East Midlands
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Newark & Sherwood District

Rufford

Rufford, in the Newark and Sherwood district of , is the site of two whose inhabitants were evicted in the 12th century. Cistercian monasteries were established and the monks wished to ensure their isolation.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 536 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England
  • Also known as: “Rufford, Nottinghamshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rufford Abbey and St Mary’s Church.

Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a country estate in Rufford, , England, two miles south of . Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.

Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in . The church was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, given by William II to .

Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Ollerton.

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sherwood Forest in is the last surviving tract of primeval forest in England. In medieval times it was a royal hunting forest – the shire or sher wood of Nottinghamshire – and it became the setting for the legend of Robin Hood.

Town
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of , England, on the edge of in the area known as the Dukeries.

Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Newark and Sherwood district, in , England, two miles east of the town of . is situated 3 miles northeast of Rufford.

Rufford

Latitude
53.1749° or 53° 10′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.0369° or 1° 2′ 13″ west
Population
536
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
Open location code
9C5W5XF7+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4336860360
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7299474
Wiki­data ID
Q15273742
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Rufford” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “রাফোর্ড”
  • Cebuano: “Rufford (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Nottinghamshire)”
  • Cebuano: “Rufford”
  • Chinese: “路夫福特”
  • French: “Rufford”
  • German: “Rufford”
  • Gujarati: “રફોર્ડ”
  • Irish: “Rufford”
  • Japanese: “ラッフォード”
  • Kannada: “ರಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “러퍼드”
  • Ladin: “Rufford (Nottinghamshire)”
  • Ladin: “Rufford”
  • Lithuanian: “Rufordas”
  • Polish: “Rufford”
  • Portuguese: “Rufford”
  • Russian: “Раффорд”
  • Spanish: “Rufford”
  • Swedish: “Rufford (parish i Storbritannien, Nottinghamshire)”
  • Swedish: “Rufford, Nottinghamshire”
  • Tamil: “ருப்பிபோர்ட்”
  • Telugu: “బార్టన్ మిల్స్”
  • Urdu: “روفورڈ”
  • “Rufford”

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