Ranskill

Ranskill
Nottinghamshire
Church of St Barnabas, Ranskill
Location
Grid reference:	SK655875
Location:	53°22’49"N, 1°1’0"W
Data
Population:	1,362  (2011)
Post town:	Retford
Postcode:	DN22
Dialling code:	01777
Local Government
Council:	Bassetlaw
Parliamentary constituency:	Bassetlaw

Ranskill is a village in the north of Nottinghamshire, its nearest town being Retford about five miles to the south. The Ranskill parish according to the 2011 census had 1,362 residents.

The name 'Ranskill' is from the Old Norse 'Hrravenskelf' meaning 'raven's shelving knoll/ridge'.

The parish church, St Barnabas, was built in 1878. A Methodist chapel had been built in 1868 and was expanded in the 1930s. The Methodist chapel also features a schoolroom, where today the local newspaper, the STAR ('Scrooby, Torworth and Ranskill') is printed.

Ranskill also has a reading room, built in 1891 by the Gillott family as a library and reading room, where in 1909 the room was changed to include billiard tables. Today the room is still in use and features two billiard tables, two pool tables and a darts board.

The East Coast Main Line railway passes to the east of the village.

The village was the site of a Royal Ordnance Factory from 1940 until 1975. Ranskill also had a railway station which opened in 1852 where there was a half-hourly service between Retford and Doncaster. The station closed in 1958.

Outside links

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• Ranskill Parish Council