Places to see in ( Bawtry - UK )
Places to see in ( Bawtry - UK )
Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies at the point where the western branch of the Roman road Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England and met the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry has a school called Bawtry Mayflower School named after the ship Mayflower, which took William Bradford, leader of the Pilgrims, to the Americas, settling the first Plymouth Colony. Bradford lived at Austerfield, close to Bawtry. The White Hart in Swan Street is the oldest surviving pub in Bawtry dating back to 1689. The older Swan Inn, also in Swan Street, is still intact, but converted to other uses.
South Parade is a terrace of Georgian houses. The Market Hill and High Street contain other buildings of that period, interspersed with more recent developments. The Courtyard in Bawtry is a modern development hosting a variety of shops and businesses. The entire development was designed by Graham Smith Design, who went on to win the Green Apple Awards 2005 in recognition of the efforts to preserve and enhance the heritage of Bawtry.
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HAWORTH | Full village tour of Haworth Yorkshire [Bronte Country]
Haworth is a picturesque village located near Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Pennine hills, about 3 miles southwest of Keighley. Haworth is best known for its association with the famous Brontë sisters, who lived and wrote in the village during the 19th century.
The village of Haworth has a rich history that dates back to ancient times. It was originally settled by the Celts, and later the Romans occupied the area. However, it was during the Industrial Revolution that Haworth truly began to develop. The textile industry flourished, and mills were established in the surrounding area, turning Haworth into a center for weaving and manufacturing.
Today, Haworth retains much of its historic charm and character. Its narrow cobbled streets, stone houses, and charming storefronts create a distinct and romantic atmosphere. The village is a popular tourist destination, attracting visitors from around the world who come to explore its literary heritage and enjoy the scenic beauty of the surrounding countryside.
One of the main attractions in Haworth is the Brontë Parsonage Museum. It was the former home of the Brontë family, and it now houses a museum dedicated to the lives and works of the Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Visitors can explore the rooms where the sisters wrote their famous novels, such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. The museum also displays a collection of personal belongings, manuscripts, and other artifacts related to the Brontës.
The village of Haworth is also known for its literary connections. Apart from the Brontës, it has inspired many other writers and poets over the years. The surrounding moorland, with its wild and rugged beauty, is often cited as a source of inspiration for these artists.
In addition to its literary heritage, Haworth offers beautiful walking trails that allow visitors to explore the stunning countryside. The Pennine Way, a long-distance footpath, passes close to the village, providing opportunities for hikers to enjoy the panoramic views and fresh air.
Haworth hosts various events and festivals throughout the year, including the Haworth 1940s Weekend, which celebrates the village's wartime heritage, and the Haworth Arts Festival, which showcases local talent in music, theater, and visual arts.
Overall, Haworth is a charming and enchanting village that captivates visitors with its literary legacy, scenic surroundings, and historical charm. Whether you are a fan of the Brontës, an avid walker, or simply looking for a tranquil getaway, Haworth offers a delightful experience.
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SCROOBY: Bassetlaw Parish #12 of 66
If you thought Austerfield was the only place that the Pilgrim Fathers story has connections to in this part of the world, well think again. There's quote a few of them around the South Yorkshire/Bassetlaw border area and today's parish is perhaps the one with the most history connected to the Mayflower's journey some 400 years ago.
That's because William Brewster, one of the separatists, lived here in the Manor House, which now is owned by the Dunstans, and is currently being restored to it's former glory. The Pilgrim tale is etched all over this village, from the information boards, to the names of the properties, to the apple tree that's been planted in the centre. You cannot escape it.
I do try though in this video to show that the village isn't all about the Pilgrim Fathers;. Take for example the watermill (Monks Mill), with it's lovely pond and attractive exterior, or the park and the village hall both of which have much bigger roles in the community than just informing passers by of the history.
In fact, if you go a little further afield within the parish boundaries you encounter some much more gruesome history with the story of John Spencer, and a nice woodland burial ground designed to make remembering our loved ones that little more manageable for the living.
