WELCOME TO THE SOMERCOTES LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY WEBSITE
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The Somercotes Local History Society and this website are supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund
We are currently developing the site so that we cover as much historical information, memories and photographs as we can about the history of the Parish of Somercotes.
If you wish to follow the history through the centuries please click on the relevant links on this Somercotes History page.
We hope that you enjoy exploring your local history through this site and if you can provide any history, local historical facts, memories or photographs please contact the history society through our link info@somercoteshistory.co.uk
RECENT UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE
- 01.11.2021 Updates listing for July archived [none]
- 01.11.2021 Updates listing for August archived
- 01.11.2021 Updates listing for September archived [none]
- 10.11.2021 Update to the article "The Old English Gentleman" [Pubs & Taverns]
- 10.11.2021 Update to the article "The Old House at Home, Pye Bridge" [Pubs & Taverns]
- 10.11.2021 Update to the article "The Rose & Crown Inn" [Pubs & Taverns]
- 10.11.2021 Update to the article "The Three Horse Shoes, Leabrooks" [Pubs & Taverns]
- 11.11.2021 Update to the Pubs & Taverns Homepage
- 12.11.2021 Update to the article "Cotes Park Inn" [Pubs & Taverns]
- 19.11.2021 Update to the article "The Peniel Christian Church, Leabrooks" [Churches & Religion]
- 19.11.2021 Update to the article "The Salvation Army Citadel" [Churches & Religion]
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN FURTHER RESEARCH FOR THE PARISH OF SOMERCOTES - THE WEBSITE IS STILL ACTIVE AND WILL BE UPDATED WITH FURTHER INFORMATION AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS
A full list of updates can be found on the Home Page Featured Articles section.
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY:
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“Lest We Forget” – The Men of Somercotes and the Local Area Who Gave Their Lives During World War One. Published on behalf of Somercotes Parish Council. Price £4.95. Copies available from .the Somercotes Village Hall and the Alfreton & District Heritage Centre, Rodgers Lane, Alfreton, or contact the Society..
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“An Industrial Corridor through a Community”, a book written and published by the Society charting the history of the industrial heritage of our parish. Published September 2017. Price £6.95. Copies available from the Somercotes Village Hall and the Alfreton & District Heritage Centre, Rodgers Lane, Alfreton, or contact the Society..
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"Muckram, the People & Shady Colliery", a book written by Judith Fitzhugh & SLHS; published by the Somercotes Local History Society. Price £3.50. Please contact the Society for further details.
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"Riddings Windmills", an A5 booklet recording the history of the mills with photographs and maps. Published by the Somercotes Local History Society. Price: £2.50. Copies available from the Somercotes Village Hall and the Alfreton & District Heritage Centre, Rodgers Lane, Alfreton, or contact the Society.
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"Birchwood Chapel 1853-1925" - A book about the history of Birchwood Chapel and congregation written by Judith Fitzhugh. Price £5.00. Copies available from the Somercotes Village Hall and the Alfreton & District Heritage Centre, Rodgers Lane, Alfreton, or contact the Society.
DVDs:
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“Photographs of Somercotes Past and Present”, a DVD produced by the Somercotes Local History Society. Contact the Society for more information. Price: £3.95 each
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“So Off They Went to War”, a DVD produced by the Somercotes Local History Society detailing in photographs the history of World War One relating to general history and the history of Somercotes, including chapters on The Sherwood Foresters, Life in the Trenches, The Battlefields, Women in the War, Somercotes Servicemen and others. Contact the Society for more information. Price £3.95 each.
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“Scenes from Somercotes, Pye Bridge , Leabrooks & Swanwick”. A DVD with photographs of street scenes of Somercotes and the surrounding villages. Contact the Society for more information. Price £3.95 each
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“Pictures of Alfreton, Ripley & the Surrounding Villages”. A DVD containing photographs of Alfreton, Riddings Windmills, Ripley, Codnor, Pentrich and more. Contact the Society for more information. Price £3.95 each.
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"Somercotes - An Industrial History In Pictures" - A companion DVD to the book "An Industrial Corridor through a Community". Contact the Society for more information. Price £3.95 each.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE:
The content of this website, including written articles, images, photographs and transcriptions has been collated by members of the Somercotes Local History Society from various sources, and is displayed on this website for the benefit of family history research or historians interested in the history of the Parish of Somercotes. It has been designed so that the content, whether or not written or image, can be copied.
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You do not have to comply with this notice for elements of the material which are in the public domain or where your use is permitted through other licences or agreements.
No warranties are given regarding the information or images contained within this website. You must check that you have all of the permissions necessary if you intend to use the material.
