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A list of books and articles on aspects of Worksop's history is available on the Nottinghamshire Bibliography Online.

A selection of key books and articles extracted from the Nottinghamshire Bibliography follows.

Primary

Trade directories

Trade directories are an invaluable resource for 19th/early 20th century town history. Leicester University has recently made the full text of a representative selection of trade directories for Nottinghamshire available online:

• www.historicaldirectories.org

Newspapers

The following newspapers are available to view on microfilm at Worksop Library:

Newspaper title	Dates available
Worksop Advertiser	Jun-Aug 1873; Jan-Feb 1874
Worksop Dispatch	Oct 1932-Aug 1945
Worksop Guardian	Mar 1896 to date
Worksop Standard	Jul-Oct 1908

Secondary

History and archaeology

• Garton, D. and others. `Excavations at a Romano-British Cropmark Enclosure near Menagerie Wood, Worksop, Nottinghamshire', TTS, 92 (1988), [22]-33, ill.
• Heath, J. E. `The Saga of Job Ebenezer [Cartledge]: A Worksop Election of the 19th Century', NH, no. 22 (1979), 9-11. Local Board of Health, 1878.
• Holland, J. The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop, in the County of Nottingham. Sheffield, Blackwell, 1826. 204 p., ill.
• Jackson, M.J. (ed.) A Worksop miscellany. Published to celebrate the Society’s Golden Jubilee (1958-2008), Worksop & District Archaeological & Local History Society, 2009
• Jackson, M. J. Victorian Worksop. Worksop Archaeological and Local Historical Soc., 1992. 170 p., ill.
• Jackson, M. J. Worksop in Times Past. Brinscall, Lancashire, Countryside, 1979. 48 p. Mainly pictorial.
• Jackson, M. J. Worksop of Yesterday: The Town at the Turn of the Century. Worksop Archaeological and Local Historical Soc., [1969]. 41 p., ill. Focuses on 1897 [full text available online at: myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pressleycom/history/index.htm]
• Jackson, M. J. Bygone Worksop, Worksop Archaeological & Local Historical Society, 2005
• `Local Reminiscences of the Crimean War', White & Co.'s Worksop Almanack, (1915), 127-135. Extracts from Worksop Journal, by various authors.
• Marshall, G. W. ed. The Registers of Worksop, co. Nottingham, 1558-1771. Guildford, privately published, 1894. 559 [correctly 459] p. Includes the register of Scofton.
• Morris, Keith, I were a Worksop lad fun and games. Wassop in the 1950s and 1960s, [Keith Morris], 1998
• Morris, Keith, Wassop. Worksop peoples memories of Worksop at the millennium, Keith Morris, 2000
• Morris, Keith, Worksop re-visited, [Keith Morris], 2006
• Nelson, R. B. Worksop Club, Established 1872: The First Fifty Years. [Worksop, privately published, 1972]. 9, [7] p.
• Robb, Janet, Turning back the pages in old Worksop, compiled by J. Robb, Nottinghamshire County Council,  1998
• Scurfield, G. `Early Seventeenth Century Worksop and its Environs', TTS, 90 (1986), [46]-56, ill.
• Smith, B.  Aspects of the Urban Geography of Worksop and East Retford.  M.Sc., Nottingham, 1965.  149 p., ill., bibl.
• Smith, C.A. Renaissance of the Nottinghamshire Market Towns 1680-1840, Merton Priory Press, 2007
• Taylor, J. A. `Worksop Parish in the Early Nineteenth Century', Don. The Journal of Sheffield University Geographical Society, no. 1 (1957), 6-8, ill.
• [White, R.] Handbook to the Antiquities of Worksop and its Neighbourhood. Worksop, White, 1883. 53 p.
• White, R. Worksop, 'The Dukery' and Sherwood Forest, Worksop: Robert White, 1875 [available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/white1875/introduction.htm]
• White, R. The Visitors' Hand-book to Worksop and its Neighbourhood, Containing a Descriptive and Historical Account of the Antiquities, Noblemen's Seats, &c., &c., in this Beautifully Picturesque Locality. 5th ed. Worksop, White, 1887. 51 p., ill. 1st pub., 1849.
• Worksop and District Archaeological Society. Worksop & District Archaeological Society. [Worksop], 1940. 16 p., ill. Newspaper reports of some papers given to the society.
• Worksop Archaeological and Local Historical Society. Scratta Wood: An Interim Report on the Excavation Begun on a Primitive Romano[-]British Site. [Worksop], 1960. 8 p. Report signed M.J.J. (= M. J. Jackson?).
• Worksop Archaeological Research Society. Scratta Wood Iron Age Excavations, 1959-1965. Worksop Borough Library and Museum, [1965]. [8] p.
• Worksop Guardian. A Century to remember --- One Hundred Years in Words and Pictures as Seen Through the Worksop Guardian.  [Worksop, 1996].  83 p., ill.

