Mansfield (Nottinghamshire)
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Coordinates | 53 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 12 ′ W | ||
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Residents | 69,987 (as of 2001) | ||
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Part of the country | England | ||
Shire county | Nottinghamshire | ||
District | Mansfield | ||
Mansfield is a parish in Nottinghamshire, England, and the seat of the Mansfield district . Mansfield is located on the River Maun (after which it is named), between Nottingham and Sheffield and has 70,483 inhabitants (as of 2007).
history
A settlement existed in Mansfield as early as 70 AD. It is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that time there was a military outpost for Yorkshire in Mansfield , which defended itself against the Norman invaders for some time. In the time of the Norman rule, Mansfield was then the main town for the Sherwood Forest . Daniel Defoe paid a visit to the place in 1725. Mansfield has been shaped by industrialization since the 19th century. D. H. Lawrence described Mansfield as a once romantic place that has turned into a disappointing mining town. With the end of the 20th century Mansfield is also struggling with the onset of the mining crisis and its consequences. Organized workers remember negatively that the Mansfield miners did not take part in the nationwide strikes of coal mine workers in 1984/1985 . The closure of several mines led to increased unemployment and serious social problems.
Attractions
The city has a museum. The Palace Theater is also worth seeing. In the center of the village there is a large market square with corresponding shopping opportunities.
leisure
Mansfield has a cinema, swimming pools and no fewer than 4 nightclubs, as well as numerous pubs and bars. The place is home to the internationally known "Catnamus Girls Choir" . Mansfield's football team is Mansfield Town FC , also known as the Stags. The traditional rivalry between Mansfield and the nearby towns of Chesterfield and Doncaster is essentially based on the opposition between the respective football clubs.
traffic
Mansfield was the terminus of the Mansfield and Pixton Railway built in 1819, an early horse-drawn railway that later became part of the Midland Railway. Until the 1950s, there was a passenger train station at Ratcliffe Gate on the LNER line, while another station on Cambridge Street was served by the LNER line until the 1970s. With its closure, Mansfield became the largest city in Great Britain with no rail links. In the 1990s, however, the city got a train station again, which is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop . Otherwise the city is integrated into the network of bus routes in the region, although the central bus station is considered a social hotspot. Mansfield is connected to the M1 London - Leeds Motorway and the end point of the A38 road from Cornwall via Bristol and Birmingham .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- James Collinson (1825-1881), painter
- John Medley Wood (1827-1915), English-South African botanist
- Holmes Herbert (1882–1956), actor
- John Ogdon (1937–1989), pianist and composer, born in Mansfield Woodhouse
- John Whetton (born 1941), middle distance runner
- Mirko Smiljanic (* 1951), radio and science journalist
- Dale Winton (1955-2018), radio DJ and television presenter
- Steve Ogrizovic (* 1957), soccer goalkeeper
- John Balance (1962-2004), musician
- Greg Owen (* 1972), professional golfer
- Richard Bacon (* 1975), television presenter
- Ben Birchall (* 1977), motorcycle racer
- Lee Spick (1980-2015), snooker player
- Kris Commons (born 1983), Scottish football player
- Josanne Potter (* 1984), soccer player
- Tom Scott (* 1984), comedian, YouTuber and web developer
- James Perch (born 1985), football player
- Rebecca Adlington (* 1989), swimmer
- Ava Dalush (* 1989), porn actress
Associated with Mansfield
- Alvin Stardust (1942–2014), singer and actor, grew up in Mansfield
Twin cities
- Mansfield , Ohio, USA
- Mansfield , Massachusetts, USA
- Heiligenhaus , Germany