A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLIPSTONE, a township in Edwinstowe parish, Notts; in Sherwood forest, on the river Maun, 4¼ miles NE of Mansfield. Real property, £2, 774. Pop., 266. Houses, 52. Clipstone Park, the property of the Duke of Portland, is nearly 8 miles in circuit; was once rich in oaks, mostly destroyed in the civil war; includes an arable farm of 2, 000 acres, and a suite of water-meadows, of 400 acres, formed at a cost of £40, 000; and contains a small, modern, handsome lodge, and a fine archway lodge and other remains of an ancient royal residence, usually called King John's palace. This residence was originally built by one of the Northumbrian kings; was a frequent retreat of King John, both before and after his accession to the crown; and was the meeting-place, in 1290, of a parliament of Edward I. There are at Clipstone Park a chapel of the Established Church, and elsewhere a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clipstone CP/Tn Edwinstowe CP/AP Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Clipstone |
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