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{{Short description|Village in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Ranskill
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.38030|-1.01680|display=inline,title|scale:25000}}
| population               = 1,435
| population_ref           = (2021)
| shire_district           = [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]
| shire_county             = [[Nottinghamshire]]
| region                   = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]]
| post_town                = RETFORD
| postcode_district        = DN22
| postcode_area            = DN
| dial_code                = 01777
| os_grid_reference        = SK 655875
| static_image_name        = Church of St Barnabas, Ranskill (geograph 4258406).jpg
| static_image_caption     = Church of St Barnabas, Ranskill
| type                     = [[Village#United_Kingdom|Village]] and [[civil parish]]
| website                  = {{url|http://ranskill.org.uk}}
| static_image_2_caption   = Parish map
| static_image_2_name      = {{infobox mapframe|frame-width=240|frame-height=180|zoom=12}}
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.05
| london_direction         = SSE
| london_distance_mi       = 135
}}

'''Ranskill''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]] district of [[Nottinghamshire]], England, with its nearest town being [[Retford]] approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off}} south. The Ranskill parish according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] has 2,226 residents, falling to 1,362 at the 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127827&c=Ranskill&d=16&e=62&g=6456317&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460632821062&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=14 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> and improving to 1,435 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007831|title=Ranskill parish|accessdate=22 January 2024}}</ref> There is also a Bassetlaw ward called Ranskill. This ward had a population of 2,417 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13693992&c=Ranskill&d=14&e=62&g=6456315&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460633124234&enc=1|title=Bassetlaw ward population 2011|accessdate=14 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

Ranskill dates back to the Danish invasions of the 9th century where the name 'Ravenskelf' meant 'shelving knoll/ridge of the raven'.<ref>[http://ranskill.org.uk/History/history.html Ranskill Parish, Nottinghamshire<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820071719/http://ranskill.org.uk/History/history.html |date=20 August 2006 }}</ref>

The village features [[Barnabas|St. Barnabas Church]], built in 1878 and a [[Methodist]] chapel first built in 1868 and expanded in the 1930s. The Methodist chapel also features a schoolroom, where today the local newspaper, the STAR ([[Scrooby]], [[Torworth]] and Ranskill) is printed. Ranskill also has a [[Library|reading room]], built in 1891 by the Gillott family as a library and reading room, where in 1909 the room was changed to include billiard tables. Today the room is still in use and features two [[billiard table]]s, two pool tables and a [[Darts|darts board]].

The [[East Coast Main Line]] railway passes to the east of the village, which was the site of a [[Royal Ordnance Factory]] from 1940 until 1975. Ranskill also had a [[Train station|railway station]] which opened in 1852 where there was a half-hourly service between [[Retford]] and [[Doncaster]]. The station closed in 1958.

==See also==
* [[Listed buildings in Ranskill]]
* [[ROF Ranskill|Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Ranskill]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Ranskill}}
* [http://ranskill.org.uk/ Ranskill parish website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6SIj9VTcf8 YouTube video - parish visit journal]

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[[Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Bassetlaw District]]


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