All in all you're not going to escape the history like the separatists did, but there's a lot more to see in the parish of SCROOBY.
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HIGH MELTON: Doncaster Parish #17 of 43
Don't adjust your sets, today's video is going up earlier than it's usual 4pm slot because I have some errands to run around that time later.
Today we get a look at another village in Doncaster. This one is home to a few things that might be of interest, but there's one particular feature that eclipses the others. That feature is the huge former college campus right in the centre of the village that used to belong to Doncaster College. It has since been sold, and will soon be putting Doncaster on the map in the TV and film industry.
The imposing buildings that make up the college campus all still stand and in this video we do get a little sneak peek at some of them, seeing as you can find yourself accessing the site through the church...weirdly, no signs tell you you're about to enter private land.
Speaking of land, this place has an abundance of woodland areas within it's boundaries, the most notable of which is an actual wood in the parish's extreme North Eastern corner, but look around you anywhere here and you'll see trees. The whole village once used to be part of a much bigger, denser wood until some of it was cleared by various historical groups.
Old buildings? Yep there's lots of those too, plenty of old stone houses and farms, including the Hall, which is designated by Doncaster Council as being the centre of the conservation area that encapsulates the parish. There's a rather gruesome tale behind one of the street names in this village too, involving some sheep rustling and a noose that caused the perpetrator to hang himself. Nasty stuff but it's things like that I come to find out about!
See if you can find anything else to add to the account I've given to the woodland wonder of HIGH MELTON.
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HARWORTH & BIRCOTES: Bassetlaw Parish #23 of 66
In Bassetlaw there are two CPs which have town status. One of them is the very historic town of Tuxford which lies to the South of the District, bordering Newark and Sherwood. The other is the Northern town we find ourselves in today. By stark contrast to Tuxford, this parish doesn't have the same kind of history and stories around it, and in fact, this one is practically a Yorkshire town in all but location. South Yorkshire even runs along the edge of this place, and in close proximity to Bawtry and Tickhill, and with a Doncaster phone number and postcode, you are practically in an extension of the Doncaster MBC.
The only clues that tell you this is indeed Nottinghamshire come in the form of the various bus stops dotted around the place with the Nottinghamshire CC logo all over them. Otherwise, you have to say this is Yorkshire. It's a coal mining town, which is VERY South Yorkshire let's be honest, and plenty of the houses in and around it resemble model villages we've seen in parts of Doncaster and Rotherham.
One thing that this place has is a famed former resident who is buried in the cemetery at the far West of the village. Tom Simpson was a World Champion cyclist who dies whilst in the Tour De France in 1967 and everywhere around this town you will find references to him, from the colliery to the sports ground to the park named after him. A true local legend if ever there was one.
If you come here you'll find many Simpson related themes, but you'll also find new developments all over the place, as houses here are permitted to be built as part of a designated growth zone, meaning the 8,000 or so population will surely grow much much more yet.
Take it all in, enjoy the sights and sounds of one of Bassetlaw's biggest parishes. This is the lovely little town of HARWORTH & BIRCOTES.
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BAWTRY: Doncaster Parish #30 of 43
Today we're looking at perhaps one of Doncaster's most important towns. The borough has a few parishes that are classified as such, having a TOWN council rather than a parish council but I don't think any of them are quite as important as this one, and strangely, this is one of the smallest towns you'll find in South Yorkshire.
The importance of this place dates back to the 1100s when it was a vital port on the River Idle. Whilst the port may no longer exist, through the ages the town has served as a point on the map that people have used as a major reference, being ideally located at a crossroads between the East Midlands towns of Newark, Retford and Gainsborough, and the South Yorkshire towns of Rotherham and Doncaster. Without this place, the area around would not be what it is today.
The Market Place, or the main square as it's sometimes called, houses many an interesting building, including the gorgeous Town Hall, the luxurious Crown Hotel and the Dower House, and that's before we even consider the Hall, built by a Wakefield wool merchant and used as a popular wedding venue.
