Bessie Sheppard’s Stone
Bessie Sheppard’s Stone is a memorial in Ashfield District, Nottinghamshire, England. Bessie Sheppard’s Stone is situated nearby to Fountaindale School, as well as near Portland College.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portland College and Vision West Nottinghamshire College.
Portland College
College
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Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles south of the town of Mansfield. Portland College has around 270 students, aged between 16 and 60. Portland College is situated 1,400 feet north of Bessie Sheppard’s Stone.
Vision West Nottinghamshire College
College
Vision West Nottinghamshire College is the trading name of West Nottinghamshire College, a further education college having two main campuses in Mansfield, with smaller sites at nearby Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Vision West Nottinghamshire College is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bessie Sheppard’s Stone.
Sherwood Observatory
Observatory
Sherwood Observatory is an amateur astronomical observatory in Nottinghamshire, England, owned and operated by Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society. Sherwood Observatory is situated 2 miles northwest of Bessie Sheppard’s Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravenshead and Lindhurst.
Ravenshead
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenshead is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys area.
Lindhurst
Hamlet
Lindhurst is a civil parish and hamlet in the Newark and Sherwood district, is 120 miles north west of London, 11 miles north of Nottingham the county town, and 3 miles south east of Mansfield, the nearest market town and bordering its district border.
Blidworth Bottoms
Hamlet
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, near to Blidworth and Ravenshead. Population details are included in the civil parish of Blidworth. Blidworth Bottoms is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bessie Sheppard’s Stone.
Bessie Sheppard’s Stone
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This stone is erected to the memory of Elizabeth Sheppard of Papplewick who was murdered when passing this spot by Charles Rotherham July 7th 1817 aged 17 Years”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Ashfield District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.10169° or 53° 6′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.17825° or 1° 10′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C5W4R2C+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 11279569145OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
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