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Holbeck is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles southwest of Worksop. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 449, reducing to 195 (including Holbeck Woodhouse and Welbeck) at the 2011 UK census. It is an estate village built for the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Holbeck from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
According to the 1900 Ordnance Survey Map of Nottinghamshire Holbeck Woodhouse was a hamlet within Holbeck and Woodhouse Hall was a separate civil parish. [edit] Welbeck
Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the southwest of Worksop. The village population is included in the civil parish of Holbeck. Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery. The Welbeck Colliery operated from 1912 to 2011, with a maximum of 1,400 miners producing 1.5 million tons per year. It was lastly operated by UK Coal after the dissolution of the National Coal Board. [edit] Research Tips
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