You're not short of iconic landmarks either. The viaduct carries the East Coast Main Line on it's way to London, there's the beautiful Methodist Church on the junction of Station Road, there's The Courtyard, an award winning shopping precinct and arguably one of the most famed houses in all of Yorkshire - Number One.
Far too much to include everything in one video, but the heritage trail information board condenses it down and made that little bit easier for me to have a go at the town of BAWTRY.
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CARLTON IN LINDRICK: Bassetlaw Parish #57 of 66
The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 5,623 – one of only two in the entire district of Bassetlaw to record a population of over 5,000 and it’s second only to Harworth and Bircotes. It includes that of Wallingwells. Despite being the second biggest in the district, this is not a town. Those rights are reserved solely for Harworth and Bircotes, and Tuxford.
Lindrick denotes the land of the linden or lime tree. Indeed, the name is derived from the Old English for raised, straight strip marked by lime trees. Lindrick was the name of an ancient district, most of which is now in South Yorkshire. Such places as North and South Anston and parts of Tickhill and Maltby, including Roche Abbey were in Lindrick
This is a modern parish made up of four small settlements which over time have merged together with the onset of urbanisation. These are North Carlton, South Carlton, Costhorpe and Wigthorpe, although Wigthorpe remains semi-detached from the others. What we know to be North Carlton had a different name - Kingston-in-Carlton – and was anciently so called from being the King's manor
For notable people, how about Kathleen Scott better known as Baroness Kennet. Scott was an English sculptor, born Kathleen Bruce in 1878, the youngest child of the Anglican rector. Her husband was Captain Robert Falcon Scott the Antarctic explorer. Scott is also the mother of the artist, ornithologist and painter Peter Scott.
In much more recent times, it grew greatly thanks to the presence of a coal mine – we’ve heard this story before haven’t we? The mine in question would also be the reason for neighbouring Langold’s development. We’ll talk more about the mine and its history in the Hodsock episode. Now though, housebuilder Keepmoat Homes owns the former Firbeck Colliery site and plan to turn it into 400 two-, three- and four-bedroom homes. The development shall be known as Osprey View
That of course will increase the already massive population. Let’s see what it looks like now before it grows even larger. Welcome to CARLTON IN LINDRICK.
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ESCRICK: Selby Parish #65 of 74
SELBY PARISH #65: ESCRICK
Escrick lies right on the boundary between Selby and York. In fact, where today’s main walk begins is pretty much on the boundary. It’s roughly equidistant between the two major towns
You might recall me mentioning the Escrick moraine in an East Riding episode or two before. That’s to do with the last ice age. Escrick sits at what was the southernmost limit of glaciation in that era
When the ice retreated, a deposit known as a terminal moraine was left behind, in the form of a ridge, and it’s this ridge which gives the village its name, as Escrick may mean ash ridge
Escrick is noted for an Anglo-Saxon gold ring. Called the Escrick Ring it was discovered in a field via a metal detector in 2009 and was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum for £35,000
An estate village, Escrick Hall was built between 1680 and 1700. Associated with the estate are the names Lawley, Thompson and Wenlock. Confusingly, they’re all the same family!
The layout of Escrick has changed considerably over the years. It’s whole position has migrated North, the former site of the village becoming the grounds of Escrick Hall
Its main street once passed the hall, but now stops at the gates. Two bypasses were created to compensate – one would become Skipwith Road whilst the other would become the modern A19
This is the village which migrated North. Let’s see how the land lies today!
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NORTH KILWORTH: Harborough Parish #2 of 91
HARBOROUGH PARISH #2: NORTH KILWORTH
The Parish of North Kilworth lies within the Laughton Hills landscape character area of South Leicestershire, close to the River Avon that forms the County boundary with Northamptonshire.
