Rhodesia
Rhodesia is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire located to the west of Worksop. The population of the civil parish was 982 at the 2011 census.[1] It was named after the erstwhile chairman of the nearby Shireoaks Colliery, G. Preston Rhodes.[2]
Rhodesia is a small ex-mining village consisting of just over three hundred houses, a pub, two shops, a school, a chapel and a village hall. Part of the village is bordered by the Chesterfield Canal and is also adjacent to the A57. It was built in 1920 near to the small established settlement of Haggonfields to provide housing for workers from the nearby Shireoaks and Steetley pits. Tylden Road, the main road through the village, was named after the pit's first manager.
References
- ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127902&c=Rhodesia&d=16&e=62&g=6456441&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460641774031&enc=1. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://uk.geocities.com/b.quarrington%40btinternet.com/&date=2009-10-25+04:11:59
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