ARCHIVED LIST OF UPDATES

by SLHS on Tuesday 18 October 2016

Below is a list of all of the updates made to this website:

01.05.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier details for Fenner, William James (WW1 Soldiers)
01.05.2016 Photograph added to Geo. Edwards & Sons Article (Industry & Business)
01.05.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier details for Sewel, Harry (WW1 Soldiers)
01.05.2016 Article added for Dalkeith Knitwear Ltd (Industry & Business)
01.05.2016 Update to the Foundation Colliery, Birchwood (Mining)
01.05.2016 Update to the Gin Pit, Birchwood (Mining)
01.05.2016 Update to the Rachel Pit, Birchwood (Mining)
01.05.2016 Update to the Shady (New Birchwood) Colliery (Mining)
01.05.2016 Deletion of Birchwood Colliery article (Mining)
01.05.2016 Article added for Birchwood Landsale Colliery (to replace above)
01.05.2016 Article added for "The Bevin Boys - Mum & Dad" - Memories from Hazel Mors (WW2 Featured Articles)
01.05.2016 Photograph added to Leabrooks Miners Welfare Article (Featured Pubs)
02.05.2016 WW1 Soldiers added with surnames beginning with D (WW1 Soldiers)
02.05.2016 Article added for Smotherfly Collieries (Mining)
02.05.2016 Mining introduction changed and title updated (Mining)
02.05.2016 Artlicle added for Old & New Deeps Collieries (Mining)
02.05.2016 Article added for Cloddy, Exhibition & New Main Collieries (Mining)
02.05.2016 Article added for Swanwick Colliery (Mining)
03.05.2016 Photograph added to soldier Darrington, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
03.05.2016 Photograph added to soldier Everley, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
03.05.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier details for Ellis, William Israel (WW1 Soldiers
04.05.2016 WW1 Soldiers added with surnames beginning with C (WW1 Soldiers)
04.05.2016 Update to WW2 Soldier Details for ELLIS, Lewis George (WW2 Soldiers)
04.05.2016 Article added for Britain, Brands & Western Collieries, Riddings (Mining)
04.05.2016 Artilce added for "Swanwick and Somercotes Coals - Newspaper Notice of 1806" (regarding the sale of inferior coal) (Mining)
04.05.2016 Update to Swanwick Colliery article to reflect above item (Mining)
04.05.2016 Rewrite of the Industry & Business Home Page (Industry & Business)
04.05.2016 Article added Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II - Celebrations in Somercotes 1977 (Sport & Leisure Featured Articles)
05.05.2016 Update to article for Non-Denominational Labour Hall, Leabrooks (Churches)
05.05.2016 Update to article for Salem Methodist Chapel, Somercotes (Churches)
05.05.2016 Update to article for Mission Chapel, Birchwood Lane, Somercotes (Churches)
05.05.2016 Article added for David Gibson Ltd, Gown & Suit Manufacturers (Industry & Business)
07.05.2016 WW1 Soldiers added with surnames beginning with B (WW1 Soldiers)
07.05.2016 WW1 Soldiers added with surnames beginning with A (WW1 Soldiers)
07.05.2016 Paragraph and title added for "List of WW1 Servicemen" (WW1 Soldiers)
07.05.2016 Update to article for Primitive Methodist Chapel, Leabrooks (Churches)
08.05.2016 Article added "Railway Viaduct Collapse - Pye Bridge 13 June 1924" (Misc Featured Articles)
08.05.2016 Article added "History of the B600 (Nottingham Road)" (History - Featured Articles)
08.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Carrier, Samuel (WW! Soldiers)
08.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Carlin, Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
08.05.2016 Article added "Alfreton Inclosure Act 1813 (creation of a local road system)" (History Featured Articles)
09.05.2016 Update to Origin of Street Names (3 added) (Somercotes History)
09.05.2016 Update to Methodist Chapel, Birchwood (Churches)
09.05.2016 Article added "A Walk up Somercotes Hill" (Shops & Retail)
09.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Baker, Robert Halford (WW1 Soldiers)
09.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Bowler, Alfred Maisey (WW1 Soldiers)
09.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Burton, Leslie John (WW1 Soldiers)
09.05.2016 Article added "The Balguy and Victoria Shafts, Birchwood" (Mining)
10.05.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier Fearnley, William (WW1 Soldiers)
10.05.2016 Article added "The Seely Family History" (MINING)
10.05.2016 Article added and title corrected for Free United Methodist Church, Leabrooks (Churches)
11.05.2016 Rewrite of Somercotes History Home Page (History Home Page)
11.05.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier Bowler, Jesse (WW1 Soldiers)
11.05.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier Nixey, William G (WW1 Soldier)
12.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Webb, Harry (WW1 Soldiers)
12.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Huskinson, Edgar (WW1 Soldier)
12.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Brentnall, Frank Wild (WW1 Soldier)
12.05.2016 Article added for "List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area (Prior to 1960)" (Misc Featured Articles)
13.05.2016 Article added "The Oakes Family History" (Industry Featured Articles)
14.05.2016 Updates listing for 01.05, .2.05 and 03.05 archived
14.05.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier Barratt, Albert H (WW1 Soldiers)
14.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Lowe, Robert (WW1 Soldiers)
14.05.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier Green, Samuel (WW1 Soldiers)