Biography and family history

• Cole, A. C. `The Worshipful Family of Worsop', Coat of Arms, 6 (1961), 200-202, ill.
• Gabbitass, P. Heart Melodies: For Storm and Sunshine. From Cliftonia the Beautiful. Bristol, [privately published], 1885. Life in Worksop, [ix]-xix.
• Jackson, M. J. `Some Characters from Victorian Worksop', Not Fam Hist SJ, 7, 10 (1994), 8-9.
• Jackson, M. J. `William and Walter: The Straw Brothers of Worksop', NH, no. 52 (1993), 6-10.
• Kershaw, R. R., ed. `Nottingham[shire] Will: Christopher Carlile of Worksop, Yeoman', Not Fam Hist SJ, 8, 6 (1996), 17-18.
• `Line - Pedigree of Pilley', ECA Journal, 1, 1 (1983), 10-11. ECA = English Catholic Ancestor.
• Marples, I. Chain of Psychic Experiences, Commencing June, 1922. Religious, Political and Military. Stockwell, [1926]. `The Light of Other Days', 20-31. Reminiscences of life in Worksop.
• Medley, R. C. Medley of Worksop. Co. Notts. A Pedigree. Dinton, Buckinghamshire, [privately published], 1980. 73 p., ill.
• Middleton, A. A Game Achievement and Sherwood Forest Tales. Ilfracombe, Stockwell, 1953. 48 p. Memories of 20th-century Worksop.
• [Renshaw, J.] `Gleanings from the Diary of an Old Worksop Lawyer', White & Co.'s Household Almanack, Worksop (1896), 198-205. Ed. by R[obert] W[hite]. Renshaw owned the Birks estate, 18th c.
• Tonge, W. A. `Tonge of Tonge, co. pal. Lanc.' Worksop Park, co. Notts; and London. London Visitation, 1633-34', Genealogical Mag., 4 (1900), 46-50.

Economic history

• Allsopp, R. `Worksop (Stations of the Great Central, 3)', Fwd, no. 84 (1991), 10-13, ill.
• Bennett, J. `Worksop West (Signal Box Diagrams, 16)', Fwd, no. 89 (1992), 4-5, ill.
• `The Canch, With An Acknowledgement to Research Done by M. Jackson', Brindley's Triumph, no. 5 (1996), 11-13, 23, ill. Watercourse in Worksop.
• Franks, D. L. `Manton Wood [signal box]', Fwd, no. 60 (1986), 3-5.
• Hartland, H. History of the Worksop Co-operative Society Ltd. Worksop Co-operative Soc., [1953], 32 p., ill.
• Jackson, M. J. `The Last of the Worksop Chairmakers', NC (in NT), (Dec 1973), [99], ill. John Kelk.
• Jackson, M. J. `Worksop Jottings', Fwd, no. 47 (1984), 11-13.
• `Lady Lee Arm', Brindley's Triumph, no. 1 (1995), 6-7, 23. Chesterfield Canal.
• Patrick, A. `The Sherwood Road Maltings, Worksop', NIASJ, 18, 2 (1993), 4-11, ill.; 19, 1 (1994), 5-12, front cover, ill.
• Shirley Aldred & Co. Shirley Aldred & Co., Ltd., 1796-1958. [Worksop, 1958]. 41 p., ill.
• Tomlinson, G. A. W. Coal-miner. Hutchinson, [1937]. 239 p. Autobiography.
• Worksop Co-operative Society. Centenary, 1867-1967: One Hundred Years of Progress. [Worksop, 1967]. 19 p., ill.

