Glapwell
| Glapwell | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Back Lane, Glapwell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK480660 |
| Location: | 53°11’20"N, 1°16’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,503 (2011) |
| Post town: | Chesterfield |
| Postcode: | S44 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bolsover |
Glapwell is a village in north-eastern Derbyshire, on the A617 road between the towns of Chesterfield (7 miles) and Mansfield (5 miles) and Bolsover (3 miles to the north). The 2011 census recorded 1,503 residents.
Glapwell stands atop a very steep hill adjoining with the village of Bramley Vale at the bottom.
History
This village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. It records that Serb held this estate from William Peverel:
"In Clapwell, Liefric had one carucate of land to the geld. There is land for as two ploughs. There eight villeins have 6 ploughs... Serb now holds it.
Glapwell colliery closed in the 1970s and the site is owned by a private company manufacturing industrial fencing. There is no overall dominant industry in the area, with most of the jobs being out of the village.
About the village
The village has a local shop/post office and two pub/restaurants: the Young Vanish (an unusual name derived from that of a 19th-century champion racehorse), and the Plug and Feathers (previously a Ma Hubbards venue)[1] formerly and traditionally the Glapwell Hotel, known by many locals as "The New Un"). The hotel was one of the first places that train travellers would see when leaving the nearby London, Midland and Scottish railway station, and was in fact the local Station Hotel. The station itself closed in the 1930s.
The social club, The Rowthorne, closed on 18 December 2011 and the site has been redeveloped for housing. Another longstanding landmark that also disappeared in 2011 was Staleys, the local garage. Glapwell Garden Centre stands on the site of the former Glapwell Hall, the former residence of the Hallowes and now extinct Jackson families.
Nearby is Hardwick Hall, a remarkable Elizabethan mansion in a commanding position high on the same hill as Glapwell, operated by the National Trust. Access to the grounds and Hall was possible via Rowthorne Lane in Glapwell but this was stopped-up in the early 1990s to reduce traffic in the residential area. Access is now only from the bottom of the hill across the M1 motorway near the village of Heath, via the Mill Lane entrance and old coaching road approach to the mansion from Stainsby Mill, a working watermill restored by the National Trust.
Sport
- Cricket: Glapwell Colliery Cricket Club, who play their home games at Park Avenue.
- Football: Glapwell F.C., who play their home games at Hall Corner in the north of the village.
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