15.05.2016 Map dated 1611 added to History section (Early History of Somercotes)
15.05.2016 Article added "Other War Memorials in the Parish" (War Years Featured Articles)
15.05.2016 Article added for "Somercotes (Derbyshire) Building Society (Industry Featured Articles)
16.05.2016 Article added "Why so many men from Somercotes joined the Northumberland Fusiliers" (WW1 Featured Articles)
16.05.2016 Updates listing for 04.05 archived
16.05.2016 Article added for Somercotes Collieries (Mining)
17.05.2016 Article added for Damsteads Colliery, Alfreton (Mining)
17.05.2016 Article added for Maps (1806-1945) (Misc Featured Articles)
17.05.2016 Article added for John Darbyshire & Co Ltd, Somercotes (Industry Featured Articles)
18.05.2016 Update to Photo Gallery (ongoing)
19.05.2016 Updates listing for 05.05, 06.05, 07.05 and 08.05 archived
19.05.2016 Update to Photo Gallery (ongoing)
22.05.2016 Update to Photo Gallery (ongoing)
23.05.2016 Photograph added for WW1 Soldier Johnson, John Samuel (WW1 Soldiers)
23.05.2016 Photograph added for WW1 Soldier Hague, Joseph Albert (WW1 Soldiers)
23.05.2016 Updates listing for 09.05 and 10.05 archived
24.05.2016 Article added for Somercotes Brass Band (Sport & Leisure Featured Articles)
27.05.2016 Update to Photo Gallery (ongoing)
28.05.2016 Heritage Day Poster 2016 added (Home Page, Society News and Local Events Pages)
28.05.2016 Updates listing for 11.05, .12.05 and 13.05 archived
03.07.2016 Update to article James Oakes - Timeline (Industry Featured Articles)
10.07.2016 Update to various Pubs (Landlords) (Pubs & Taverns)
10.07.2016 Updates listing for 14.05 and 15.05 archived
11.07.2016 Soldier Frank Miles added (WW1 Soldiers)
12.07.2016 Photographs added to article "Somercotes Health & Strength Club" (Sport & Recreation Featured Articles)
12.07.2016 Article added "Beer House Keepers, Landlords & Retailers" (Pubs & Taverns)
14.07.2016 Article added "Farming in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
15.07.2016 Article added "Butcher's in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
15.07.2016 Article added "Blacksmith's & Nail Makers in the Parish (Shops & Retail)
16.07.2016 Updates listing for 16.05 and 22.05 archived
16.07.2016 Article added "Cab, Taxi Hire and Haulage Companies" (Shops & Retail)
17.07.2016 Article added "Wheelwrights in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
17.07.2016 Update to the article on the Rose & Crown Inn (Pubs & Taverns)
18.07.2016 Article added "Post Offices in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
18.07.2016 Article added "Bakers & Flour Dealers" (Shops & Retail)
19.07.2016 Updates listing for 23.05 and 28.05 archived (No updates for June 2016)
19.07.2016 Update to article "Bakers & Flour Dealers" to include Confectioners (Shops & Retail)
19.07.2016 Article added for "Clock & Watchmakers and Jewellers" (Shops & Retail)
20.07.2016 Article added for "Chemists, Druggists & Herbalists" (Shops & Retail)
22.07.2016 Removal of text from soldier J. Johnson (incorrect person listed) (WW1 Soldiers).
22.07.2016 Article added "Boot & Shoe Makers" (Shops & Retail)
23.07.2016 Article added "Drapers, Tailors, Dressmakers and Outfitters" (Shops & Retail)
24.07.2016 Article added "Fishmongers & Fried Fish Dealers" (Shops & Retail)
25.07.2016 Article added "1916 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
25.07.2016 Article added "1828 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
25.07.2016 Article added "1849 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
26.07.2016 Article added "1925 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
26.07.2016 Article added "Radio, Television & Record Dealers" (Shops & Retail)
27.07.2016 WW1 Soldier DAWES, William added (WW! Soldiers)
27.07.2016 Photo added to WW1 Soldier DAWES, Thomas (WW! Soldiers)
27.07.2016 Update to article "Somercotes Cinemas" (Sport & Leisure Featured Articles)
28.07.2016 Update to "Dalkeith Knitwear Ltd" (Industry Featured Articles)
