The history of the town of Bolsover and neighbouring parishes, from prehistory to the present day. The history and topography of the small market town of Bolsover in north-east Derbyshire and four parishes immediately to its north (Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton - including Creswell - and Whitwell) are covered in this volume. Alllie mainly on a magnesian limestone ridge, rather than the exposed coalfield, and therefore only became mining communities late in the nineteenth century. Since the end of deep mining in Derbyshire all have faced a difficult period of economic and social adjustment. As well as the general development of the five parishes, the book includes detailed accounts of the medieval castle at Bolsover, the mansion built on the site of the castle by the Cavendish family of Welbeck in the seventeenth century, and Barlborough Hall, a late sixteenth-century prodigy house built by a successful Elizabethan lawyer. Philip Riden teaches in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham; he has been the editor of the Victoria County History of Derbyshire since 1996, when he re-established the VCH in the county.
| ISBN: | 9781904356431 |
| Publication date: | 21st November 2013 |
| Author: | University of London |
| Publisher: | Victoria County History an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 226 pages |
| Series: | The Victoria History of the Counties of England |
| Genres: |
European history Reference works General and world history |
The history of the town of Bolsover and neighbouring parishes, from prehistory to the present day. The history and topography of the small market town of Bolsover in north-east Derbyshire and four parishes immediately to its north (Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton - including Creswell - and Whitwell) are covered in this volume. Alllie mainly on a magnesian limestone ridge, rather than the exposed coalfield, and therefore only became mining communities late in the nineteenth century. Since the end of deep mining in Derbyshire all have faced a difficult period of economic and social adjustment. As well as the general development of the five parishes, the book includes detailed accounts of the medieval castle at Bolsover, the mansion built on the site of the castle by the Cavendish family of Welbeck in the seventeenth century, and Barlborough Hall, a late sixteenth-century prodigy house built by a successful Elizabethan lawyer. Philip Riden teaches in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham; he has been the editor of the Victoria County History of Derbyshire since 1996, when he re-established the VCH in the county.
A History of the County of Derby. Volume III Bolsover and Adjoining Parishes features in the following genres: European history, Reference works, General and world history
A History of the County of Derby. Volume III Bolsover and Adjoining Parishes is available in Hardback
A History of the County of Derby. Volume III Bolsover and Adjoining Parishes was written by University of London and published by Victoria County History an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
A History of the County of Derby. Volume III Bolsover and Adjoining Parishes has 226 pages
Yes it is part of The Victoria History of the Counties of England series