Hardwick Village
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Hardwick Village is a village located in Bassetlaw
, Nottinghamshire
, within Clumber Park
, in Sherwood Forest
. It consists of former labourers cottages, and a couple of farms, including Hardwick Grange.
es, Dukes of Newcastle, in the later part of the Nineteenth century, to serve the Park, and estate of Clumber. Designed in a pleasing, Neo-Elizabethan style, on a picturesque
, asymmetrical plan, designed to give the impression, of a traditional village, which had grown ad-hoc, and to no particular plan. Since the acquisition of Clumber Park
, by the National Trust
, the village has been a Covenant, of the National Trust, and the village properties, under tenancy, rather than, provided as homes for employees, as under the Dukes of Newcastle. Today you are more likely to find commuters living in the cottages, than estate/farm labourers, though the principal farm, Hardwick Grange, continues to farm the land.
Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, within Clumber Park
Clumber Park
Clumber Park is a country park in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle.It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.-History:...
, in Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423 hectares surrounding the village of...
. It consists of former labourers cottages, and a couple of farms, including Hardwick Grange.
History
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es, Dukes of Newcastle, in the later part of the Nineteenth century, to serve the Park, and estate of Clumber. Designed in a pleasing, Neo-Elizabethan style, on a picturesque
Picturesque
Picturesque is an aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770, a practical book which instructed England's...
, asymmetrical plan, designed to give the impression, of a traditional village, which had grown ad-hoc, and to no particular plan. Since the acquisition of Clumber Park
Clumber Park
Clumber Park is a country park in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle.It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.-History:...
, by the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
, the village has been a Covenant, of the National Trust, and the village properties, under tenancy, rather than, provided as homes for employees, as under the Dukes of Newcastle. Today you are more likely to find commuters living in the cottages, than estate/farm labourers, though the principal farm, Hardwick Grange, continues to farm the land.