29.07.2016 Article added "Undertakers & Monumental Masons" (Shops & Retail)
29.07.2016 Article added "Newsagents & Tobacconists" (Shops & Retail)
30.07.2016 Article added "Milliners" (Shops & Retail)
30.07.2016 Article added "Trades in the Parish(Builders Etc)" (Shops & Retail)
31.07.2016 Article added "1876 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
31.07.2016 Updates listing for 03.07 and 15.07 archived
31.07.2016 Photograph added to WW1 soldier FEARNLEY, William (WW1 Soldiers)
01.08.2016 Update to "Local Councils" tab (Misc Information)
02.08.2016 Update to Sport, Leisure & Recreation Home Page
01.09.2016 Article added "Musicians & Music Teachers" (Shops & Retail)
01.09.2016 Advert added "Trades in the Parish (Builders Etc)" (Shops & Retail)
04.09.2016 Article added "Hairdressers in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
04.09.2016 Article added "Bailey & Sons, Printers" (Featured Articles - Industry)
04.09.2016 Article added "1857 - Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" (Lists of Local Businesses)
05.09.2016 Update to the Somercotes History Home Page (Somercotes History)
05.09.2016 Updates listing for 16.07 to 31.07 archived
06.09.2016 Update to 21st Century Tab (Somercotes History)
11.09.2016 Removal of Heritage Day advert and update to the Home Page
11.09.2016 Removal of Heritage Day advert from the Local History Events Page (Home Page)
11.09.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier, MILLWARD, George (WW1 Soldiers)
11.09.2016 Update to details for WW1 Soldier, JOHNSON, Joseph (WW! Soldiers)
12.09.2016 Update to "Transport in Somercotes" Tab (Misc Information)
13.09.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier GASCOIGNE, Fred (Newspaper Report) (WW1 Soldiers)
14.09.2016 WW1 Soldier added, WHITTEMORE, George William (Died 15.10.1915) (WW1 Soldiers)
15.09.2016 Photo added to WW1 Soldier, GASCOYNE, Fred (WW1 Soldiers)
15.09.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier GORDON, Alexander (WW1 Soldiers)
16.09.2016 Article added "Fete for the Somercotes Fallen - 17 August 1917" (WW1 Featured Articles)
17.09.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, ROGERS, Stanley Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
17.09.2016 Article added "Somercotes Peace Celebration - 6 August 1919" (WW1 Featured Articles)
18.09.2016 WW1 Soldier added, SNARTT, John Henry (Died 18.01.1915) (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2016 Update & photo added to WW1 Soldier, TOWNSEND, Robert Wilfred (WW! Soldiers)
18.09.2016 Update to WW1 Solder, HOPKINSON, Frederick (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2016 Photo added WW1 Soldiers HOPKINSON,George & Fred (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2016 Update & photo added to WW1 Soldier, Richards, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, TURNER, Stephen (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2016 Article added "Unveiling of the War Memorial, 1927 (WW1 Featured Articles)
19.09.2016 Update & photo added to WW1 Soldier, Vernon, George (WW1 Soldiers)
20.09.2016 WW1 Soldier added, ENGLAND, Edwin (KIA 26.09.1916) (WW1 Soldiers)
20.09.2016 WW1 Soldier added, DEAN, Albert (M.M.) (WW1 Soldiers)
22.09.2016 Article added "Sherwood Foresters at Gommecourt, 1 July 1916" (WW1 Featured Articles)
23.09.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, EATON, Joseph (KIA 01.07.1916) (WW1 Soldiers)
23.09.2016 Update to article "Other War Memorials in the Parish" (Regarding the Leabrooks Miners Welfare Memorial) (The War Years - Featured Articles)
26.09.2016 Update to WW2 Soldier, DUFFIELD, John (WW2 Soldiers)
27.09.2016 Update to WW2 Soldier, BROWN, Joseph (WW2 Soldiers)
29.09.2016 Article added "The Bettison Brothers - Somercotes Soldiers in the Boer War, 1899" (The War Years - Featured Articles)
30.09.2016 Article added "Private Luther Tarlton - A Somercotes Ambulance Man - Boer War 1900 (The War Years - Featured Articles)
