Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Old Photographs: A Second Selection (Britain in Old Photographs)

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The second picture was taken from the other side of the railway, looking further right, towards the church, with the land sloping down from the railway and then steeply up where cows are grazing in the Church Field. To the right of the church you can see the roof of the Rectory (now a private house) and on the skyline to the left are some of the houses on Church Hill. G G Bonser, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol XLIII (1939) retrieved on the 3rd April 2023 The area around St Wilfrid's Church is designated a conservation area, [ citation needed] and consists of former farm buildings built from local stone, some of which are listed. In the conservation area, at the junction of Church Street, Chapel Street and Sutton Road, is Kirkby Cross. This is the remains of a thirteenth-century village cross in dressed stone, and is a listed structure and designated ancient monument. [15] Media [ edit ] Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1012926)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 November 2013. This is when the new Kirkby Leisure Centre will open Nottinghamshire Live, 18 November 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022

Documents relating to the Butterley Company’s Collieries, Derbyshire, 1871-3’, Society for the Study for the Study of Labour History Bulletin, 18 (1969), pp. 21-27 Kirkby-in-Ashfield was once an important centre of coal mining and railways in west Nottinghamshire, with three active coal mines and several railway junctions. [4] The former Mansfield and Pinxton Railway from the Erewash Valley Line was joined here by the later Midland Railway line from Nottingham. The Great Central Railway main line passed to the south-west side of the town and had a double junction with the Great Northern Railway Leen Valley Extension line to Langwith Junction and the Mansfield Railway to Clipstone. The town is served by the local newspaper, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. [19] Notable people [ edit ]The Duke of Portland is the principal owner and lord of the manor, which passed from the Stotevilles to the Cavendishes; but D'Ewes Coke, William S. Coke and J. Clark Esqs., and Mrs Catherine Hodgkinson, have estates in this parish. Sir Charles Cavendish began to build a great house in this lordship on a hill by the forest side, near Annesley Woodhouse where, being assaulted by Sir John Stanhope and his man, as he was viewing the work, he resolved to leave off his building, because some blood had been spilt in the quarrel, which was then very hot between these two families." Swimming pool at new Kirkby Leisure Centre filled with water for first time Chad, 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The town centre underwent further upgrading, starting in late 2014 and 2015 to include the demolition of the old Co-Operative foodstore and county library with surrounding pedestrian plaza, to be rebuilt with a Morrisons store. [8]

This view (possibly taken from the '44 steps' shows the colliery in the distance behind a row of parked wagons Kirkby-in-Ashfield East was the main station for the town on the Robin Hood Line. It closed in the 1960s Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central is a former railway station that served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. History [ edit ] Jon TOPPING has a photograph of St. Wilfrid's statue overlooking the church entrance on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2013.In the 1980s I took up sketching, and the pastel drawings below were made during a visit in August 1985. The first was a similar aspect but from the other side of the valley, showing the Rectory as well as the church. The trees half way up the field on the left are around one of the hollows that had been fish ponds in earlier times. On the day between drawing the previous pictures I walked up the line of the old Central railway and drew this picture of the bridge where Sutton Middle Lane crosses the line between Southwell Lane and the top of Greenwood Drive. The extensive rust shows many years of neglect. The bridge is no longer there, and the cutting has been filled in. Oliver Hynd MBE – 2016 & 2012 Paralympic, Gold, Silver, Bronze medallist in swimming, younger brother of Sam Hynd

Sneak peek as Kirkby's new leisure centre is half way through construction Chad, 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 million facelift for Kirkby is announced Chad, local newspaper, 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015 This closer view of the footbridge shows the station yard and the main building with boarded up windows behind it. To the left of it you can see part of the canopy of the northbound platform.

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Mining Heritage, A Summit Circular, https://miningheritage.co.uk/summit-circular-a-look-into-kirkby-in-ashfields-industrial-past/ This view was taken from a spoil heap above the Mill Pond looking towards the town. Behind the railway bridge over Mill Lane are the houses on Laburnum Avenue. The church, and houses on Pennine Drive are on the skyline. Here the walk is coming down The Hill on the return part of the route. Our banner is hiding the wet fish shop, which was at the right hand end of those four shops. The row of houses is one of several in Old Kirkby that were built end-on to the road, but it's no longer there. I'm not sure whether this was the Salvation Army Band. The dress looks right but the badge isn't like their current one. Notice the man in the garden behind the band, standing on top of something very tall to take a photo. Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe [5] [6] and Ollerton. [7]