BRIMINGTON: Chesterfield Parish #1 of 2

Welcome today to a large village and one of only two civil parishes in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The main A619 Trunk Road runs through the middle of the village here, the centre of the which is defined by a huge oval shaped junction which has a one way system.

There used to be a hall here, which served as the manor house. It was demolished in 1924 but a fragment of its parkland survives as a green space on either side of Hall Road, and Chesterfield's crematorium is based here too, on the road into Chesterfield, built on 20 acres of ground bought in 1954 and opened in 1959.

Originally a chapelry within Chesterfield, this was created as a separate parish in September 1844 before the Local Government Act 1894 would then established it as a civil parish with a council distinct from the church. With Staveley, a former mining town close by and one which also possessed an iron works too, new areas of the village sprung up to accommodate workers during the industrial revolution.

Now, if you like a pub…or two…or ten…this is your place to come to! There are quite a few just in the village centre. There is an old pub called the Ark Tavern, and others close by like The Red Lion, The Three Horseshoes and The Butchers Arms. All of them are within easy walking distance from each other, so if you fancy a pub crawl guys…

All that and we haven’t even mentioned Chesterfield’s association with cannonballs for use in the Napoleonic wars? The Chesterfield canal would have transported them, along with things like coal, lead, bricks and stone through the parish of BRIMINGTON.

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Bustimes:
https://bustimes.org/localities/brimi...

Zoopla:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...

Demographics:
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/e...

Brimington History:
https://brimingtonandtaptonhistory.or...

Memorial Gates:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40743806

Crematorium:
https://memorialise.co.uk/locations/b...

Tapton Grove:
https://brimingtonandtaptonhistory.or...

Dixon’s Lock:
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/w...

Sheepbridge and Brimington Station:
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/...

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Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
   • Foxsnow  
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
   • Mickey's House  
The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
   • Voices  
The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
   • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)  
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - 'Sun' (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - Angels (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
   • Caistor and the Lincolnshire Wolds  

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