02.10.2016 Update to "The Dog & Doublet Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
03.10.2016 Update to "Church of St. Thomas" (regarding the consecration of the church in 1902) (Churches & Religion)
03.10.2016 Article added "Photographers in the Parish" (Shops & Retail)
03.10.2016 Article added "Insurance Agents in the Parish (Shops & Retail)
05.10.2016 WW1 Soldier and photo added, LINACRE, George (KIA 16.3.1916) (WW1 Soldiers)
05.10.2016 Updates listing between 01.08 and 14.09 archived.
05.10.2016 WW1 Soldier and photo added, OAKLEY, William (WW1 Soldiers)
05.10.2016 Photograph added to WW1 Soldier ENGLAND, Edwin (WW1 Soldiers)
08.10.2016 Update to "Cotes Park Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
12.10.2016 Update & map added to "Mission Church, Pye Bridge" (Churches & Religion)
12.10.2016 Arlicle added "The Old House at Home, Pye Bridge" (Pubs & Taverns)
13.10.2016 WW1 Soldier added BEST, Ernest MM (WW1 Soldiers)
13.10.2016 Article added "Ernest Best - a Pye Bridge Soldier" (WW1 Featured Articles)
14.10.2016 Update to "1925 Alphabetical Listing of Shopkeepers & Tradesmen" to include Pye Bridge (Shops & Retail)
17.10.2016 Photo added to WW2 Serviceman DUFFIELD, John (WW2 Soldiers)
18.10.2016 Update to article "The Black Horse Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
18.10.2016 Updates listing for 15.09 to 30.09 archived
18.10.2016 Removal of article "Somercotes in the 21st Century from Home Page Featured Articles.
18.10.2016 Article added "Archived List of Updates" for information only (Home Page Featured Articles)
21.10.2016 Article added "Club Pacific and New Pacific Club" (Leisure Featured Articles)
21.10.2016 Update to article "Primitive Methodust Chapel, Somercotes Hill" (Churches & Religion)
23.10.2016 Article added "A Short History of Pye Bridge" (History Featured Articles)
25.10.2016 Advert added for Midland General Omnibus Co to "Bus Routes Thriugh Somercotes" (Misc Featured Articles)
29.10.2016 Update and photo added to article for Dr. Oswald Dykes Robson (List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
29.10.2016 Update to article for Dr. Angus Nielson Cameron and Dr Winifred Cameron (List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
30.10.2016 Update to article for Dr. Stuart Jackson Farries (List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
30.10.2016 Update to article for Dr. John Joseph Bingham (List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
01.11.2016 Update and photo added to article for Dr. Timothy Corkery (List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
02.11.2016 WW1 Soldier & photo added, ASKEW, George (WW! Soldiers)
02.11.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, HUNT, James Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
02.11.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, WHITBY, Albert Edwin (WW1 Soldiers)
02.11.2016 WW1 Soldier & photo added, HORSLEY, Joseph (KIA 17.12.1916) (WW1 Soldiers)
03.11.2016 Article added "Benjamin Rodgers, Veteran of the Peninsular War" (The War Years Featured Articles)
05.11.2016 Article added "William Mathers, Veteran of the Battle of Waterloo" (The War Years Featured Articles)
06.11.2016 Article added "BEET, Clarice to COTTAM, Frederick: Married 12 September 1936 (Miscellaneous Home Page)
06.11.2016 Updates listing for 01.10 to 14.10 archived
07.11.2016 Article added "BURTON, John to HAYES, Elizabeth Ann, Golden Wedding 1930" (Miscellaneous Home Page)
07.11.2016 Article added "WILDE, George to BUNTING, Jane, Golden Wedding 1924" (Miscellaneous Home Page)
07.11.2016 Article added "TAYLOR, John Henry, Death. June 1930" (Miscellaneous Home Page)
08.11.2016 WW1 Soldier added, VERTIGAN, Frederick Thomas (KIA 21.03.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
08.11.2016 Article added "Pye Bridge Peace Celebrations, 1919" (WW1 Featured Articles)
08.11.2016 Photo added to WW1 Soldier, DEAN, Albert (WW1 Soldiers)
09.11.2016 Update to article "Free United Methodist Chapel, Leabooks" with regard to the 1896 re-opening (Churches and Religion)
25.11.2016 Rewrite & Update to WW1 Soldier SMITH, George (After recent information received) (WW1 Soldiers)
26.11.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, GUEST, George Richard (WW1 Soldiers)
29.11.2016 Article added "Somercotes Black Diamonds Marching Band" (Sport, Recreation & Leisure, Featured Articles)
30.11.2016 Article added "Listed Buildings or Monuments within the Parish" (Somercotes History, Featured Articles)
02.12.2016 Article added "WARD, Reginald Thomas Joseph to ROWLEY, Phyllis: Married 31 July 1935" (Miscellaneous Information)
02.12.2016 Updates listing for 17.10 to 31.10 archived
02.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier SIMPSON, Leonard (WW1 Soldiers)
05.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, TOMKINS, Percy (WW1 Soldiers)
07.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, GIBSON, Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
07.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, GREAVES, Harold (WW1 Soldiers)
07.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, GREAVES, Sydney (WW1 Soldiers)
09.12.2016 Article added "Roll of Honour for Serving Soldiers, April 1915" (WW1 Featured Articles)
09.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, GUEST, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
12.12.2016 Article added, "Soldiers Serving in Ireland - 1920" (The War Years - Featured Articles)
12.12.2016 Update to "The War Years" Home Page
12.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, ATKIN, Walter (WW1 Soldiers)
13.12.2016 Updates listing for 01.11 to 31.11 archived
13.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, WHITTAKER, Harry (KIA 16.09.1917) (WW1 Soldiers)