Local government and services

• Bocking, E. Worksop: Its Civic Insignia and Plate. [Worksop, privately published], 1970. [15] p., ill.
• Houghton, J. T. Worksop Library and Museum: A Story of Development, 1852-1938. Worksop Library and Museum, 1938. [16] p., ill. Described from cover. Title page reads: From Seed to Fruition. Eighty-six Years' Progress.
• Medley, R. C. `A Worksop Benefactor', Not Fam Hist SJ, 3, 3 (1980), 12-13. William Medley.
• Nottinghamshire County Council. Leisure Services. Worksop: A Pictorial View, 1889/1989. [West Bridgford, 1989]. 26 plates.
• `Worksop Local Board Accounts, Sixty Years Ago', White & Co.'s Worksop Almanack, (1914), 121-127. Repr. of the accounts for 1854/1855, with a letter, repr. from Worksop Journal, by Veritas".

Education and Schools

• [Beanland, A. de M.] ed. Worksop College, 1895-1955. [Worksop?], privately published, 1955. 191 p., ill.
• Bulley, J. A. The First Year: An Account of the Henry Hartland Grammar School, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 1962-1963. [Worksop, privately published, 1963], [32] p., ill.
• Bulley, J. A. Towards the Sixth: A Sequel to The First Year And A Record of the Growth of the Henry Hartland Grammar School, Worksop, to the End of the Academic Year 1964-1965. [Worksop, privately published, 1966]. 34 p., ill.
• Clegg, N. C. `North Nottinghamshire College of Further Education', NEC Circular (Jun 1976), 323, 326-327, ill.
• Edwards, D. L. F. J. Shirley, An Extra-ordinary Headmaster. SPCK., 1969.  `Worksop, 1925-1935', 31-40, ill.  Worksop College.
• Fryer, A. H. `Haggonfields', Rural Studies. The J. of the Nottinghamshire Rural Studies Assoc., 1, 3 (1956), 11-14, ill. Haggonfields Rural Studies Centre.
• Murphy, C. H.  Scenes From a Century: Worksop College, 1895-1995.  [Worksop College, c.1995].  112 p., ill.  Mainly pictorial.
• Thorne, W. P. `Worksop Priory: History of the Gate House', NEC Circular, (Jul 1977), 517, 520-522, ill.
• `Worksop College (Midland Public Schools, 7)', NO, 4, 30 (1958), 38-[39], ill.

