82 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I

Church of St Cuthbert and St Mary, Worksop Priory, And Remains of Cloister WallGrade I listedWorksop War Memorial and associated structuresGrade II* listedNos. 83 and 85, BRIDGE STREETGrade II listedWorksop East Signal BoxGrade II listedIbte Museum of TelecommunicationsGrade II listed+4See all photos

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

c. 1897

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).

Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

The first 1 entry was listed in 1951, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 45 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

1 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.

Thomas Christopher Hofland

Francis Foljambe

Benjamin Naylor

Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Joseph Pearson

George Shirtcliffe

Ben Warburton

Frank Gamble

John Hall

Henry Haslam

Edmund Eyre

Albert Platts

Dan Coupe

Douglas Hardcastle

Walter Scott

Wilfred Bartrop

Charlie Gladwin

George Blackburn

Tom Richardson

Wally Battiste

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Henry Haslam1879–1942 · English footballer (1879-1942)

Thomas Christopher Hofland1777–1843 · British painter (1777-1843)

Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool1846–1907 · British Liberal politician (1846–1907)

Wilfred Bartrop1887–1918 · English footballer (1887-1918)

GB

George Blackburn1888– · English footballer (1888-?)

WB

Wally Battiste1892–1965 · English footballer (1892-1965)

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Frank Gamble1871–1939 · English footballer (1871-1939)

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Edmund Eyre1882–1943 · English footballer (1882-1943)

Everyone born in Worksop → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

The official list counts 82 listed buildings in Worksop, 2 of them Grade I, including Worksop Priory. Only 46 of the 257 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1972. Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas.

Henry Haslam (1879), Thomas Christopher Hofland (1777) and Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1846) are among the 25 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 45 of 82. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.