17.12.2016 Article added, "Matthew Hayes (1824-1898) - "The Colliers Spurgeon*" (Education & Religion Featured Articles)
17.12.2016 Article added, "Visit of David Lloyd George to Somercotes, January 1910" (Somercotes History Featured Articles)
18.12.2016 Article added "MAHONY, Charles Frederick 1898" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
18.12.2016 Article added "MAHONY, William Percy 1902" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
18.12.2016 Article added "BIRTWISTLE, Richard Ernest 1919" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
18.12.2016 Artilce added "CLARK, Charles Gordon Froggatt, 1940" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
18.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, BAILEY, Thomas (WW1 Soldiers)
19.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, BALL, Roy (WW1 Soldiers)
19.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, WARD, Gerard Houghton (WW1 Soldiers)
20.12.2016 Article added "BOWYER, Robert Joscelyn, 1944" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
26.12.2016 Article added "SHEMILT, Joseph Doughty, 1948" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
26.12.2016 Article added "PATERSON, Staurt Maxwell, 1964" (Vicars of Somercotes - Education and Religion Featured Articles)
26.12.2016 Update to WW1 Soldier, FOX, Arthur (KIA 23.08.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
26.12.2016 Article added "Lest We Forget" Book Launch 2016 (History Society News)
26.12.2016 Article added "The Muckram Wakes" (Sport & Leisure Featured Articles)
27.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, KNOWLES, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
27.12.2016 WW1 Soldier added, NEWTON, Walter (WW1 Soldiers)
27.12.2016 Article added "Birchwood St. John's Ambulance Corps Volunteers, 1914" (WW1 Featured Articles)
01.01.2017 WW1 Soldier added, TURTON, John William (this soldier also served in the British Army for many years prior to the war) (WW1 Soldiers)
01.01.2017 WW1 Soldier added, AINSWORTH, Albert (WW1 Soldiers)
03.01.2017 WW1 Soldier added, BERESFORD, James Edward (KIA 24.04.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
08.01.2017 Article deleted "National Girls School, Victoria Street (1894)" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Article deleted "Methodist Chapel School, Birchwood Lane c.1860" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Article deleted "Secondary Modern School (Somerlea Park), Bank Street (1933)" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Article deleted "National Boys School, Nottingham Road (1874)" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Article deleted "National School, Sleetmoor Lane (1867)" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Article added and Rewrite of "History of Somercotes Schools" (Schools in Somercotes)
08.01.2017 Updates listing for December 2016 archived
16.01.2017 Update to Article "The Black Horse Inn, Lower Somercotes" (Pubs and Taverns)
16.01.2017 Update to Article "The Laburnum Inn, Sleetmoor Lane" (Pubs and Taverns)
21.01.2017 WW1 Soldier added, BURTON, John (WW1 Soldiers)
21.01.2017 Article added "History of the Riddings Windmills" (Somercotes History, Featured Articles)
22.01.2017 Rewrite of the "Early History of Somercotes" (Somercotes History)
26.01.2017 Article added "A Short History of Pennytown and Muckram" (Somercotes History, Featured Articles)
12.02.2017 Lottery Heritage Fund logo added to the website.
13.02.2017 Complete rewrite of the Churches & Religion page (Education & Religion)
28.02.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, HUTCHBY, George H (WW1 Soldiers)
01.03.2017 Update to "Schools in Somercotes" (Education & Religion)
04.03.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Misc)
10.03.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Nottingham Road)
14.03.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Oakes Family)
30.03.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Riddings Ironworks)
03.04.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Maps of the area)
03.04.2017 Updates listing for January 2017 archived
03.04.2017 Article titled "Maps 1806-1945" Deleted (Misc Information - Featured Articles) (Replaced by Maps category in the Photo Gallery)
06.04.2017 Acknowledgements and Bibliography added to this page.
06.04.2017 Article added "The Horse Shoes, Somercotes" (Featured Pubs & Taverns)
07.04.2017 WW1 Soldiers on the Somercotes War Memorial re-added to the listing of soldiers names and details (WW1 Soldiers)
07.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, MARSH, Thomas Oswald (WW1 Soldiers)
09.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, DENNIS, David (WW1 Soldiers)
09.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, FLEET, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
09.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, BOULTBEE, Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
09.04.2017 Update to article "A Short History of Pennytown & Muckram" (relating to the earliest references to Muckram) (Featured Articles - Somercotes History)
10.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, HAYES, James Morley (WW1 Soldiers)
10.04.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (More of Riddings Ironworks)
10.04.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Somercotes Families)
11.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, HARDY, Joseph Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
13.04.2017 Small update to article "Three Horse Shoes, Leabrooks" (Featured Pubs & Taverns)
23.04.2017 Update to Local History Events (on the Home Page tab)
25.04.2017 Update to article "List of General Practitioners from the Somercotes Area (Prior to 1960)" - details for Dr Thomas Johnstone added. (Featured Articles, Misc Information).
