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[[File:Harworth Colliery - geograph.org.uk - 1623383.jpg|thumb|[[Harworth Colliery]] in 2009]]
'''Harworth''' is a town in the [[Bassetlaw District]] in the county of [[Nottinghamshire]], [[East Midlands]] of England.<ref name=OS111>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 111 ''Sheffield & Doncaster (Rotherham, Barnsley & Thorne)''|ISBN= 9780319229354 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}</ref> It is approximately {{convert|8|mi}} north of [[Worksop]]. Together with the neighbouring mining town of [[Bircotes]], it forms the [[civil parish]] of [[Harworth Bircotes]]. The population of the civil parish was measured at 7,948 in the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124295&c=Harworth+Bircotes&d=16&e=62&g=6456265&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460284361585&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=10 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The settlements are part of the modern district of [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]], which combined the district of Worksop and the district of Retford.
'''Harworth''' is an area and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Harworth Bircotes]] (with [[Bircotes]]) in the [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]] district in [[Nottinghamshire]], England, on the border with [[South Yorkshire]].<ref name=OS111>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 111 ''Sheffield & Doncaster (Rotherham, Barnsley & Thorne)''|ISBN= 9780319229354 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}</ref> It is {{convert|8|mi}} north of [[Worksop]]. The population of the civil parish of Harworth Bircotes was 7,948 in the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124295&c=Harworth+Bircotes&d=16&e=62&g=6456265&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460284361585&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=10 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>


== History ==
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The Harworth coal mine opened in 1921 and produced coal for the power stations on the [[River Trent]]. A new pit tower was built in 1989 when the pit was at its peak of production but seven years later the colliery was 'mothballed'. In 2015, it was announced that the pit tower would be demolished and the colliery site would be used for new housing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harworth Pit Tower to be demolished|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-33471379|website=www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref>

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The Harworth coal mine opened in 1921 and produced coal for the power stations on the [[River Trent]]. A new pit tower was built in 1989 when the pit was at its peak of production but seven years later the colliery was 'mothballed'. In 2015, it was announced that the pit tower would be demolished and the colliery site would be redeveloped for housing which has since been completed. The former freight line and sidings into the colliery have been lifted and left undeveloped.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pegden |first1=Tom |title=David Wilson buys stake in ex-Sherwood Forest colliery site |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/david-wilson-homes-buys-stake-19344603 |website=Business Live |access-date=28 October 2021 |language=en |date=26 November 2020}}</ref> The local football team is called [[Harworth Colliery F.C.]]
[[File:Industrial units, Harworth - geograph.org.uk - 1226715.jpg|thumb|Industrial Units, Harworth with the tower of All Saints Church in the distance]]

In 1961 the parish had a population of 8289.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10261855/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Harworth CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=26 July 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the parish was split; part stayed in Nottinghamshire, being renamed "Harworth Bircotes", part was added to neighbouring [[Bawtry]] in [[South Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/worksop.html|title=Worksop Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=26 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The New Parishes Order 1973|year=1973|number=688|access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The town's name is from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''har'' "grey" (compare modern [[wikt:hoary|hoary]]") and
The town's name is from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''har'' "grey" (compare modern [[wikt:hoary|hoary]]") and
''worth'' (also ''worō'', ''worþ'') "[[wikt:enclosure|enclosure]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Nottinghamshire/Harworth|title=Harworth Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref> Harworth was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Hareworde''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/nottinghamshire2.html#harworth|title=Nottinghamshire F-R|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref>
''worth'' (also ''worō'', ''worþ'') "[[wikt:enclosure|enclosure]]". The name was recorded as ''Herwirth'' in 1136.


