Qualla: Worksop https://qualla.com/worksop en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Worksop https://qualla.com/worksop Worksop: Introduction https://qualla.com/worksop/ Worksop is a town with a particular geography of titles. To the south, in a cluster called the Dukeries, lie four contiguous estates that once belonged to dukes - of Newcastle at Clumber, of Portland at Welbeck, of Norfolk at Worksop Manor, and the lost ducal seat at Thoresby. Worksop sits at the gate of all of them, which is why locally the town has long been called the Gateway to the Dukeries. The dukes are mostly gone now, the houses diminished or open to visitors, but the town that grew up to feed and trade with them is still here. Its population in 2021 was 44,733.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/p/worksop-wp/gcrp-worksop-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Worksop: Burnt Lands and a Norman Castle https://qualla.com/worksop/ In Anglo-Saxon times this corner of north Nottinghamshire was part of an area called Bernetseatte - the burnt lands - and the name Worksop itself probably derives from Old English: a personal name (Weorc, or possibly its feminine form Werca, which Bede mentions in his Life of St ...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/p/worksop-wp/gcrp-worksop-canal-rail-coal.mp3 0:06 4 full Worksop: A Town Between Two Visitors https://qualla.com/worksop/ Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, arrived by train at Worksop on 22 November 1913 to stay at Welbeck Abbey at the invitation of the 6th Duke of Portland. He visited St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in the town - the church that the 12th Duke of Norfolk...

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