Local History and Heritage
From the Legends of
Robin Hood and his merry men and the story of the Pilgrim Fathers,
to the famous Dukeries, the District is immersed in history.
The name 'Bassetlaw' is believed to mean 'hill of
the dwellers at the burnt place', comprising the old English
boernet (burnt place), soete (dwellers), and hlaw (hill).
Bassetlaw is even cited in the Domesday Book as
'Bernedslaue' but even older are its historic sites where evidence
of Roman, Bronze Age and Stone Age artefact's have been found.