Thynghowe

Celebrations with the then Sheriff of Nottingham at the launch of the newly waymarked boundary trail.

Friends of Thynghowe

Members of the group on the day it was realised that the boundaries met on Thynghowe Hill, and discovered the much older stone shown in the photograph

Lynda Mallett

Thynghowe site, Birklands Forest

a site in Birklands

By Di Roker

In 2004 owners of a local area of woodland bought an 1816 document describing the perambulation of Worksop.

Out of curiosity they walked part of the prescribed boundary of Clipstone, Edwinstowe and Warsop and began to search for boundary stones, thereby triggering a project researching a site in Birklands Forest called Thynghowe. 

With a few volunteers, boundary stones were identified along the way, and where the three boundaries met a Saxon meeting place, or moot was discovered. 

We now think the site to be much older and potentially important find, a fact which we hope will be confirmed following a recent survey. There is a great deal of interest from experts in the field, but until recently most local people were unaware of its existence.