Sutton cum Duckmanton is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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 ...

, England, between

Bolsover Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover (borough), Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby, Derbyshire, Derby. It is the main town in the Bols ...

and

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in the district of

North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The population ...

. The village has a

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, a

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, The Arkwright Arms, and a parish council. Sutton cum Duckmanton contains the villages of Arkwright Town,

Duckmanton Duckmanton is a village within the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton, in North East Derbyshire, between Bolsover and Chesterfield. Duckmanton is a long scattered village, running north and south, usually designated Long, Middle and Far Duckm ...

, Long Duckmanton, and

Sutton Scarsdale Sutton Scarsdale is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton. The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former st ...

. Hamlets include Sutton Spring Wood. The population was 1,582 at the 2011 Census. The nearest airport is

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and the nearest train and bus stations are in Chesterfield.

History

John Marius Wilson's ''

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'' (1870–72) said of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton: The

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date from 1662.

Sutton Spring Wood

Sutton Spring Wood (also known as Sutton Springs Woodis a small

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in Sutton-cum-Duckmanton parish."WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900"
6 December 2000. The hamlet consists of around 45 houses, in a heavily wooded area, with a road that passes under the

A617 road The A617 road runs through the northern East Midlands, England, between Newark-on-Trent and Chesterfield. Route The route runs south-east to north-west through the northern East Midlands, largely through former coal-mining areas. It runs larg ...

that links it to

Temple Normanton Temple Normanton is a village and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 490. The village sits on a prominent hilltop three miles (5 km) south ...

. It is linked to Chesterfield via a bus stop located on Moor Lane and it is close to

and Sutton-cum-Duckmanton but these villages are not linked closely by road to Sutton Spring Wood. There are no shops, pubs or churches in the hamlet. Across the road from the hamlet is Calow Green.

References

External links

Parish of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton
at British-towns.net

* ttps://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=5716216 Photographs of Sutton Spring Wood Civil parishes in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

History

Sutton Spring Wood

See also

References

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