New Houghton, Derbyshire
| New Houghton | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Anthony Bek School, with Pleasley Colliery in background | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK498652 |
| Location: | 53°10’56"N, 1°15’19"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Mansfield |
| Postcode: | NG19 |
| Dialling code: | 01623 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bolsover |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bolsover |
| Website: | http://pleasleyparishcouncil.org.uk |
New Houghton is a small, rural, former coal-mining village in Derbyshire, three miles from both Bolsover and Mansfield.
History
New Houghton was originally built in the 1890s to house workers from Pleasley Colliery, which was worked from 1874 until its closure in 1983,[1] when the remaining workable coal reserves were linked with and extracted via nearby Shirebrook Colliery.[2][3]
Churches
The village had a small church called Christ Church (now closed) on the Rotherham Road, next to the New Houghton Community Centre.
About the village
There is a combined village store and post office. The village pub, The Stanton closed in 2014). The New Houghton Working Men's Club has also closed. It had occupied its site in the centre of the village since 1957.[4]
The Community Centre stands next to the church, run by Pleasley Parish Council.
Sport and leisure
- Football: New Houghton FC, whose home ground is the full-size football pitch adjacent to the old Working Mans Club.
The Millennium Green was created to celebrate the new millennium of 2000 on a what used to be a rather overgrown, ugly site. This contains a pit head wheel, as a reminder of New Houghton's mining past, when most the men worked at the nearby Pleasley Pit.
The Millennium Green has however reverted to a rather overgrown condition, and the charitable trust set up for its upkeep and maintenance, the New Houghton Millennium Green Trust, has been wound up.[5]
Transport links
New Houghton is on the B6417 Pleasley to Clowne road. The village is separated from Pleasley (and bounded on its south-west side) by the A617 Chesterfield to Mansfield road.
The local stations for Pleasley were closed in 1930 (Midland Railway) and in 1931 (Great Northern Railway).[6] The nearest stations are now Mansfield, and Chesterfield.
The village is linked to Pleasley by a footbridge over the A617. This then gives access to the longer-distance recreational routes of the Pleasley and Silverhill Trails.[7]
Outside links
References
- ↑ "Pleasley Colliery History". J. S. Thatcher. http://www.pleasley-colliery.org.uk/html/about_.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ↑ Shirebrook Colliery History Retrieved 2014-07-06
- ↑ Picture the Past Retrieved 2014-07-06
- ↑ "New Houghton WMC". WMC Club Historians. http://www.clubhistorians.co.uk/html/new_houghton.html. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ↑ New Houghton Millennium Green Trust - Registered Charity no. 1072409 at the Charity Commission
- ↑ Anderson, P. Howard (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6094-9.
- ↑ Pleasley and Teversal Trails Retrieved 2014-08-09