes, of superior Manufacture.

REUBEN SHAW AND SON,
WHITESraiTHS, BEIiIi-HANGERS,

MANirrACTtrBEES OF
Smoke and Water Jacks, Stove Grates and Kitchen Ranges,
Steam Apparatus for Kitchens,
WATER CLOSETS, SHOWER, HIP, AND OTHER BATHS.
Houses, Conservatories, and Chm-ches heated by Hot Water, on the most
improved principles.
Invisible Fencing for Parks, & Gardens ; Iron Gates & Hurdles.
GAS WORK UD FITTINGS OE EVERY DESCRimON.
Agent for J. M. IVeill & Co.'s Patent Asphalted Booflng Felt.
i^m Jkm mm mm mmmmm.
CASTINGS TO MODELS OR DESIGN.
SMITHS' WORK OP ALL KINDS.

BRAKIER, Tim AAiD IROIV-PL,ATE WORKER.

LOCKS MADE TO ORDER AND REPAIRED.

Iron, Tin, and Copper Wares, Tinned and Repaired.
Brass Furniture, Lamps, &c., Be-cleaned and Coloured.
SMOKE JACKS CLEANED AND OILED.
Kange Boilers Furred and Cleaned.
DEALERS IN GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHENWARE.

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

SMALL AS WELL AS LARGE CONSUMERS OF
WINES, SPIRITS, &c.,
OBTAIN A DECIDED ADVANTAGE IN
PRICE, QUALITY, AND MEASURE,
BY PURCHASING THEIR SUPPLIES OF THE
IMPOETER AND WHOLESALE DEALEE.

OBSERVE !
THE
VAULTS AND STORES,
ARE EXACTLY OPPOSITE THB

HATMAEKET, SHEFFIELD.

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bourhood, containing a descriptive and historical account of the Antiquities,
Noblemen's Seats, and other objects of interest, in thia beautifully pic
turesque locality ; with numerous Engravings. Seoond Edition. Compiled
by Eobert White. Price 6d. Cloth 9d.
TheTrue Idea of Baptism. By Lord Congleton. Price 2d.
Resurrection Life. Sixth Edition. Price Id.
Tabernacle in the Wilderness. By W. H. Price 2d.
Aaronic Vestments. By W. H. Price Id.
Extract from a Letter on Mesmerism. Is. 6d. per 100.
The above may be had of J. K. CampbeU, High Holborn, London.

JUST PUBLISHED.
A beautiful Architectural Drawing of The
®at«iBa5, Worksop, executed in the first style of Tinted Lithography.
May also be had framed, in various styles.
Also, in. the same style Vignette View, suitable for
Albums &c., of Welbeck Abbey, Clumber House, Osberton, WalKngweUs,
Cresswell Crags, Interior of Worksop Church, and Abbey Gateway.
Price 3d. each. Others are in preparation.

IN THE PEESS.
The Course of Arithmetic, on the principles of Pestalozzi,
as taught in Dr. Heldenmaier's School, Worksop. By J. L. EUenberger.
Crown Svo., Cloth.
The Characteristic Differences of The Four Gospels,
considered as revealing various relations of the Lord Jesus Christ. By
Andrew Jukes. London : James Nisbet and Co. Price 2s. 6d.

PBEPAEING FOE PUBLICATION.
Seven Years in India ; or, the Life of a Lancer, in the
Wars of the Punjaub. By James Gfuiing. SmaU Svo. Price 3s.
Subscribers' Names received for the woi-k by E. W.

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EDWIN SMITH'S MODELS,
MECHANICAL PICTURES, &c.
LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND Co.,
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EPITOME OF CATALOGUE.
£. S. D.
JEEUSALEM AS IT IS. No. 1. ISin.toanule  5 5 0
Do. No. 2. 9in.toamile  2 2 0
Do. No. 3. 6in. toanule  1 1 0
Each Model is accompanied by a Book of Description. The Models may
also be had in various elegant fittings.
ANCIENT JEEUSALEM. 6 inches to a mile  1 1 0
THE TABEBNACLE IN THE WILDEENESS.
No. 1 I inch to a cubit  7 7 0
Do. With Cotjbt  11 11 0
Do. No. 2. 4 inch to a Cubit  5 5 0
Do. With Cottet  S 8 0
A Book of Description accompanies each Model.
HEAVENLY SHADOWS : Displayed in the Tabernacle and its
Fumiture, Executed in IUuminated Papyro-Plastics. Accom
panied by a Book of Description, and a Plan of the Camp of
Israel  110
MODEL ILLUSTEATIVE OP GEOQ-EAPHICAL TEEMS 0 12 0
MECHANICAL PICTURES AND BOOKS.
PICTUEAT^ TABEBNACULI TEANSPOSITIONES, by
which the Tabernacle is presented in a series of Eight Changes.
Black Frame, with Glass  0 16 0
In Neat Gilt Frame  110
Do. Do. on a large scale,
for the use of Schools  10 0
A Key accompanies the Mechanical Pictures.
PICTUBATjE HIBEOSOLYMiE TEANSPOSITIONES, in
which Jerusalem is presented as it was, and as it is. Price in
Black Frame, vrith Glass  0 16 0
In Neat Gilt Frame  110
THE TABEENACLE ; its Literal Uses and Spiritual Applica
tion, accompanied with a variety of Coloured Illustrations,
representing the various Metals and Colours peculiar to the
original Mosaic structure. Demy 4to. Cloth  0 10 6
MAN : WHAT IS HE, AND WHEEB IS HE ? Octavo,
Cloth Extra, with Illustrations  0 3 0
I'or Teatimonials as to the accuracy of the Models from the most eminent Travellers
in the Holy Land, and for further particulars of the different styles of Mountings, see
the detailed Pro^ectus, which may be had gratis of Edwin Suith, Sheffield ; of
RoBSRT White, Worksop ; or of James Nisbet and Co., London.

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