Spion Kop, Nottinghamshire
It is located about a mile to the south of Warsop on the A60, Mansfield Road. It is a settlement built and named after the Battle of Spion Kop which took place during the Second Boer War in Natal, South Africa, in January 1900. A major military figure in the conflict was John Talbot Coke, grandson of D'Ewes Coke, born at Mansfield Woodhouse, a well-known Nottinghamshire industrialist and clergyman. At Mansfield Woodhouse a Coke Street was renamed Newhaven Avenue.
The one residential side-street adjoining the main A60 road formerly known as George Street has been renamed Mosscar Close.
A modern, large-scale mixed-residential development has been built on the extensive site of the old Wood Brothers timber business on Mansfield Road following a successful planning application to Mansfield District Council in 2011.
References
- ^ Warsop Web Retrieved 27 August 2014
- ^ Warsop Web Retrieved 27 August 2014
- ^ Mansfield District Council, Planning permission for 40 bedroom care home and 58 dwellings, August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2014
External links
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