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Palterton And Sutton Railway Station
Palterton and Sutton is a former train station, railway station between Palterton and Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England. Context The station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill railway station, Barrow Hill to Pleasley West railway station, Pleasley West line known as the Midland Railway Doe Lea Branch, Doe Lea Branch, because it ran for much of its length along the valley of the River Doe Lea. History The station was opened without ceremony on 1 September 1890 as "Palterton and Sutton". It initially provided a service of three trains each way between Mansfield railway station (England), Mansfield and Chesterfield railway station, Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end. The line was single track between Seymour Junction and Pleasley West. Accordingly, the station had a single platform. Normal passenger traffic along the Doe Lea Branch dwindled over the years and finally ceased on 28 July 1930. The last steam train to use the line w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolsover (borough)
Bolsover District is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It is named after the town of Bolsover, which is near the geographic centre of the district, but the council is based in Clowne. At the 2011 Census, the district had a population of 75,866. The district is along with North East Derbyshire, Borough of Chesterfield and Bassetlaw District is a non-constituent member of the Sheffield City Region. Town and parish councils There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district. In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of: *Ault Hucknall * Barlborough * Blackwell * Clowne * Elmton-with-Creswell * Glapwell * Hodthorpe and Belph * Pinxton *Pleasley * Scarcliffe * South Normanton * Tibshelf * Whitwell Other settlements include Broadmeadows, Hilcote, Langwith, Old Blackwell, Newton, Palterton, Shirebrook and Westhouses. The current district boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the urban d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |