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  Bolsover shown within Derbyshire |
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| Population | 11,291 |
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| District | Bolsover |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
| Postcode district | S44 |
| Dialling code | 01246/ 01623/ 01773/ 01909 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Bolsover |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire, England, not far from Chesterfield. History The area that is now Derbyshire was first visited probably briefly by humans 200000 years ago during the Aveley Interglacial as evidenced by a Middle In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London History The area that is now Derbyshire was first visited probably briefly by humans 200000 years ago during the Aveley Interglacial as evidenced by a Middle The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Barnsley, Chesterfield, Dronfield, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Derbyshire Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire, England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service covering the area of Derbyshire, England History The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS is the NHS ambulance service serving the East Midlands region of England. East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Bolsover is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire, England A Abney Acresford Aldercar A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. History The area that is now Derbyshire was first visited probably briefly by humans 200000 years ago during the Aveley Interglacial as evidenced by a Middle England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Chesterfield is a historic Market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a County in England. It is 145 miles (233 km) from London, 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield and 54 miles (87 km) from Manchester. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England It is the main town in the Bolsover district. Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England.
The civil parish for the town is called Old Bolsover. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. It includes the town (and the New Bolsover model village, along with Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft and Whaley. New Bolsover model village is a village adjoining the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire. Carr Vale is a small village attached to the New Bolsover model village, Bolsover, Derbyshire. Shuttlewood is a Village situated about 2 miles north of Bolsover, in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. Stanfree is a community/village in Bolsover (district, county of Derbyshire, consisting of a couple of rows of terraced cottages lying halfway between Shuttlewood A small hamlet in Bolsover (district, Derbyshire. Located to the North of Bolsover, about 1-2 miles along the Clowne - New Houghton Road Whaley is a small village in Derbyshire, England. Located one mile from Whaley Thorns, 1½ miles from Elmton, 1½ miles from Langwith
Bolsover is mentioned in Domesday Book, where it is described as the property of William Peverel (or "Peveril"). The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey William Peverel (c 1050-c 1115 also William de Peverel) was a Norman Knight said to have fought in the Battle of Hastings. The description refers to the villans, the ploughs, eight acres of meadow, and woodland pasture, which is given as two leagues by a league. [1]
William was possibly the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Bolsover became the seat of the Peverel family, and in the twelfth century the castle was built. The existing castle was erected in 1613.
The major industry of the area used to be coal mining, but this has declined throughout all of England. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Markham Colliery, just outside the town, closed in 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In August 2006, Bolsover was announced to have the seventh worst obesity rate in the UK.
Bolsover is notable for three sites of historical importance: Bolsover Castle, Creswell Crags (home to Britain's only known Palaeolithic cave art) and Creswell Model Village (an example of early twentieth century design from the Model village movement. Bolsover Castle is a Castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England ( Creswell Crags is a Limestone Gorge in North East Derbyshire, England near the villages of Creswell, Whitwell and Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style Model village built in the English town of Creswell Derbyshire in 1895 by the Bolsover Colliery Model villages were created in the United Kingdom by some of the first Industrialists Eighteenth-century industrialists such as Arkwright and
The MP for Bolsover is Dennis Skinner (Labour) who is nicknamed – sometimes affectionately – as the 'Beast of Bolsover'. Bolsover is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See also
References
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. Bolsover is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Bolsover Castle is a Castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England ( This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire, England A Abney Acresford Aldercar London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p. 749
External links
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