Arkwright Town
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| Population | 1,582 (In Sutton cum Duckmanton, 2011) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SK427713] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
| Postcode district | S44 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
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| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Arkwright Town, usually referred to as Arkwright, is a village in Sutton cum Duckmanton, North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for being moved to a nearby location in the early 1990s.[1] The village is between Chesterfield and Bolsover on the A632 road, and was formerly a coal mining village.
History
Arkwright was founded in 1897 around a coal pit. It consisted of five rows of Victorian terraced houses.[2]
1984-1985 miners' strike
At the beginning of the 1984-1985 miners' strike, miners from Derbyshire voted not to join, but after Yorkshire miners picketed Derbyshire mines including Arkwright, they agreed to strike.[3] The first workers from Arkwright started going back to work in July 1984,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. with increasing numbers breaking the picket line over the course of the industrial action.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. By February 1985, only four families in the village remained on strike.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Afterwards, many families left, fearing that the mine would soon be closed for good.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The Arkwright strike is chronicled in a miner's wife's memoir, Norma Dolby's Diary.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The pit was closed in 1988.[2]
Evacuation
Six months after the colliery closed, the community was affected by emissions of methane gas[1] that caused some of its houses to be evacuated.[2] The village was owned by British Coal and a decision was made in cooperation with Derbyshire County Council to transfer ownership of the 52 properties to a housing trust, construct a new village of 56 properties to the north of the site affected by methane, and move all 400 residents. Construction was completed by 1995 when the old Arkwright Town was demolished. The old village was south of the A632 road, and the new village is north of it. Part of the deal with British Coal included an agreement to open cast a 100-acre site. Work started in November 1993 and continued until about 2005.[2][4]
A nature walk was established in 2010 following routes once used by railway lines.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Metropolitan Housing Trust stakeholders' newsletter, October 2005
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beckett, Simon (17 April 1994). "Why will the village cross the road?". The Independent on Sunday. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dolby, Norma (1987). Norma Dolby's Diary: An Account of the Great Miners' Strike. London: Verso. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-86091-169-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bridgewater, Andrew Neil. "Old Arkwright Town - oldminer.co.uk". www.oldminer.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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