and drain. Nevertheless, there is a recorded settlement in the late 12th century, and nearby Plumtree and Normanton, like Clipston, are mentioned in the Domesday Book. Present day Clipston is truly a rural village, with no amenities other than a post box. Farms in and around the village include Glebe Farm, Old Hall Farm, Manor Farm, Blackberry Farm and Wolds Farm towards Plumtree. Blackberry Farm houses Harker's Farm Shop and produces quality beef and lamb and other produce for sale. There is also a viewing area for children to meet lambs, goats, Highland Cattle calves, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc. From here there are signed walks to and through the large tree plantations to the south and across the Wolds. Other buildings in the village are private dwellings, with some local barns recently converted for residential use. There is no church, the parish church being St Mary's, parish church of Plumtree, a mile to the west. An informative history of St Mary's tells of a "tin tabernacle" dedicated to St John, erected in Clipston as a "chapel of ease" around 1898. This was removed in 1942. The site may have been used in the Second World War. The road "Church Gate" in the village dates not from the 19th century, however, as it appears in documents in the possession of Earl Manvers at Thoresby House, written around 1585. The Manvers family were the local landowners, as noted on the Cotgrave page. Church Gate, however, does eventually lead though Normanton on the Wolds to the Church of St Mary's in Plumtree. Public transport Clipston has no public transport. The nearest buses serve Plumtree and Normanton. The nearest railway station is at Radcliffe (4.9 miles/7.9 km) on the line between Nottingham and Grantham or Skegness. References External links Villages in Nottinghamshire Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe