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Mansfield Woodhouse is a large village about north of Mansfield itself, in Nottinghamshire, England, stretching alongside the main A60 road in a wide, low valley between the Rivers Maun and Meden.〔OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):ISBN 0 319 24040 1〕 With a history dating back before the Romans, it is still noteworthy for its stone-built town centre. Mansfield Woodhouse was a separate entity with its own urban district council but after continuous development is now a large section within the larger Mansfield development area. Following a change in local government structure, on 1 April 1974 Mansfield Woodhouse and Warsop UDCs merged with the municipal borough of Mansfield to form a new local government district known as Mansfield District. Mansfield Woodhouse's wealth was traditionally based on quarrying, mining, farming and textile industries. ==History== The Romans had a fortress and a civilian settlement in the area (remains of a Roman villa were famously found here by Hayman Rooke in the 1780s). The area declined after the Romans left but by the 13th century there was a growing settlement of smallholders. On 12 September 1304, fire completely destroyed Mansfield Woodhouse, including its timber-framed church. The town was rebuilt using local materials and the new stone-built church, dedicated to St. Edmund, still stands today. The town recovered, and by Tudor times was home to a number of wealthy families. Farming and quarrying were the main livelihoods, and Mansfield Woodhouse also prospered with the growth of the textile and hosiery trades into the 19th century. One thing not commonly known about Mansfield Woodhouse is that locally quarried stone was used to build the Houses of Parliament. On the road to Edwinstowe stands the Parliament Oak, which, according to legend, was once the location of a session of Parliament held by the king. There is a plaque commemorating this. During the UK miners' strike (1984-1985), Mansfield Woodhouse coal miners at nearby Sherwood Colliery broke the strike. This decision was made as part of the Nottinghamshire Union of Miners. The pit closed in 1992.〔(Independent Sherwood Colliery closed January 1992 ) Retrieved 2014-05-26〕〔() 'Our Mansfield and Area' website administered by Mansfield District Council Museum ''ANNALS OF MANSFIELD'' - 'Timeline' "''1992, 31 January. Sherwood Colliery was closed.''" Retrieved 2013-12-31〕 The Colliery's football and cricket teams carry on, through Sherwood Colliery Football Club and Sherwood Colliery Cricket Club. Natives of Mansfield Woodhouse include D'Ewes Coke (1747–1811), an unusual combination of clergyman and colliery master. Mansfield Woodhouse is actually a village and known to be one of the biggest in the United Kingdom and is still growing by expanding into former farmland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mansfield Woodhouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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