Whilst we have endeavoured to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Should you identify any inaccuracies or have further information or photographs, we ask that you contact us by e-mail.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Local Societies & Public Bodies:
- Alfreton Heritage Centre
- Alfreton Library
- British Red Cross Society
- Cambridge University Library
- Coal Authority (The)
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (The)
- Derbyshire Record Office
- Friends of the Cromford Canal
- Gloucester Record Office
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Historic England
- Magic Attic, Swadlincote
- Northern Mine Research Society
- Parliamentary Archives
- Peak District Mines Historical Society
- Ripley Library
- Somercotes Parish Council
- The National Archives
Websites:
- Aircrewremembered,com
- Ancestry.co.uk
- Archive.org
- British History Online
- British Newspaper Archive
- Derbyshire Record Society
- Find My Past
- Free BMD
- HealyHero – A History of Mining
- Internet Bandsman's Everything Within (IBEW) (A history of Brass Bands)
- The Long Long Trail, The British Army in the Great War
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- Alfreton Hospital Carnival Booklet, 1935
- Alfreton Urban District Council - Annual Reports, 1895-1971
- Alfreton Urban District Council - Coronation Celebrations Booklet, 1953
- Alfreton Urban District Council - Official Guide, c.1951
- Alfreton Urban District Council - Tenants Handbook, c.1953
- Amber Valley Borough Council - Housing Committee Minutes, June 1978
- Annual Register for 1802 [A View of the History, Politics and Literature], 1803
- Artizan Engineering Journal [The],[Edited by William Smith]1843
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- Bunsen, Robert and Playfair, Lyon, Report on the Gases Evolved from Iron Furnaces with Reference to the Theory of Iron Smelting, 1845
- Burt, Herbert Leslie – “Tales of a Muckram Lad”
- Burt, Herbert Leslie – “Farewell to a Muckram Lad”
- Butt, John, "James Young: Scottish Industrialist and Philanthropist," PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1963
- Craven, Maxwell, "Lost Houses - Exeter House, Derby" Article published in the Country Life Magazine, 2016.
- Crockford’s Clerical Directories 1868-1932
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- Fellowes, John Michael – “On the Employment of Children and Young Persons in the Mines & Collieries of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire and on the State, Condition and Treatment of such Children and Young Persons”, 1842
- Fisher, Tony & Fitzgerald, Kelly "A Clearing in the Woods", A Channel 4 Documentary, 1983
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- Glover, Stephen, "The Peak Guide...", 1830
- Grace’s Guide, 1914
- Gruner, Louis, Studies of Blast Furnace Phenomema, 1874
- Haas, Ben, "Coal and Iron Industries of the United Kingdom", 1882
- Healey, R.M. "The Diary of George Mushet", published by the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, 1982
- Jewitt, LLewellynn, "Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire", 1867
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- Kelly’s Derbyshire Directory, 1881
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- Kelly’s Derbyshire Directory, 1925
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- Kinematograph Year Book [Various Years]
- Law Journal [The], 1847
- Lewis, Dr. Cherry: David Mushet, John Farey & William Smith: Geologising in the Forest of Dean, 2015
- Lewis, Dr. Cherry: My Dear Pet, I am thine affectionate husband, David Mushet: Letters from David Mushet to his wife Agnes 1800-1809, The New Regard Publication, No.35, 2021
- Lewis, Samuel "A Topographical Dictionary of England", 7th Edition, 1848
- Lloyd, Alan – “The War in the Trenches”, 1976
- London Gazette [The], Official Public Record, various years
- Lysons, Daniel and Samuel, "Magna Britannia, Volume 5, Derbyshire", 1817
- Medical Registers 1859-1959
- Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Economic Geology in London, 1846
- Midland and Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, 1881
- Mine Inspectors Annual Report, Appendix, 1894
- Mines Records Office Publication, 1854
- Mitchell, Ernest S - Auction Catalogue for Sheepbridge Iron & Coal Somercotes Estate, 1942
- Moran, James, "The Theatre of D. H. Lawrwence" [Bloomsbury], 2015
- Mushet, David, Papers on Iron & Steel, 1840
- Osborn, Fred M. "The Story of the Mushets", 1952
- Pegge, Rev. Samuel, “An Historical Account of Beauchief Abbey”, [Edited by J Nichols], 1801
- Philosophical Society Magazine, 1808
- Pigot’s Directory of Derbyshire, 1829
- Pigot’s Directory of Derbyshire, 1831
- Post Office Directory, 1876
- Post Office Telephone Directories, Various Years
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1849
- Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Manchester, Volume VIII, 1860
- Railway Times, Volume 6, 1843
- Reid, Thomas Wemyss, Memoirs and Correspondence of Lyon Playfair, 1899
- Ripley & Heanor News [Johnston Publishing Ltd, Chesterfield]
- Shilton, Richard Phillips, "The History of Southwell in the County of Nottingham", 1818
- Smith, William, Artizan Engineering Journal [The], 1843
- Society of Engineers [Transactions for 1881], 1882
- Somercotes Parish Church, “Centenary Brochure”, 1954
- Somercotes Parish Church "150th Anniversary Brochure", 2004
- Somercotes Parish Magazine, 1920
- Somercotes Parish Magazine, 1925
- Somercotes Parish Magazine, 1926
- Somercotes Parish Magazine, 1928
- Stantonian [The], Various Editions
- Thomas, Alun Miles - University of Birmingham, Centre for War Studies, “British 8th Infantry Division on the Western Front”, 2005
- Trent Navigation Company Gauging Books
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- Waller, Joseph Leonard "Growing Pains", 1985
- Waller, Joseph Leonard "My Drink was Water Bright", 1996
- Waller, Joseph Leonard "When Bugles Call", 1998
- Waller, Joseph Leonard "Twenty Poems", Undated
- Ward & Company, "Ward’s Miscellany & Family Magazine", 1837
- Wheeler, Matthew – “The Colliers Spurgeon or the Life of Matthew Hayes”, 1899
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- Yeatman, John Pym - "Extracts from the Pipe Rolls for the Counties of Nottingham and Derby", 1886
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We also acknowledge the many individuals who have contributed histories, photographs and research for this website.