Editing Worksop (section)

===Agricultural and forestry===
John Harrison's survey of Worksop for the Earl of Arundel reveals that at that time, most people earned their living from the land. A tenant farmer, Henry Cole, farmed 200 acres of land, grazing his sheep on "Manton sheepwalk". This survey also described a corn-grinding water mill (Bracebridge mill) and Manor Mill situated near to Castle Hill, with a kiln and a malthouse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/worksop-priory/hhistory.php|title=Worksop Priory - History|website=southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

One unusual crop associated with Worksop is [[liquorice]]. This was originally grown in the priory gardens for medicinal purposes but continued until around 1750. [[William Camden]] records in ''Britannia'' that the town was famous for growing liquorice. [[John Speed]] noted: "In the west, near Worksop, groweth plenty of Liquorice, very delicious and good". White says the liquorice gardens were "principally situated on the eastern margin of the park, near the present 'Slack Walk'." He notes that the last plant was dug up about "fifty years ago" and that this last garden had been planted by "the person after whom the 'Brompton stock' is named." A pub in Worksop is now named after this former industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/the-liquorice-gardens-worksop|title=The Liquorice Gardens|website=J D Wetherspoon}}</ref>

Additionally, with much of the area being heavily forested, timber was always an important industry, supplying railway sleepers to the [[North Midland Railway]], timber for the construction of railway carriages, and packing cases for the [[Sheffield]] cutlery industry. The town also became notable for the manufacture of Worksop [[Windsor chair]]s. Timber firms in the town included Benjamin Garside's woodyard and Godley and Goulding, situated between Eastgate and the railway.<ref>Stroud, G. (2002) Nottinghamshire Extensive Urban Survey, Worksop. English Heritage</ref>