25.04.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Public Houses & Salvation Army)
26.04.2017 Updates listing for February 2017 archived
26.04.2017 WW1 Soldier added, GIBSON, William (WW1 Soldiers)
26.04.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, GENT, John William (KIA 28.7.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
27.04.2017 WW1 Soldier added, MAISEY, Joseph Henry (KIA 07.10.1917) (WW1 Soldiers)
29.04.2017 Article added "Somercotes Recreation Ground" (Sport and Leisure - Recreation)
01.05.2017 Updates listing for March 2017 archived
01.05.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Schools & Class Photographs)
01.05.2017 Article added "Football Teams" (Sport in Somercotes)
01.05.2017 Article added "Cricket Teams" (Sport in Somerccotes)
01.05.2017 Article added "Amber Valley Rugby Club" (Sport in Somercotes)
02.05.2017 WW1 Soldier added, STORER, John Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
27.05.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, GIBSON, William MM (WW1 Soldiers)
27.05.2017 Short biography added to AINSWORTH, Amy (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
27.05.2017 Short biography added to ARGYLE, Charles (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
27.05.2017 Short biography added to ARMSTRONG, George (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
27.05.2017 Short biography added to BAKEWELL, Hannah Mary (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
27.05.2017 Short biography added to BATES, Joseph (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
28.05.2017 Short biography added to BATTY, Henry Thomas (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
28.05.2017 Short biography added to BETTISON, Ernest (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
28.05.2017 Short biography added to BETTISON, Samuel (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
29.05.2017 Updates listing for April 2017 archived
29.05.2017 WW1 Soldier added, BURT, Edmund Amos (WW1 Soldiers)
29.05.2017 Short biography added to BILBIE, William James (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
29.05.2017 Short biography added to BRENTNALL, Moses (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
29.05.2017 Short biography added to BURT, Edmund Amos (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
29.05.2017 Information added relating to the Alfreton & District Laundry Co Ltd (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
31.05.2017 Short biography added to CASSON, Frank (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
01.06.2017 Update to Photo Gallery - New Photographs Added (Aertex, Dalkeith & Other Factory Photographs)
01.06.2017 Short biography added to FROGG, Samuel (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
01.06.2017 Short biography added to GADSBY, Henry (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
02.06.2017 Short biography added to FODDY, Thomas John (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
01.08.2017 Updates listing for May, June & July 2017 archived
01.08.2017 Update & Photo added to WW1 Soldier, HARDY, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
01.08.2017 Update and logo added to Frank Casson (Photographers - Shops & Retail Oulets)
01.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, WOOTTON, Norman (WW2 Soldiers)
01.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, MILES, Sydney (WW2 Soldiers)
01.08.2017 Heritage Day Poster added to Home Page and Events Page
01.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, LOWE, Frederick (WW2 Soldiers)
03.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, COXHEAD, Frank Ernest (WW2 Soldiers)
04.08.2017 Update to Vicars of Somercotes, OLDHAM, John (Education & Religion Featured Articles)
04.08.2017 Update to Vicars of Somercotes, PATERSON, Stuart (Education & Religion Featured Articles)
10.08.2017 Update to article "Somercotes Greyhound Track" (Sport & Leisure - Featured Articles)
12.08.2017 Update to The War Memorial (details of the unveiling) (The War Years)
13.08.2017 Article added "Victory in Europe Celebrations" (WW2 Featured Articles)
13.08.2017 Update to "The Old House at Home" regarding the closure (Pubs & Taverns)
15.08.2017 Re-write of article "Thomas Henry Musgrove - A Boer War Soldier" including the addition of two photographs (The War Years - Featured Articles)
17.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, CROSON, Lawrence (WW2 Soldiers)
17.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, COPE, Leslie (WW2 Soldiers)
17.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, SIMPSON, John William (WW2 Soldiers)
17.08.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, PARSONS, Arthur (WW2 Soldiers)
20.08.2017 Article added "Soldiers Serving in the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902" (The War Years - Featured Articles)
24.08.2017 Copy of Advertisement for Albert Morris added (Shops & Retail - Newsagents & Tobacconists)
04.09.2017 Update to HEFFRON, Thomas (List of GPs from the Somercotes Area - Misc Featured Articles)
04.09.2017 Update to BIRTWISTLE, Richard Ernest (Vicars of Somercotes - Education & Religion Featured Articles)