Most of the Parish is underlain by clay, but North Kilworth itself is situated on one of several locally-important hilltop areas of gravel, which is an aquifer, explaining the settlement’s ancient location
North Kilworth Village lies approximately 1.5 miles west of Husbands Bosworth and 4 miles east of junction 20 of the M1 motorway. It is within easy reach of the city of Leicester
An ancient place, in the Domesday Book it was called Chivelesworde which means ‘Ceofel’s wooded enclosure’. It’s believed to have been in existence for some 200 years earlier than that
The village is largely to the south of the A4304 – the main Lutterworth to Market Harborough Road with limited developments to the north of the road.
North Kilworth has always been mainly agricultural. In the 19th century The Royal Implement works was here. Many of their goods went to Royal estates like Sandringham and Windsor
In the 1800s, the railway made an appearance here, but that has since gone. North Kilworth has a few notable features like Kilworth House Hotel and Theatre, and an area known as The Bogs
We’ll explain both of those as we walk around another gorgeous Harborough village!
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RAMPTON AND WOODBECK: Bassetlaw Parish #49 of 66
We've seen so many different things on this channel. Feats of engineering like Boothferry Bridge, natural features like the Rivers Trent and Ouse, history in the form of coal mines and railway stations, huge open spaces like Cannon Hall Park and plenty of different types of property. All things which we will see again at some point in the future.
However in this video, we will only ever seen two more landmarks like the one that dominates this video, and that's because the hospital (yes, hospital, not prison) that you will see in this episode is one of only three in the country, the other two being Ashworth and the infamous Broadmoor. It is the latter of those two though, which is responsible for this one even existing in the first place!
The hospital has had some infamous guests in its time too, notably Ian Huntley, the man behind the Soham murders; Beverley Allitt, the so called Angel of Death, and perhaps one of the most famous criminals of all time, Charles Salvador, better known to people as Charles Bronson. There's a string of other people that have walked through the doors of this place too who people will be all too familiar with from news reports over the decades since the hospital was built in 1912.
Let's not forget the village though. It's easy to overlook it. It was an important Norman manor which has had two manor houses and two very impressive entrance gateways to go with them. It sits along the River Trent and you were able to reach Torksey by ferry here once upon a time. Nowadays of course, that's done by crossing Torksey Viaduct on foot. There's some gorgeous old buildings in the historic core and loads to get your teeth into otherwise.
By far and away though, this one is all about that place in Woodbeck - although Woodbeck itself wouldn't exist if it weren't for it! Go figure! Welcome to RAMPTON AND WOODBECK.
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MISSON: Bassetlaw Parish #3 of 66
Back into Nottinghamshire again now, and get ready because these Bassetlaw parishes are going to come thick and fast. Most of the district is parished, with only the towns of Worksop and Retford being unparished areas. We've already seen two of the 66 parishes in this district, and the two in question are sort of on a limb as far as the rest of them go, because Shireoaks and Rhodesia sit to the West of Worksop, only bordering each other and not bordering any other parish of Bassetlaw.
However, they aren't alone in the district insofar as being inaccessible from another Bassetlaw parish goes. Oh no. Sometimes, boundaries of any kind throw up some access problems. It's physically impossible to get to today's parish from ANYWHERE else in Bassetlaw without driving out of the district and into Doncaster or North Lincolnshire. The reason for that is, unless you're prepared to swim it, the River Idle is in your way.
We're at the very top of Nottinghamshire here - you simply cannot go any further North - this is the parish that has that pointy bit at the top if you look at on a map of the county. It's bounded by the aforementioned districts and on one road you can drive through Nottinghamshire from South Yorkshire and into Lincolnshire all within a matter of seconds.
The main village here is quirky itself too, being home to an ancient medieval moated site, the first ever church school in the UK, and one of the finest village greens I've ever had the pleasure to stand upon. Take in the lovely 1,000 year old White Horse pub or of you prefer the Angel Inn, spend some time admiring the beauty of typical Nottinghamshire-style buildings or even have a look at some former military vehicles.
