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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
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 li ...
. 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 century. A modern housing estate, Unstone Green, was built at the other side of the railway line from the original village. The majority of the estate, which was built in the 1940s, was initially intended to be temporary housing for the many coal miners in the area, but it is still intact today.
Originally on the
A61 trunk road, the village is now bypassed by the Unstone-Dronfield Bypass
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
.
The village has two schools: Unstone St Mary's Infant School on Crow Lane and Unstone Junior School on Main Road.
The village has a parish council. Unstone Grange, run by a registered charity is a retreat that describes itself as "a centre for personal creative growth."
There are bus services to Chesterfield,
Sheffield and
Holmesfield.
The village used to be served by the now-closed
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. T ...
.
Landmarks are a TV transmitter and a railway viaduct. There is one public house, the Horse and Jockey. The village post office closed in 2019.
See also
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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 l ...
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List of places in Derbyshire
References
External links
Villages in Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire District
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