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
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==Schools==
==Schools==
There is one Church of England primary School in Harworth and a Catholic primary school in Bircotes. The village is also served by [[Serlby Park Academy]], a 3–18 school in Bircotes, which takes its name from [[Serlby Park]] in the parish of [[Blyth, Nottinghamshire|Blyth]].
There is a Church of England primary School in Harworth (Harworth Church of England Academy)<ref>{{cite web |title=Home Page |url=https://www.allsaintsharworth.co.uk/ |website=www.allsaintsharworth.co.uk |publisher=Harworth Church of England Academy |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> and a Catholic primary school in Bircotes (St Patrick's Catholic Primary School).<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.stpatrickscatholicps.co.uk/ |website=www.stpatrickscatholicps.co.uk |publisher=St Patrick's Catholic Primary School |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> The town is also served by [[Serlby Park Academy]], a 3–18 school in Bircotes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serlby Park Academy |url=https://www.serlbyparkacademy.org.uk/ |website= |publisher=Delta Academies Trust |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>

==Places of worship==
The Anglican parish church of All Saints is grade II [[listed building|listed]] and dates in part to the 12th century.<ref name=NHLE-church>{{NHLE|desc=Church of All Saints|num=1045715| access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=All Saints' Parish Church |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/19713/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |access-date=9 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Harworth Methodist Church is a red brick building in Bircotes, having been built as a facility for the 1920s mining population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harworth |url=https://www.doncastermethodistcircuit.org.uk/600216090679.htm |website=www.doncastermethodistcircuit.org.uk |publisher=Doncaster Methodist Circuit |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>

St Patrick's Catholic Church was a wooden building built in the 1930s and included the [[stations of the cross]] carved in coal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harworth - St Patrick |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/harworth-st-patrick/ |website=Taking Stock |publisher=Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> It closed at Easter 2018, and the parish merged with that of St Helen, [[Oldcotes]] which later formed part of the parish of St Jude, Worksop.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Helen's, Oldcotes |url=https://worksopcatholicchurches.weebly.com/st-helens-oldcotes.html |website=Catholic parishes of Bassetlaw |access-date=9 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Jude's Parish : Worksop-Oldcotes |url=http://www.stjudeshallam.co.uk/ |publisher=Parish of St Jude's Worksop, Oldcotes |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>

==Listed buildings in Harworth==
{{main|Listed buildings in Harworth Bircotes}}
[[File:War memorial, Harworth - geograph.org.uk - 2556972.jpg|thumb|right|Harworth war memorial]]
All Saints Church,<ref name=NHLE-church /> the war memorial,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1421767 | desc=Harworth War Memorial and enclosing walls |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> and six properties in Main Street, Harworth (three barns<ref>{{NHLE|num=1045718 | desc=Barn at Syringa House |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1045717 | desc=Dovecote Barn |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1045716 | desc=Willow Barn |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> and three houses<ref>{{NHLE|num=1280161 | desc=Grange Farmhouse |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num= 1206685 | desc=High Farmhouse |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1206689 | desc=Syringa House |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>) are grade II [[listed building]]s.


==References==
==References==
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*[http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPublic?context=ir.static.jsp&client=ukc&path=util&service=getPage&page=deep_mines_harworth&banner=deep_mines&left=deep_mines&right=deep_mines UK Coal Harworth]
*[http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPublic?context=ir.static.jsp&client=ukc&path=util&service=getPage&page=deep_mines_harworth&banner=deep_mines&left=deep_mines&right=deep_mines UK Coal Harworth]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4696171.stm Harworth pit to close in 2006.]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4696171.stm Harworth pit to close in 2006.]
* {{Genuki|county=NTT|Harworth}}
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Harworth/HarworthAllSaintsGatesLocked.jpg All Saints Church Harworth, western elevation]
*[https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/3298/final-harworth-bircotes-development-plan.pdf Harworth & Bircotes Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2028]
*[http://harworthandbircotesnp.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/3/1/20311851/understanding_harworth__bircotes.pdf Understanding Harworth & Bircotes: Harworth & Bircotes Neighbourhood Development Plan 2014 - 2028]


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All Saints' Church, Harworth
Harworth is located in Nottinghamshire
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Population7,948 (2011)
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53°25′01″N 1°04′30″W / 53.417°N 1.075°W / 53.417; -1.075
Harworth Colliery in 2009

Harworth is an area and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harworth Bircotes (with Bircotes) in the Bassetlaw district in Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with South Yorkshire.[1] It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Worksop. The population of the civil parish of Harworth Bircotes was 7,948 in the 2011 Census.[2]

History

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The Harworth coal mine opened in 1921 and produced coal for the power stations on the River Trent. A new pit tower was built in 1989 when the pit was at its peak of production but seven years later the colliery was 'mothballed'. In 2015, it was announced that the pit tower would be demolished and the colliery site would be redeveloped for housing which has since been completed. The former freight line and sidings into the colliery have been lifted and left undeveloped.[3] The local football team is called Harworth Colliery F.C.