Above all, enjoy the gorgeous little parish of MISSON.
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ACKWORTH: Wakefield Parish #5 of 30
The long wait for another Wakefield parish on the channel is over! This one took me forever to make simply because of how big this parish is! At over 7,000 people this part of Wakefield district is loaded – and I mean loaded – with things to see. So much so, that I have absolutely no doubt that I will have missed some things here, but there’s only so much the limitations of my GoPro battery would allow. I think I’ve got the main bits though.
Split into four (maybe five if you count Brackenhill as a separate village) areas, it took me almost three hours to get through everything. Starting with the village cemetery, from which you can see Six Arches, the railway viaduct that was briefly mentioned in the Badsworth video, we journey around Moor Top which was famed for quarrying, Brackenhill which had a theatre and a goods railway line, before heading up to an area which has some of the most amazing architecture I’ve seen so far in West Yorkshire in the form of a Quaker school.
There are two churches here, one much older than the other but both connected by virtue of the fact that the newer one was more of a chapel of ease when originally built. The older church also has links to the island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland – a parish which I cannot wait to visit by the way – as the body of St Cuthbert travelled with monks who stopped here on their pilgrimage.
Stone quarries, railway lines, a quaker run boarding school, medieval churches…what more could you want? Well there’s plenty more, you just have to watch the video to see what else I uncovered in this amazing part of the City of Wakefield.
This is the huge parish of ACKWORTH.
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FINNINGLEY: Doncaster Parish #26 of 43
Time to look now at the other parish that shares Doncaster Sheffield Airport with Austerfield, and highly significantly, this is the one that gave it's name to the RAF base where the airport was constructed. No surprise then that this area is no stranger to all things aviation-wise, with history going back over a century when the RAF base was first built on a strip of land at Bancroft Farm.
Perhaps the defining feature of the main village though is not the airport, but much more likely the duck pond in the centre, well maintained and attractive on The Green. The huge playing field shared with it's neighbour, Blaxton., only adds to the village's lovely features, complete with tennis courts, a playground and fabulous cricket pavilion.
St Oswalds Primary School takes it's name from the church, partially, which has a long and storied history in itself, and the graveyards here also remind you of the war, with an area completely reserved for RAF burials. This place seemingly has a fair share of things to get your teeth into, and although it's quite small, the residents of this place know that it has many an attraction and they're proud to live, work and play within it's boundaries.
That's before we've even considered the old abandoned farmhouse in the centre that despite my best efforts, I couldn't find any information for. I'm relying on the locals to work their magic with that one!
Above all, I think as Doncaster parishes go, you'd be hard pushed to find anywhere quite like FINNINGLEY.
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BLAXTON: Doncaster Parish #27 of 43
OK people, today sees TVI put up his last video in which he isn't wearing the new TVI hi-vis! I don't tend to put the videos up in the order I record them, I like to make sure I space out the areas so that I'm not focusing my efforts too much in one district in one go. I find it much easier for people to keep up with me too, that way!
Technical stuff aside, this one is a little longer than I originally thought it was going to be, and that's because I've managed to bulk it out with a nice shot of a plane leaving DSA - weirdly in both the Austerfield and Finningley video's I never got that chance!
Regardless, the village in question here does have some good things in it to see. There's the old Finningey station for starters, which is now overgrown and abandoned, but the old buildings associated with it are still here. Speaking of old buildings there's an old Wesleyan chapel on Mosham Road, complete with it's extension built in the 1960's. and all that is before we've even considered the likes of the Blue Bell pub on the main roundabout.
There's also a small village hall and a BT telephone exchange here too, and don't forget the Sports Field belonging to Hill House School. That's a lot for a village with such a small population!
Sharing Finningley Park and half of Lower Pasture, this place is Finningley's smaller brother. This is BLAXTON.
