Cuckney is a small village in the Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford...

 district of Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, between Worksop

Worksop

Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. It is about east-south-east of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated to be 39,800...

 and Market Warsop.

The A60 road

A60 road

The A60 is a road linking Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, with Doncaster in South Yorkshire, via Nottingham.It takes the following route:*Loughborough**Rempstone**Costock**Bunny**Ruddington*West Bridgford*Nottingham**Sherwood**Arnold...

 connects Market Warsop and Cuckney via Cuckney Hill

Cuckney Hill

Cuckney Hill lies between the village of Cuckney and the town of Market Warsop. Often referred to ironically as 'Cuckney Mountain' by a number of locals, as it is in fact quite small and does not stand out in the local Meden Valley region because of Welbeck Colliery's pit tip which is adjacent to...

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History

The grounds of Cuckney Parish Church, contain the remains of Cuckney Castle

Cuckney Castle

Cuckney Castle was in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire between Worksop and Market Warsop .It was a motte and bailey fortress founded by Thomas de Cuckney. It was slighted after The Anarchy in the reign of King Stephen...

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George Sitwell

George Sitwell (Sheriff)

George Sitwell was the leading ironmaster in North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire in the seventeenth century.. He built Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire in 1626. He mined, forged, and rolled iron for use in Britain and overseas...

, Ironmaster

Ironmaster

An ironmaster is the manager – and usually owner – of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain....

mined iron locally and he built a blast furnace here in the seventeenth century.

In 1853 there were two large watermills on the river Poulter in Cuckney, one for cotton, another for corn. An earlier cotton mill had burnt down in 1792.

The school

The upstream mill is now a primary school. Cuckney Church of England Primary School has 140 pupils on its role.

External links

• Link about Cuckney