North Notts College

North Notts College (previously North Nottinghamshire College) is a further education college in Worksop in the county of Nottinghamshire in England. It has 1300 full-time and 8,000 part-time students and 500 employees.

1. History


1. = Construction =

A £17,913 contract was given in November 1928 for the County Technical Institute Worksop. It was built in the grounds of Carlton House. As Worksop County Technical College, £41,700 extensions were approved in 1953. By 1956 the extensions were to cost £92,835, and £102,760 by 1959.

1. = Opening =

It was opened on Thursday 23 October 1930 by the Secretary for Mines Labour MP Manny Shinwell. It became the County Technical College from August 1932 In 1963, the County Technical College Worksop became North Nottinghamshire College of Further Education.

1. Principals

The first principal, AE Fox, retired in August 1956 The new principal from 1956 was ES Davies, the former principal of Clowne Technical College

1. Visits

On 22 March 2006, the Duke of Gloucester opened the Food Technology Centre.

1. See also

Lound Hall, known as Lound Hall Mining Training Centre

1. References


1. External links

North Nottinghamshire College website

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Worksop railway station

Worksop railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which serves the town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England.

Landmark Train

Mr Straw's House

Mr Straw's House is a National Trust property in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The Edwardian semi-detached house and its contents have remained largely unchanged since the 1920s. It opened to the public in 1993. It has been called by one tour guide as "extraordinary" and one of "the best of Britain's hidden gems".

Historic Site Landmark

Battle of Worksop

The Battle of Worksop was a skirmish during the Wars of the Roses, near the town of Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 16 December 1460, part of the campaign which led to the Battle of Wakefield on 30 December. There is very scant evidence of what happened during this event and the only contemporary account comes from William of Worcester in his book Annales rerum Anglicarum, in which he stated (Translation from Latin): In December Parliament adjourned. And the Duke of York, with the Earl of Salisbury and many thousand armed men, were going from London to York, in December 1460, when a portion of his men, the van, as is supposed, or perhaps the scouts... were cut off by the people of the Duke of Somerset at Worsop" [Worksop]. Somerset had marched from Corfe Castle, Dorset and was heading north towards the rest of the Lancastrian army which had been based in Hull before moving onto Pontefract. It is not known how many men Beaufort had at Worksop as he had split up his cavalry and footmen at Exeter move more quickly to the north. It is supposed that York's men had diverted off the Great North Road to get to Sandal Castle, though it is not clear why they went via Worksop. The area was under Lancastrian control, with the closest area securely held by the Yorkists being at Doncaster There was widespread flooding at the time which would have made travelling difficult and food hard to find. A market was held in Worksop every Thursday and scouting parties may have been sent there to look for supplies. The most plausible reason however would have been to check on the Lancastrian forces situated around the town or for retribution towards Worksop Manor, where the Earl of Shrewsbury and his younger brother Christopher Talbot had been killed at the Battle of Northampton on 10 July that year. (Christopher Talbot was murdered in 1443 at Caus Castle) Revenge was certainly in order as the Earl of Shrewsbury had been given Richard of York's land in Wakefield in 1459. Also Richard of York had a personal vendetta against the Beauforts, ever since the 2nd Duke of Somerset's disastrous handling of the final campaigns of the Hundred Years' War. There is no physical evidence of the battle except perhaps a section of skull in Worksop Priory with a bodkin arrowhead lodged firmly in it. This is visible to members of the public and located in the north aisle of the church towards the west end.

Historic Site Landmark

St John's Church, Worksop

St. John's Church, Worksop is the parish church of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

Church Landmark