Mattersey is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 8 miles north of Retford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 779 . The parish church of All Saints is 14th century. About a mile to the east of the village are the remains of Mattersey Priory . On January 21 1999, four people died when a Tornado GR1 jet from RAF Cottesmore collided with a Cessna light aircraft above the village. The Cessna crashed close to a school while the Tornado dived into woodland, explodi… (More on Mattersey)