Description
Blidworth, an agricultural village and parish in Notts,. 5 miles SE from Mansfield, and a station on the M.R. Some ancient forest visitations were held here, as it stands nearly in the centre of old Sherwood. It has a post and money order office under Mansfield, which is the telegraph officp. A large block of conglomerate is known as the Druid's stone, and may have been an accommodated altar. Area of the parish, 5473 acres; population, 1079. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £200. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There are three chapels. Roman remains have been discovered, and traditions of Robin Hood and his followers abound. The views from Blidworth Hill are magnificent.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