Industrial Units, Harworth with the tower of All Saints Church in the distance

In 1961 the parish had a population of 8289.[4] On 1 April 1974 the parish was split; part stayed in Nottinghamshire, being renamed "Harworth Bircotes", part was added to neighbouring Bawtry in South Yorkshire.[5][6]

Etymology

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The town's name is from Old English har "grey" (compare modern hoary") and worth (also worō, worþ) "enclosure".[7] Harworth was recorded in the Domesday Book as Hareworde.[8]

Notable people

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The town – once a busy coalmining community – is particularly noteworthy as the home of Tom Simpson (1937–1967), one of Britain's greatest road racing cyclists, the World Champion in 1965. Simpson began his cycling career as a club member at Harworth and District Cycling Club. After his death on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour de France, his body was brought back to Nottinghamshire and interred in Harworth's cemetery. A small museum dedicated to Simpson's achievements was opened in August 2001 and can be found in the Harworth and Bircotes sports and social club.

There is also a history of Gurkhas being here during the Second World War.

Author Lindsey Kelk hails from Harworth, and attended North Border Comprehensive School from 1992-99.

Schools

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There is a Church of England primary School in Harworth (Harworth Church of England Academy)[9] and a Catholic primary school in Bircotes (St Patrick's Catholic Primary School).[10] The town is also served by Serlby Park Academy, a 3–18 school in Bircotes.[11]

Places of worship

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The Anglican parish church of All Saints is grade II listed and dates in part to the 12th century.[12][13]

Harworth Methodist Church is a red brick building in Bircotes, having been built as a facility for the 1920s mining population.[14]

St Patrick's Catholic Church was a wooden building built in the 1930s and included the stations of the cross carved in coal.[15] It closed at Easter 2018, and the parish merged with that of St Helen, Oldcotes which later formed part of the parish of St Jude, Worksop.[16][17]

Listed buildings in Harworth

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Main article: Listed buildings in Harworth Bircotes
Harworth war memorial

All Saints Church,[12] the war memorial,[18] and six properties in Main Street, Harworth (three barns[19][20][21] and three houses[22][23][24]) are grade II listed buildings.

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 111 Sheffield & Doncaster (Rotherham, Barnsley & Thorne) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229354.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ^ Pegden, Tom (26 November 2020). "David Wilson buys stake in ex-Sherwood Forest colliery site". Business Live. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Population statistics Harworth CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Worksop Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ^ "The New Parishes Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/688, retrieved 20 December 2023
  7. ^ "Harworth Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Nottinghamshire F-R". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Home Page". www.allsaintsharworth.co.uk. Harworth Church of England Academy. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Home". www.stpatrickscatholicps.co.uk. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Serlby Park Academy". Delta Academies Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  12. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1045715)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  13. ^ "All Saints' Parish Church". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Harworth". www.doncastermethodistcircuit.org.uk. Doncaster Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Harworth - St Patrick". Taking Stock. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  16. ^ "St Helen's, Oldcotes". Catholic parishes of Bassetlaw. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Saint Jude's Parish : Worksop-Oldcotes". Parish of St Jude's Worksop, Oldcotes. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Harworth War Memorial and enclosing walls (1421767)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Barn at Syringa House (1045718)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  20. ^ Historic England. "Dovecote Barn (1045717)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Willow Barn (1045716)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  22. ^ Historic England. "Grange Farmhouse (1280161)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  23. ^ Historic England. "High Farmhouse (1206685)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  24. ^ Historic England. "Syringa House (1206689)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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