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EAST DRAYTON: Bassetlaw Parish #24 of 66
Into Bassetlaw again today and to a lovely little village that I really enjoyed looking around. This one is almost the quintessential rural English village in fact. You have everything here. The church, the village hall, the old red phone box, the cricket club, some streams passing through, a nice village green, a pub, some nice walks in and around, and a good strong community behind it all.
It's just a shame though I was not made to feel welcome here. We'll get to that at the end of the video, but please don't let the beauty of this lovely village to the South East of Retford be overlooked because of what you're about to see here. I have done my best to make sure that this video still checks all the usual boxes, and I have presented it in the same way as I have all the others.
A village that has a population of 252 and has won the Best Kept Village Award for settlements with under 300 residents some ten times since 1974 should be a village that is proud to be what it is. I think there's more than just a bit of a case for that here. The church, when lit up at night for example is shown off fantastically well and compliments what the place is all about.
One of the most interesting thing about this village is the bus stop. Dedicated to something of a local hero, if you want to catch a bus here you have to pre-book, because out here in the sticks, buses are not in the greatest of demand. This is known as being in a Demand Responsive Area, and there's a few more villages just like this in Bassetlaw.
Perhaps the strangest video I will ever record. You need to watch this one to the end to understand why. This is EAST DRAYTON.
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STAPLETON: Selby Parish #29 of 74
Today we’re in an area known as the West Selby Ridge in surroundings dominated by fields and arable land, sandwiched between the much larger areas of Darrington in West Yorkshire and the village of Womersley in North Yorkshire.
There once was a mansion designed by John Carr, extensive kitchen gardens, pleasure grounds, lake and a landscape park of 182 hectares (450 acres) here. The creation of the designed landscape here may be the work of Lancelot Brown, Richard Woods and possibly Thomas White
The designed landscape remains largely intact today, despite the demolition of the mansion in the early 20th century. No visible evidence remains and the entrance is disused. The main buildings of the estate lay in a valley and were surrounded on three sides by rising parkland and plantations.
The parish doesn’t feature much more than that…except for the most interesting feature which is one you can’t even see – a Colony of the Brotherhood Church. They number only four residents and they live up a drive off New Road. The community are vegetarian, grow much of their own organic food and attempt to live independently from the government. The Brotherhood Church can be traced back to 1887.
This is the story of how a group started in London via Northern Ireland ended up living in a remote part of Selby. Welcome to STAPLETON.
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By Unknown author - Майский И.М. Воспоминания советского посла. М. Наука. 1964. Книга 1. Стр. 325., Public Domain,
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Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
The Keyhouse - Voices (H. Flunder)
The Keyhouse - Circles (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - Sun (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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CLIVIGER: Burnley Parish #6 of 8
This one is going to be presented a little differently to what you’re used to. Keep in mind this one is massive and full of so much history. There’s no way I could cover everything. In theory, all the villages form one giant settlement. It is a little hard at times to distinguish where one starts and another ends, like for example between Walk Mill and Holme Chapel
The principal settlement within the parish is Walk Mill, which is where we are here. It lies in the bottom of a valley, sited on Burnley Road, where it passes over the River Calder. It’s not mentioned in the Domesday book, and the survey of the wider area which was known as Blackburnshire is brief. There is some lack of certainty as to the origin of the name too.
The parish is located at the northwestern entrance to a gorge, which extends to the southeast It is regarded as a remarkable example of a glacial valley that follows a fault line, and it used to be a little bigger than what It is today. In 1897 an area of the parish including parts of the villages of Cornholme and Portsmouth were added to Todmorden
Open cast coal mining took place in the 1940s and 50s above Thieveley Scout and on Deerplay Moor and were the site of two walking draglines. These were called Cilla and Charybdis. The areas were subsequently back-filled and landscaped. Holme Chapel has a long history with the rearing of sheep.
There’s way more, like the tale of Jerry Dawson and spectral ghost of the gorge. It’s all in CLIVIGER.
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Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
The Keyhouse - Voices (H. Flunder)
The Keyhouse - Circles (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - Sun (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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