Market Warsop
Market Warsop is a town within the civil parish of Warsop in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest. The adjacent villages in the parish are Church Warsop, Meden Vale, Sookholme, Warsop Vale and Spion Kop.
Geography
Market Warsop is at the geographic centre of the Warsop civil parish, lying south of the River Meden. Church Warsop is to the north, while Spion Kop is to the south west. The town is the largest settlement in the parish.Etymology
The meaning of Warsop or. The name is said to derive from 'Waers Valley'. Waer being a minor leader of Anglican immigrants.History
Wareshope in the Domesday Book was recorded as being a settlement having a church named St Peter and St Paul. Today this appears where Church Warsop is. Market Warsop developed later after a Saturday market and two annual fairs were granted by the local lord and monarchs. By this time, this area grew up to the south of the river and was known as Warsop Fair Town, and later Market Warsop. The manor passed through to the de Roos family and their heirs the Earls of Rutland. The Knight family bought the manor In 1675, and in 1846 it was inherited by Sir Henry FitzHerbert of Tissington, the family continue hold much of the area into the present day.The Parliament Oak is situated in Sherwood Forest near Market Warsop.
It is reputed that King John in 1212 and King Edward I in 1290 had impromptu parliaments at the tree.