Bassetlaw is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Worksop; the other towns in the district are Retford, Tuxford and Harworth Bircotes. The district also contains numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
Bassetlaw is a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 general election by Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Conservative. Before that election, the seat had been part of the so-called "red wall", being held by the Labour Party since 1929.
Bassetlaw was a wapentake in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The wapentake covered an area in the north of the county, roughly equivalent to the modern Bassetlaw local government district. The wapentake was divided into the divisions of Hatfield, North Clay and South Clay.
Wharfedale was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It comprised the northern side of lower Wharfedale, the lower Washburn Valley and several parishes between Leeds and the River Wharfe. Until 1937 it also included a detached part, the parish of Esholt north of Bradford.
Kiveton Park was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974.
Clowne was a rural district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
Bowland was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the Forest of Bowland, which it included.
South East Derbyshire was a rural district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered an area to the south-east of Derby.
Aethwy was a rural district in the administrative county of Anglesey, Wales, from 1894 to 1974.
Southwell was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
Newark was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
East Retford was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
Misterton was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
Leake was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
Skegby was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
Stapleford was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.
Blackwell was a rural district in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Mansfield rural sanitary district which was in Derbyshire.
Gainsborough was rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974.
Hucknall was an urban district in Nottinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974.
Norton and Cuckney is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw district, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The overall area had a population of 351 at the 2011 census. The parish lay in the north west of the county, and south west within the district. The parish lies close to the county border with Derbyshire. It is 125 miles north west of London, 20 miles north of the city of Nottingham, and 5 miles north of the market town of Mansfield. The area was bordering Sherwood Forest and has associations with mining interests and the Welbeck Estate.
