was a post windmill south of the Mansfield Road with a small box-style roundhouse. It was driven by two common and two double-patent windmill sails. Amenities The two schools in the village are St Mary's Primary School and King Edwin Primary School. The former Rufford School on the north side of the village closed in 2003 and has become residential housing by Barratt Developments, known as Friars Park. A skate park on the development proved controversial with concerns over noise and anti-social behaviour. The village has a business services provider, a St John's Ambulance amenity, an antiques centre, workshops, a fun park, a youth hostel, two arts and crafts centres, a village hall, and a community pest-control centre. Leisure facilities include Thoresby Colliery Band and Youth Band, a high-wire forest adventure course, a mountain biking, cyclo cross and forest walks centre, a forest fun park, and an outdoor adventure park. It still has five pubs: the Black Swan, the Dukeries Lodge, Forest Lodge, Hammer and Wedge, and the Royal Oak. Other caterers include Smoke & Ice, Bistro Balsamico, The Cottage Tea Rooms, Fables Coffee House, The Honey Pot Cafe and Launay's Restaurant. Environmental concerns are addressed under the Maun Valley Project Conservation Area. Transport Edwinstowe railway station functioned between 1897 and 1955. A goods line remains. The nearest passenger railway stations are at Mansfield Woodhouse and Mansfield, both about from Edwinstowe. The village is served by half-hourly daytime Monday–Saturday bus services to Mansfield and Ollerton, six buses a day Monday–Saturday to Worksop, and one bus a day Monday–Friday to Nottingham. Services run twice a week to Newark and once a week to Lincoln. Notable people In order of birth: King Edwin of Northumbria c. 586–632/633) gave his name to the village. The legendary Robin Hood is said to have married Maid Marian here. John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1662–1711), politician and landowner, was born here. E. Cobham Brewer (1810–1897), lexicographer, died at the vicarage, where his son-in-law was the vicar. Henry Morley (1852–1924), first-class cricketer, was born and died here. Fanny Jean Turing (1864–1934), politician and activist, was probably born in the village, where her father was vicar. Fred Kitchen (1890–1969), countryside writer and autobiographer, was born here. Francis Woodhead (1912–1991), first-class cricketer, was born here. Philip Brett (1937–2002), musicologist and conductor, was born here. Brendan Clarke-Smith (born 1980), Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw, was living in the village