04.09.2017 Update to Article "Geo, Edwards & Co Ltd" (Industry & Business - Featured Articles)
08.09.2017 Update to WW2 Serviceman, COOPER, Frederick (WW2 Soldiers)
10.09.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, PRICE, Samuel (WW1 Soldiers)
10.09.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, GASCOYNE, James (WW1 Soldiers)
10.09.2017 Major rewrite of article "18th & 19th Centuries" (Somercotes History)
10.09.2017 Removal of Article "Alfreton Inclosure" [now incorporated in article "18th and 19th centuries" (Somercotes History)
13.09.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, LINACRE, George (WW1 Soldiers)
13.09.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, STEVENS, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
26.09.2017 Removal of Heritage Day Poster from Home Page and Events Page
26.09.2017 Article added "Somercotes National Elementary Schools" (Education & Religion - Featured Articles)
09.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, POOLE, John Joseph Edward (WW1 Soldiers)
09.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, RICHARDS, Albert (WW1 Soldiers)
21.10.2017 PHOTOS ADDED [80 MISC] [PHOTO GALLERY]
22.10.2017 Short biography added to GOODACRE, Joseph (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.10.2017 Short biography added to HARRIS, Herbert (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.10.2017 Short biography added to HODGES, William George (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.10.2017 Short biography added to JEFFRIES, Herbert (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.10.2017 Short biography added to JEPSON, Lucy Mary (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.10.2017 Update of article "18th & 19th Centuries" [update to chapter 6. Expansion of the Village] (Somercotes History)
22.10.2017 Updates listing for August 2017 archived
23.10.2017 Re-write of "The Early History of Somercotes" [Chapter 1 "The Early History from 1086" added] [on-going] (Somercotes History)
24.10.2017 PHOTOS ADDED [AERTEX] [PHOTO GALLERY]
24.10.2017 PHOTOS ADDED [DALKEITH] [PHOTO GALLERY]
24.10.2017 "18th & 19th Centuries" upated [chapter 4 "The Erewash Valley Railway Act of 1845" added] (Somercotes History]
24.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, HARDY, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
24.10.2017 "The Early History" updated [Chapter 2 "The Chaworth Family and the Grants of Sir Thomas Chaworth" added] (Somercotes History)
25.10.2017 "The Early History" updated [Chapter 3 "The Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535" added] (Somercotes History)
26.10.2017 "The Early History" updated [Chapter 4 "Chantry of the Blessed Mary at St. Martin of Tours, Alfreton, 1549" added] (Somercotes History)
27.10.2017 "18th & 19th Centuries" upated [chapter 3 "Alfreton Poor House, Sleetmoor Lane, 1804" added and chapters renumbered] (Somercotes History]
28.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, BURTON Leslie John (WW1 Soldiers)
28.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, CARRIER, Samuel (WW1 Soldiers)
28.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, CARLIN Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
28.10.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, DARRINGTON, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
01.11.2017 Updates listing for August and September archived
02.11.2017 Update to article "Other War Memorials - Birchwood Chapel" (The War Years - Featured Articles)
02.11.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, MEADOWS Walter (WW1 Soldiers)
03.11.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, DENNIS, Frank William (WW1 Soldiers)
03.11.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, TURTON, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
08.11.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, RADFORD, Jesse (WW1 Soldiers)
15.11.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, FOX, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
30.11.2017 Deletion of text on "The 20th Century" tab [to be updated and re-written]
30.11.2017 "20th Century" upated [chapter 1 "The Early 1900's" added] (Somercotes History Tab]
30.11.2017 "20th Century" updated [chapter 2 "The War Years" added] (Somercotes History Tab)
30.11.2017 "20th Century" updated [chapter 3 "The General Strike "added] (Somercotes History Tab)
30.11.2017 "20th Century" updated [chapter 4 "The Parish in the 1930's" added] (Somercotes History Tab)
01.12.2017 Updates listing for October archived
04.12.2017 PHOTO'S ADDED [SPORT RELATED] [PHOTO GALLERY]
04.12.2017 "20th Century" updated [chapter 5 "The Cottage Farm Estate" added] (Somercotes History Tab)
27.12.2017 "20th Century" updated [chapter 6 "The South Spire Estate" added] (Somercotes History Tab)
28.12.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, EVERLEY, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
29.12.2017 Photo added and update to WW1 Soldier, FISHER, Percy (WW1 Soldiers)
29.12.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, FLEET, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
30.12.2017 Update to WW1 Soldier, WHITTEMORE, George William (WW1 Soldiers)
31.12.2017 Updates listing for November archived
