ELMTON WITH CRESWELL: Bolsover Parish #5 of 16
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- A village usually grows thanks to some kind of industry or something that would mean plenty of jobs in the area. Here’s the thing though, in today’s parish there are two villages, yet when the Bolsover Colliery Company came along with the mines in the late 19th century, only one of these two’s population soared.
The effect was that the smaller of these two villages now has a much different look to it now. Whilst farming in still a very common industry in the area, with most of the land owned by Chatsworth Estate, just half a mile to the East was a thriving pit village which still has a lot of the old buildings that came with the mining industry.
Here you’ll find a church, purposely built for the miners, along with a huge old secondary school, an old cinema, a drill hall and even a 1924 swimming baths which has been turned into a leisure centre. You have to stand in awe though at the amazing craftsmanship that has gone into the elongated octagonal estate at the West of the village - The Model Village - easily this village’s most famed feature.
With mining came great risk to life, and it’s no surprise that the colliery here suffered a disaster like no other. In fact, it was easily the worst disaster that I have covered so far on this channel, one which would claim the lives of 80 men, and one which is remembered by way of the various memorials around both the Model Village and the colliery site.
It's a big one this, with a population of 5,550 at the 2011 census, which is likely now much higher as new builds continue to be added in the larger of the two villages whilst the small one remains small. Lots to talk about in ELMTON WITH CRESWELL.
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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.
Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of Bolsover. There are 16. Here's the FIFTH one - Elmton with Creswell.
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Colliery Lagoons:
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War Memorial:
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Ours Bar and Restaurant:
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The Old School:
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River Wollen:
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ELMTON WITH CRESWELL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- In Creswell churchyard there’s a man called Reginald Hardwick buried, a man that survived the sinking of the Titanic
- If you look to the right entering the churchyard there are the graves of the some of the 80 miners killed in the disaster. Most of their widows lay there with them
wow that brings back memories as i lived at 79 model village when i was 15 years old and used to get the Chesterfield bus to school every day. was the shop on the corner of elmton road as you turn into model village still there as i used to go in that shop after school for sweets and a comic.
There is a memorial in the cemetery to miners lost in the pit disaster. My 2x great uncle was one of them. He lived in the model village. I think the benches you saw are outside the houses of the miners lost and their names should be on them too.
Hi Andy, i live in Queensland Australia. Born & lived in Creswell. I really enjoy watching your expeditions. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Another great video Andy. Thanks for doing them.
No worries, loads more to come :D
Hello Andy a difficult question I'm sure but if you had to choose which would be your favourite(s) village?
It changes on the regular haha!
At the moment...probably Millington in the East Riding
great video.i saw you outside the church today at shirebrook!
Ahh was that you that I gave the thumbs up to?
@@TheVillageIdiot yes it was me
@@carlabiggin5413 Awesome! If you liked that, Shirebrook episode due out in three Tuesdays time 😁
Cresswell not Crezzwell
It’s got 1 s not 2!
@@flissgregory9125 I think Rebecca is referring to how locals pronounce Creswell.
@@clive6587 I’m originally from Clowne.
It’s the pronouncing, not the spelling. It’s pronounced CRESS well.