Bramley Vale

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Bramley Vale
Derbyshire
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Bramley Vale
Location
Grid reference: SK465662
Location: 53°11’28"N, 1°18’20"W
Data
Post town: Chesterfield
Postcode: S44
Dialling code: 01246
Local Government
Council: Bolsover
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bolsover

Bramley Vale is a former coal-mining village in the north-east of Derbyshire, south of Bolsover. It is in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall.

The village is found four miles south of Bolsover, close to junction 29 of the M1 motorway. The A617 road runs through the village.

History

As a colliery village, Bramley Vale has a lengthy mining heritage, beginning with the opening of the Glapwell colliery in 1882. It closed in 1974 with all the men being transferred to other local collieries.[1]

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References

  1. Bramley Vale Drifts: OldMiner.co.uk]
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