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Unstone
__NOTOC__ Unstone ( ) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, in the North East Derbyshire administrative district approximately south east of Dronfield. It is also close to the town of Chesterfield. The River Drone and the Midland Main Line railway run through the village, which has a population of over 1,000, increasing to 1,876 and including Apperknowle at the time of the 2011 Census. Originally, Unstone Main Colliery was the primary source of employment for the village; it was the largest colliery of the group around Unstone. It was served by a Midland Railway branch line which connected it to the main line in Dronfield and Sheepbridge. Although it ceased working around 1900, there are significant remains in the woodland area of both the railway and mine coal mines. Unstone community centre is built on the former trackbed of the Midland branch next to the former overbridge on Crow Lane. The village has more than doubled in size over the past c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Unstone
Unstone is a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 15 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Unstone, Apperknowle and West Handley and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. Apart from a railway viaduct, all the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses, and farm buildings. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Unstone Lists of listed buildings in Derbyshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Drone
The River Drone is a river which flows south from its source on the Sheffield, South Yorkshire, border. It flows through Dronfield, Unstone and Unstone Green in Derbyshire before merging at Sheepbridge to the north of Chesterfield with the Barlow Brook. Below the junction, it is often referred to as the River Whitting. It then flows south-east till it merges with the River Rother at Brimington Road North ( B6050) at Chesterfield. It is one of the three main tributaries of the Rother. Course The River Drone rises as several small streams south of Sheffield. One rises close to the contour near the Hamlet of Mickley and flows east, crossing the Midland Main Line railway by an aqueduct a little south of Bradway Tunnel and then passing under the A61 road Unstone-Dronfield Bypass and the B6057 Sheffield Road, which was downgraded when the bypass was constructed. A second source rises north-east of Bradley Tunnel, on Dore and Totley golf course. It flows east and passes under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unstone Railway Station
Unstone railway station was a station in Derbyshire, England. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders. It was on what is known to railwaymen as the "New Road" to Sheffield. This bypassed the North Midland Railway's original line, which had avoided Sheffield due to the gradients involved, and came to be known as the "Old Road".Pixton, B., (2000) ''North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route,'' Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing Originally called Unston, until 1908 when the "e" was added. It had timber buildings without canopies. It closed to passengers in 1951 and for goods services in 1961. From Unstone, the line continued the long 1 in 100 climb to Dronfield Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is to the west. The nam .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dronfield
Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is to the west. The name comes from the Old English ''Dranfleld'', probably meaning an open land infested with drone bees. The town existed before the 1086 Domesday Book, and has a 13th-century parish church. In 1662, Charles II granted the town a market, although this later ceased. The industrial history of the town includes coal mining, the wool trade, the production of soap and steel, and engineering. Today a range of manufacturing firms still operate in the town. The stadium to the north of the town is officially " The Home of Football", providing the playing surface for Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest football club. Dronfield's population increased in the post-war years from 6,500 in 1945 to its current size of just over 21,000. History Dronfield was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Main Line
The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Nottingham and Sheffield in the Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield in the East Midlands. Express passenger services on the line are operated by East Midlands Railway. The line is electrified between St Pancras and Corby and the section south of Bedford forms the northern half of the Thameslink network, with a semi-fast service to Brighton and other suburban services. A northern part of the route, between Derby and Chesterfield, also forms part of the Cross Country Route operated by CrossCountry. Tracks from Nottingham to Leeds via Barnsley and Sheffield are shared with Northern. East Midlands Railway also operates regional and local services using parts of the line. The Midland Main Line is to receive a major upgrade of new digital signalling and full line electrification from London to Sheffield. HS2 is to branch onto th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North East Derbyshire is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Lee Rowley of the Conservative Party. This was the first time a Conservative candidate had been elected since 1935. The seat had been, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2005 to 2019 as its winner's majority had not exceeded 5.7% of the vote since the 23.2% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands once since that year and is no longer marginal after the 26% majority won in 2019. History ;Summary of results The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1910, the area was regularly represented by a Liberal MP. From the 1935 to the 2015 elections inclusive N.E. Derbyshire returned Labour candidates in succession. In 2010 and 2015 the results featured marginal majorities (a majority of relatively few percentage points between the winner's and the runner-up's tallies). The runner-up candidate from 1945 to 2015 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In Derbyshire
This is a list of places in Derbyshire, England. A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y See also * List of settlements in Derbyshire by population * List of places formerly in Derbyshire * List of places in England {{DEFAULTSORT:Places in Derbyshire *Places Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ... Derbyshire-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apperknowle
Apperknowle is a village in Derbyshire, England. The village is located on the Southwestern slopes of a flat-topped ridge at about 200 m above sea level.OS Map SK 27/37 (1979) The village overlooks the town of Dronfield and the villages of Unstone (where the population is listed) and Unstone Green in the valley bottom, where the River Drone and the Midland Railway are located. Above the village is a small grass airstrip that used to belong to British Steel, and is now used for private planes with a couple of new hangars built in the 1980s. Apperknowle gains its name from the Old English word Apelknol, meaning 'Apple Tree Hill'. Set up on the hills it looks down upon Dronfield and the Drone Valley and offers some panoramic views across the countryside towards the Peak District. There is also a local Methodist Church, which was opened in 1879 to replace an earlier building. It is the only place of worship in the village and often hosts visiting preachers from other local churches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheepbridge
Old Whittington is a village in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Old Whittington is north of Chesterfield and south-east of Sheffield. The population of the Old Whittington ward at the 2011 Census was 4,181. The village lies on the River Rother. Population in 1901 was 9,416. The parish church of St Bartholomew was restored after its destruction by fire, except for the tower and spire, in 1895. The town manufactured stoneware bottles, other earthenware and bricks. There were also coal mines and ironworks. Early history Old Whittington is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 on the first folio for Derbyshire, where it is spelt ''Witintune''. The book says''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.741 under the title of 'The lands of the King':The King held a number of Derbyshire manors. These included obviously Witintune, but also included lands in Wirksworth, Unstone and Weston-on-Trent. In Newbold with six berewicks – Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmesfield
Holmesfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971. The name "Holmesfield" means "raised pasture-land" and is of Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin. Viking influences are also evident with many road names suffixed by "gate", the old Norse word for "way". History Holmesfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of the manors belonging to Walter D'Aincourt.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.750 John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville, was in 1645 ordered to pay an annuity to the Vicar of Holmesfield Church, as part his fine, for being on the losing side in the civil war. St Swithin's parish church can be seen from much of the surrounding area. The main church was built in 1826 but has seen further work in recent years with the vicarage being added in 1999. Still visible in the grounds are the remains of a stone cross from around 641 AD, which would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties of England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don with its four tributaries: the River Loxley, Loxley, the Porter Brook, the River Rivelin, Rivelin and the River Sheaf, Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. The city is south of Leeds, east of Manchester, and north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
