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DUKERIES, THE

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 651 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DRO-ECG
DUKERIES, THE , a name given to a
district
  in the N.W. of
Nottinghamshire
 , England; included within the ancient Sherwood Forest (q.v.). The name is taken from the existence of several adjacent demesnes of noblemen, and the character of the Forest is to some extent preserved here. On the north is the Sheffield-Retford branch of the
Great
  Central railway, serving the town of Worksop, connecting at Retford with the
Great
  Northern railway, while on the south the Great Central railway serves the small market town of 011erton, and connects with the Great Northern at Dukeries Junction. The following demesnes are comprised in the
district
 . Worksop Manor formerly belonged to the dukes of Norfolk. Welbeck Abbey is the seat of the dukes of
Portland
 , to whom it came from the Cavendish family (dukes of Newcastle); the
mansion
  is mainly classic in style, dating from the early 17th century, but with many subsequent additions; the fifth duke of
Portland
  (d. 1879) built the curious
series
  of subterranean corridors and chambers beneath the grounds. Clumber
House
 , the seat of the dukes of Newcastle, is beautifully placed above a lake in a fine park. Thoresby
House
  is the seat of the earls Manvers, to whom it came on the extinction of the dukedom of Kingston; part of this demesne is a splendid
tract
  of wild woodland.


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