Hardwick Village

Hardwick Village is a village located in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, within Clumber Park, in Sherwood Forest. It consists of former labourers cottages, and a couple of farms, including Hardwick Grange.

History

Conceived by the Cavendishes, Dukes of Newcastle, in the later part of the Nineteenth century, to serve the Park, and estate of Clumber. Designed in a pleasing, Neo-Elizabethan style, on a picturesque, asymmetrical plan, designed to give the impression, of a traditional village, which had grown ad hoc, and to no particular plan. Since the acquisition of Clumber Park, by the National Trust, the village has been a Covenant, of the National Trust, and the village properties, under tenancy, rather than, provided as homes for employees, as under the Dukes of Newcastle. Today you are more likely to find commuters living in the cottages, than estate/farm labourers, though the principal farm, Hardwick Grange, continues to farm the land.

Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire

Unitary authorities	Nottingham

Boroughs or districts	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe

Major settlements	Arnold Beeston Bingham Bulwell Carlton Cotgrave Eastwood Harworth Hucknall Kimberley Kirkby-in-Ashfield Mansfield Newark Nottingham Ollerton Rainworth Retford Southwell Stapleford Sutton-in-Ashfield West Bridgford Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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Coordinates: 53°16′23″N 1°02′38″W / 53.273°N 1.044°W / 53.273; -1.044

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