Religion and churches

• Brown, C. 'The Endowment of Worksop Priory', TTS, 9 (1905), [83]-89, ill. [available online at: www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1905/worksoppriory.htm]
• Bush, A. 'The Worksop Poltergeist', NC (in NT) (Oct 1977), 15-16.
• D'Arcy, G. J. A. Worksop Priory (Notes on Churches & Abbeys, 51). [2nd ed.]. S.P.C.K., [1936]. [18] p., ill. 1st ed., [1931].
• Hill, W. P. Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Potter Street, Worksop: Centenary Souvenir, 1830-1930.[Worksop, privately published, 1930]. 76 p., ill.
• Lambert, G. C. Congregationalism in Worksop: A Century's Record, 1824-1924. [Worksop, privately published, 1924]. [19] p., ill.
• Nicholson, R. Sketches of the Remains of the Abbey Church and Conventual Buildings, Formerly Belonging to Canons of the Order of Saint Augustine, at Worksop, and of the Church as Restored: With a Concise Historical and Descriptive Account, from its Foundation to the Present Time. Worksop, Sissons, 1850. 20 p., ill.
• Podmore, F. `The Worksop Case (Poltergeists', pt. I), Proc. of the Soc. for Psychical Research, 12 (1896-1897), 45-58, ill. Repr. in Sitwell, S., ed. Poltergeists: An Introduction and Examination (Faber, 1940), 387-404, and, with brief comments by A. MacKenzie, in his A Gallery of Ghosts: An Anthology of Reported Experiences (Barker, 1973), 90-110.
• Primitive Methodist Church. Worksop Circuit. Souvenir Handbook of the Coming of Age Celebrations. [Worksop], 1928. Historical material, passim, ill.
• Priory Parish Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Worksop. Festival of Flowers, Vestments and Priory Documents, Including the Coronation Glove and Casket ... Festival Programme. [Worksop, 1968]. [8] p. Mainly a catalogue.
• St. Anne's Church, Worksop. A Jubilee Souvenir to Commemorate the Consecration of S. Anne's Church, Worksop, 24th November 1912. [Worksop, 1962]. 32 p., ill.
• Slodden, H. T. [Worksop Priory Church], TTS, 5 (1901), 24-27, ill.
• Stacye, J. `The Priory and Parish Church of Worksop or Radford, Nottinghamshire', J. of the British Archaeological Assoc., 30 (1874), 156-170, 277-296, ill.
• Straw, W. St. John's Church, Worksop. A Centenary History, 1869-1969. Worksop, Martin, 1969. 74 p., ill.
• Trollope, E. `Worksop Priory', Reports and Papers, 5 (1860), 208-228, ill.
• [Walker, C. W.] Notes for Visitors to Worksop Priory, Notts. 7th ed. Gloucester, British, 1975. 31 p., ill. 1st ed., 1946.
• 'Worksop Priory Gatehouse', White's Household Almanack, Worksop, (1892), 177, 179, 181, 183, ill. Possibly by R. White.

Culture and recreation

• Bassetlaw District Council. Worksop Conservation Area. [Worksop, 1983?]. [2] p., ill.
• Egbert, D. D. `The Tickhill Psalter, An English Illuminated Manuscript of the Early Fourteenth Century', Bull. of the New York Public Library, 36 (1932), 663-678, ill. A MS written by John Tickhill, prior of Worksop.
• Hornsey, B. Ninety Years of Cinema in Worksop. [n.p., privately published], 1992. 13 p., ill.
• [Nottinghamshire County Council].  Worksop (Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, Conservation Area No. 27).  [West Bridgford, 197-?].  5 p., ill.
• Trollope, E. `A Description of the Society's Temporary Museum at Worksop', Reports and Papers, 5 (1860), [197]-209, ill. The Architectural Society of the Diocese of Lincoln.

7 Blyth Grove (Mr. Straw's House)

• Albery, C. `The House That Time Forgot', Nottinghamshire Now (Apr 1995), 31-35, ill.
• Ashworth, P. `Mr Straw's House', NT (Sep 1991), 8-10, ill.
• National Trust.  Mr. Straw's House, Nottinghamshire: An Illustrated Souvenir.  1993.  15 p., ill.
• Worsley, G. `7 Blyth Grove, Worksop', Country Life, 187 (1993), 74-77, ill.

