Archival/written
Extract from an inspeximus charter of 1258 confirming Matilda de Lovetot's grant of the manor of Worksop to William de Furnival.
Nottinghamshire Archives
As useful, comprehensive guide to archives held by Nottinghamshire Archives relating to Worksop:
- Nottinghamshire Archives Office. Worksop Archives in the Nottinghamshire Archives Office (Nottinghamshire Archives Information Sheets, Local Archives Sources, [2]). [Nottingham], 1990. 5 p.
Poor Law records
- Overseers of the poor accounts, 1672-1722 [PR 22,766]
- Poor rate assessments, 1825 and l843 [PR 10,911,22,772]
- Worksop Poor Law Union guardians' minutes, 1848-1930 [SO/PUW 1]
- Petition regarding the appointment of overseer of the poor, 1850 [SO/PUW 1/22]
- Register of apprentices, 1879-1889 [SO/PUW 1/16]
- Plans of Worksop County Institution, c.l930 [MP/XBP 49/1L]
Local government
- County quarter sessions minutes etc, 1604-1971 [C/QSM]
- Land tax assessments, 1753,1781-1832 (on microfiche)
- Constable's accounts, 1720-1811 [PR 22,770]
- Vestry minutes, 1753-1952 [PR 22,767-9]
- Enclosure commissioners' minutes, 1803-1817 [PR 22,784]
- Parish rating assessments, etc 1825 [PR 10,911], 1826 [PR 22,771], c 1843
- [PR 22,772] and cl849 [PR 18,938]
- Worksop Local Board of Health/Urban District council lighting and paving maps
- c1860-1900 [MP/WS 3R-5R]
- Worksop Gas Co maps, 1865-1867 [MP/WS 12L] and records, 1918-1949 [SO/GB 1]
- Worksop Urban District Council Fire Brigade log books, 1909-1942 [DC/W]
- Worksop Library rules and regulations, 1922 [CC/EDL 5]
- Worksop Committee for contagious diseases minutes, 1800-1905 [C/PS/WD]
Probate records
- Wills and administrations, (c640), 1513-1857 [PRNW - Retford Deanery of the Court of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham]
- Inventories and possessions, cl690-cl750
- Wills and administration, 1858-1936 (Nottingham Probate Registry)
Family and estate records
The family records of the Cavendish Bentincks, Dukes of Portland of Welbeck Abbey (DD P) and of the Foljambes of Osberton (DD FJ) include some items on Worksop. See also records of the Pelham-Clinton and related families, Dukes of Newcastle, at Nottingham University Dept of Manuscripts and of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, in the Arundel Castle collection at Sheffield Record Office
Business records
- Worksop Midland Bank, 1932-1933 [NC/MR 10/39]
- Cresswell Holme Brewery, plan of premises, 1881 [MP/XBM 40L]
- Godley and Goulding Timber Merchants, 1851-1893 [DD HO 32]
- Worksop Trustee Savings Bank, 1817-1963 [DD TSB 2]
- Worksop Co-operative Society Ltd, 1889-1973 [DD GN]
- Builder's accounts book (includes work carried out for the Duke of Portland, the Chesterfield Canal and Worksop Parish Church) 1840-1852 [DD 1499]
Bassetlaw Museum, Retford
- Worksop Local Board of Health/Urban District Council/Borough Council records:
- Council minutes, 1882-1974
- Committee minutes, 1916-65, (mostly c 1930-50)
- Ratebooks, 1849 (highways); 1853,1867,1881, 1897-8,1908,1913-66
- General accounts ledgers, 1857-64, 1873-1963
- Inspectors of Nuisances, Sanitary Inspectors, and Medical Officers of Health reports,
- etc, 1857-90, 1901-73
- Registers of factories, slaughterhouses, lodging houses, etc, 1887-1974
- Plans of properties erected by G Middleton, builders
Sheffield Archives
Manorial Records
Most of the manorial records for Worksop have been deposited at Sheffield Archives as part of the Arundel Castle archives of the Duke of Norfolk and include manorial suit rolls 1639-1749, court papers 1669-1772, various rentals and papers relating to the sale of the manor to the Duke of Newcastle in 1842.
University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections
Papers relating to the Worksop Manor Estate, Nottinghamshire, 1824-1905 (“The collection comprises correspondence, estate papers, maps and plans and receipts for the Worksop Manor estate, Nottinghamshire primarily during its ownership by the Duke of Newcastle, 1824-1905.” [NW]
British Library
Items relating to Worksop include:
- Deeds relating to the rectory, etc. 41 Eliz.-1661. [Add.Ch. 5143 - 5150]
- Deeds rel. to, and to various places in temp. Eliz. I-1628. [Add.Ch. 73017, Add.Ch. 73018, Eg.Ch. 2757, Eg.Ch. 7194]
- Deeds relating to the rectory, etc. 41 Eliz.-1661. [Add.Ch. 5143 – 5150]
- Plan of earthworks at Castle Hill in 1911. [Add. 38600 f. 55]
- Confirmation of grant of Worksop manor to William de Furnival, 1258. [Add.Ch. 46918]
- Deed relating to Worksop, 1517. [Add.Ch. 55434]
Use the British Library’s online catalogue for further details:
National Archives
- Exchequer records (Lay Subsidies, Poll Taxes, Hearth Tax returns etc)
- Census enumerators’ books (also available on microfilm at Nottinghamshire Archives and Local Studies Libraries, and online at a variety of geneaological websites such as www.ancestry.co.uk)
- Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Assize Rolls, Coroners’ Rolls
- Chancery and Star Chamber proceedings
- Court of Augmentations records
- Inquisitions
- Home Office
The National Archives catalogue is available online: