SHIRLAND AND HIGHAM: North East Derbyshire Parish #11 of 24
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- North East Derbyshire as a rule is a district that is very rural but located within that rurality are some large villages, and in the case of today's parish, no fewer than five of them (well, four and a half) collide together to form one great bit conurbation. It wasn't always this way though. One of the started life as a small market village, complete with a market charter, and was an area heavily influenced by stocking weavers.
There was then coal which when discovered, brought about changes in the area. The collieries would be sunk and the workers would come, and with it, a whole lot of housing. In some regards, the pit here wasn't all that much of a big deal - it was never the most productive - but regardless of that, the houses would still go up and populated by the workers. That would lead to the transformation of a small, almost non existent settlement into an industrial metropolis.
Then there's the other village which tags on to this, and it was originally just five houses big. After the colliery was sunk, it would grow immensely fast. Once dubbed the "Black Hole of Derbyshire" though, the "Blocks" as they were known of terraced housing would be condemned and demolished by 1950, giving rise to much newer areas that have been constructed since. It remains this parish's biggest area though.
Located along the edge of the River Amber, this one has more than a few things to throw at us, from very different periods of history. It takes a bit of wrapping your head around too to work out exactly why there are so many buildings here too which have been abandoned or repurposed. One thing that hasn't though would be the Printing Press on New Street which publishes almost anything related to dogs!
This one took me some time to throw together. Watch it, you'll see why. This is SHIRLAND AND HIGHAM.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of North East Derbyshire. There are 24. Here's the ELEVENTH one - Shirland and Higham.
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Hallfield House:
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The Shoulder of Mutton:
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The Red Lion:
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Shirland Colliery:
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Higham Press Printers:
www.highampres...
Zoopla:
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Shirland Village Hall:
www.ambervalle...
Old Church Hall:
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Duke of Wellington flats:
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Mickley Estate:
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Higham history:
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Demographics:
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Old School:
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Shirland GENUKI:
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The Star:
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The Crown Inn:
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Shirland Golf Club:
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The Woolpack:
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Shirland Primary School:
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SHIRLAND AND HIGHAM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- To get to 'The Blocks' you would go down what is now the industrial estate, turning left down a little path to where a brook is located. They were on the land on the other side of the brook
- Close to St Leonards church is an area that I didn’t walk around - a residential area which includes Park Lane, Main Road and St Leonard’s Place
- In Stonebroom, speeding is a common issue. However, there’s a lack of people willing to operate speed cameras
Hi. I used to live in Stonebroom till I left in 1995. I used to drink in all those pubs shown.
I personally knew Doug of the Wellington in Shirland and Mave of the Woolpack..those posts u shown, they were gate posts to the farmers fields as pit lane and it's surroundings were all fields behind the Welly, the lane went through them to the pit.
Nice to see the Red Lion still open, it always was a busy pub..the place has changed a lot since I left.The health centre u shown I lived literally round the corner on Julia Crescent and I went to Stone broom Primary. The shop u shown was always known as Jazz's shop..opposite the Star Pub was a shop that a guy called Billy ran, it was a sweet shop..does Trev still run the Star Pub?
The person who ran the Star a few years ago was a woman called Rita, She ran it with her husband who I can’t remember the name of. Unfortunately she became sick a few years ago and the Star closed down
I have connections to the Tagg family from Park Farm in Shirland
Thanks, have a lot of connections to the north east Derbyshire, morton,Pilsley, clay Cross etc,keep up the good work.
Unfortunately a few years ago the owner of the Star, a woman called Rita, became ill and was unable to continue running it. She still lives there, but the pub has remained closed since
Used to drink at the crown inn pun higham on main road did you know toses houses on main road higam are some od the most expensive out side the peak disrict in derbyshire
I do now :D
Nice 👍 you have a wonderful day.
Same to you
to get to 'the blocks' you would go down what is now the industrial estate, go left down the little path and keep going down to where the brook is. they were on that land on the other side of the brook, i believe
Cheers Steve! I knew they were gonna be there somewhere, but couldn't place it before I visited. Locals always helpful :P