Worksop
Sign in to saveWorksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, it is on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. The population of the town was recorded at 44,733 in the 2021 Census. To the south of Worksop is the area of the Dukeries.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Worksop
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.map_type
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.population
- 44,733
- UK place.shire_district
- Bassetlaw
- UK place.shire_county
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Carlton Forest
- UK place.p2
- Darfoulds
- UK place.p3
- Gateford
- UK place.p4
- High Hoe Road
- UK place.p5
- Kilton
- UK place.p6
- Manton
- UK place.p7
- Rhodesia
- UK place.p8
- Shireoaks (Village)
- UK place.p9
- Town Centre
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
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Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, it is on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. The population of the town was recorded at 44,733 in the 2021 Census. To the south of Worksop is the area of the Dukeries.
==Toponymy== Worksop was part of what was called Bernetseatte (burnt lands) in Anglo-Saxon times. The name Worksop is likely of Old English origin, deriving from a personal name "We(o)rc" plus the placename element "hop" (valley). The first element is interesting because while the masculine name Weorc is unrecorded, the feminine name Werca (Verca) is found in Bede's Life of St Cuthbert. A number of other recorded place names contain this same personal name element.