Worksop Manor and Lodge

• Baddeley, V.  `The Early Eighteenth Century Landscape Gardens of Worksop Manor, Nottinghamshire', TTS, 100 (1996), [123]-136, ill.
• Binney, M. `Worksop Manor, Nottinghamshire', Country Life, 153 (1973), 678-682, 750-753, ill.
• History of Worksop Manor. [n.p., privately published, c.1985]. 12 p., ill.
• Hoskins, F. N. Manor Lodge, Worksop: A brief History and Guide. [Nottingham], Thoroton Soc., [1985]. 6 p., ill.
• Notes on the History of Worksop Manor. [n.p., privately published, 1957]. [4] p., with loose leaf listing "Paintings in the Manor".
• Robinson, J. M. The Dukes of Norfolk: A Quincentennial History. Oxford Univ. Pr., 1982. Worksop Manor, 160-164, ill.
• Stéphan, J. `Notes on Household Management in the 18th Century: Transcript of a MS Note-Book', Notes and Queries, 203 (1958), 349-351; 204 (1959), 97-99, 144-147, ill, 168-172. Probably compiled for Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk.
• Worksop Manor. A Few Notes on its Historical Associations. [n.p., privately published, 193-]. 16 p., ill.

Osberton

• Bowles, W. H. Records of the Bowles Family: Being the History of a Line Deriving from Charles Bowles of Chatham During Three Centuries. With Annotated Pedigrees of the Parent House of Swinestead and Haugh, and of the Cadet Families Settled in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Kent. [n.p.], privately published, 1918. App. II, `The Osberton Line', [157]-160.
• Johnson, H. A. `The Architecture of Osberton Hall, Nottinghamshire', TTS, 87 (1983), 60-70, ill.
• `The Life of a Chorister and Farmer from 1900 Onwards', RetDHASN, (May 1981), [1]-[2]. Reginald Milnes Wood.
• Liverpool, C. G. S. Foljambe, 1st Earl of (of the 2nd creation), `Notes on Osberton, Scofton, Rayton, Bilby, Hodsock, Fleecethorpe, etc', TTS, 5 (1901), supp., [9]-31, ill.
• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. `The Manuscripts of the Right Honourable F. J. Savile Foljambe, of Osberton', 15th report, app., pt. 5 (1897), 182 p

Shireoaks

• Bassetlaw District Council.  Shireoaks Conservation Area. [Worksop, 1983?]. [2] p., ill.
• Bennett, J. `Shireoaks East Junction (Signal Box Diagrams, 20)', Fwd, no. 98 (1994), 6-7, ill.
• Cope, G. Shireoaks Church of England School Centenary. [Shireoaks, privately published, 1964]. [4] p.
• Cullabine, E. A. Shireoaks Souvenir Brochure, Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, June 2nd 1953. [Shireoaks, privately published, 1953]. [16] p., ill.
• Garbett, H. Brief History of Shireoaks, to Commemorate the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Church of St Luke by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on 18th October, 1861. [Shireoaks, The Church, 1961]. 28 p., ill.
• Griffin, A. R. `Shireoaks: A Pioneering Enterprise of the Mid-Nineteenth Century', Colliery Guardian, 225 (1977), 132, 134-135.
• Hoskins, F. N. A Brief Guide to Shireoaks Hall & Water Garden. [Nottingham], Thoroton Soc., [1984], 6 p., ill.
• Lancaster, J. and Wright, C. C. `On the Sinking at Shireoak [sic] Colliery, Worksop, to the "Top Hard Coal" or "Barnsley Coal", Q.J. of the Geological Soc. of London, 16 (1860), 137-145.
• [Parsons, A. V.] Shireoaks Silver Jubilee Souvenir Brochure. [Shireoaks, privately published, 1977]. 47 p., ill. Mainly a history of the village.
• Stacye, J. `On the Site of the Shireoak, near Steetley', in White, R., The Dukery Records (Worksop, White, 1904), [70]-72, ill.
• Stacye, J. `The Property of Worksop Priory at Shireoaks and Thorpe [Salvin]', in White, R., The Dukery Records (Worksop, White, 1904), [73]-74.
• Steetley, PLC. Steetley at a Hundred. Worksop, 1985. 17 p., ill.
• [West, F. H.] `"It's an Ill Wind ---"', Southwell R., 7 [correctly 8], 1 (1957), 5-19

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