Newton, Derbyshire
| Newton | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The George & Dragon, Newton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK444593 |
| Location: | 53°7’47"N, 1°20’16"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Alfreton |
| Postcode: | DE55 |
| Dialling code: | 01773 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bolsover |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bolsover |
| Website: | http://www.blackwellpc.org.uk/ |
Newton is a village in the eastern Derbyshire, about a mile south of Tibshelf.
History
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Newton is recorded as "Neutone".[1] The manor belonged to Land of Ralph son of Hubert. There were 13 villagers, 5 smallholders and 1 priest. The manor contained 5 ploughlands, with 1 lord's plough teams and 5 men's plough teams. There weere 7 acres of meadow.
Newton Hall, now known as Newton Old Hall, was built around 1554. In 1577 the George & Dragon ale house first appears in the record.
By the early seventeenth century, coal-mining had begun here, not in the deep shafts of later years, but in bell-pit: holes dug straight down and coal taken out until the pit were exhausted, to be filled by the spoil of the next hole.
In 1754 the local entrepreneur Jedediah Strutt invented "Derby Rib" process for cloth manufacture, which he carried on hereabouts.
Deep-level mining began in 1868, when the Babbington Colliery Company opened Tibshelf "Bottom Pit", which was worked until closure in 1933. New houses were built for the miners at Sherwood Street, Bamford Street, Main Street and New Street.[2] The Blackwell Colliery Company in 1872 opening the 'A Winning' Colliery (off Fordbridge Lane) and later the 'B Winning' colliery in Hilcote. By 1933, A Winning had 1340 employees and B Winning 727 employees. The Colliery Company also had pits at Shirland, Alfreton and Sutton.
Industry brough the railway: Tibshelf & Newton railway station opened in 1886.[3] It closed in 1930.
A school opened in the former Newton Chapel in 1898: this had been a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1880, and superseded in 1904 by a new, larger chapel.
After the Great War, in 1919, a church hall opened as a village hall. It is now the blander-sounding 'Community Centre'.
In 1930, work began on constructing Whiteborough Reservoirs.[4]
In 1992, the Silverhill Colliery closed, losing also the associated rail link to Westhouses.[5]
In 1998, Tibshelf motorway services opened nearby.
Church
Newton Methodist Church stands on Main Street,[6] and is the only church in the village.
The nearest Church of England church is St Werburgh's at Old Blackwell.
About the village
Newton Old Hall is a small manor house, constructed of locally-quarried sandstone, with a stone slate roof. It is a listed building and is now a private residence. The other manor house in Newton was an older and larger building, but was demolished in 1793.
Newton is linked to neighbouring villages by road-side pavements and public footpaths. Newton is close to the junction of the Five Pits Trail with the Silverhill Trail, which provide longer-distance recreational routes.
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References
- ↑ Newton, Derbyshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "platty at North Wingfield". platty. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. https://archive.is/20130221120650/http://www.northwingfield.name/tibshelfponds.htm. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ↑ Anderson, P. Howard (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6094-9.
- ↑ Article "A Bit of History – Parish Water Supply" by A Cooke published in the Blackwell Parish Council Magazine Christmas Edition 2011
- ↑ "BBC News". BBC. 5 March 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3500979.stm. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ↑ "Newton Methodist Church". Derby Church Net. http://www.derbychurch.net/find/detail.php?OrgRef=newtonmeth/timeline.html. Retrieved 25 October 2010.