11.01.2018 PHOTO'S ADDED [MISC] [PHOTO GALLERY]
12.01.2018 New Tab added "The Textile Industry" (Industry & Business)
12.01.2018 New Tab added "The Ironworks" (Industry & Business)
15.01.2018 Introduction added to The Textile Industry tab
15.01.2018 Article added "1. George Edwards & Sons Ltd, 1918" (Textile Industry)
15.01.2018 Article added "2. Everlastic Ltd, 1945" (Textile Industry)
15.01.2018 Article added "3. David Gibson Ltd, 1947" (Textile Industry)
15.01.2018 Featured article "George Edwards & Son Ltd" removed and replaced
15.01.2018 Featured article "Everlastic Ltd" removed and replaced
15.01.2018 Featured article "David Gibson Ltd" removed and replaced
16.01.2018 Article added "4. William Hollins & Co Ltd [Aertex}, 1948" (Textile Industry)
16.01.2018 Featured Article "William Hollins & Co Ltd" removed and replaced
17.01.2018 Article added "5. Dalkeith Knitwear Ltd" (Textile Industry)
17.01.2018 Article added "6. Montfort (Knitting Mills) Ltd" (Textile Industry)
17.01.2018 Featured Article "Dalkeith Knitwear Lrd" removed and replaced
17.01.2018 Featured Article "Montfort (Knitting Mills) Ltd removed and replaced
18.01.2018 Glossary added to "Early History of Somercotes" (Somercotes History)
18.01.2018 Chart added "The Lords of Alfreton" added to "Early History of Somercotes (Somercotes History)
19.01.2018 "20th Century" updated "5. The Second World War, 1939" (Somercotes History Tab)"
24.01.2018 "20th Century" updated "8. Closure of the Heavy Industries 1960's" (Somercotes History Tab)
01.02.2018 Updates listing for December archived
01.02.2018 Small update to WW1 Soldier, ELLIS, John, MM (WW1 Soldiers)
04.02.2018 Update to the Bibliography (this page)
08.02.2018 Article added "1. Establishment of the Ironworks " (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
08.02.2018 Article added "2. The Oakes Family Era" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
08.02.2018 Article added "3. The Stanton Ironworks Era" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
09.02.2018 Article added "4. British Steel Corporation" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
09.02.2018 Article added "5. The Riddings Works Sports Association" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
09.02.2018 Article added "6. Long Service Awards" (The Ironworks- Industry & Business)
09.02.2018 Rewrite of Article "7. The Ecclesiastical Parish of Somercotes, 1898" (19th & 20th Centuries - Somercotes History)
10.02.2018 Article added "5. The Ecclasiastical Parish of Riddings" (19th & 20th Centuries - Somercotes History)
07.03.2018 Updates listing for January archived
12.03.2018 Article added "Hezekiah Hicking - Certificated Master of Somercotes Boys School 1888-1925" (Education & Religion - Featured Articles)
12.03.2018 Article added "Elizabeth Jones - Head Teacher of Somercotes National Infants School 1878-1919" (Education & Religion - Featured Articles)
02.04.2018 Updates listing for February archived
02.04.2018 Update to "4. The Birchwood Collieries" [specifically relating to Upper Birchwood Colliery] (Mining Industry - Industry & Business)
02.04.2018 Update to WW2 Serviceman RILEY, William (WW2 Soldiers)
03.04.2018 Update to "Dog & Doublet Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
07.04.2018 PHOTO'S ADDED (Schools, Sport etc) (Photo Gallery)
08.04.2018 Re-Write of Transport in Somercotes (Misc. Tab)
08.04.2018 Article "Bus Routes through Somercotes" deleted and incorporated into the "Transport in Somercotes" section (Misc Tab)
08.04.2018 Article "History of the B600" deleted and incorporated into the "Transport in Somercotes" section (Misc. Tab)
13.04.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, RAYNOR, Harry (WW1 Soldiers)
13.04.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, REEK, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
22.04.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, BAILEY, George William (WW1 Soldiers)
22.04.2014 Update to WW1 Soldier, BERRIDGE, Gordon Penistone (WW1 Soldiers)
22.04.2018 New Article added "Sale of Valuable Freehold Estate, Somercotes 1942" (20th Century - Somercotes History)
23.04.2018 Update to article "The Rifle Volunteer [New]" (Pubs & Taverns)
23.04.2018 PHOTO'S ADDED (War Related and Salvation Army) (Photo Gallery)
01.05.2018 Updates listing for March archived
01.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, MANTON, William James (WW1 Soldiers)
01.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, HERBERT, George Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
01.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, HOLMES, Thomas Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
02.05.2018 Photo added to WW2 Soldier, MILES, Sidney (WW2 Soldiers)
02.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, HERBERT, Joseph (WW1 Soldier)
02.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, TURTON, Richard (WW1 Soldiers)
04.05.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, WOOLLEY, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
11.05.2018 Update to article "The Dog & Doublet Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
16.05.2018 Major update to "The Establishment of the Ironworks" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
16.05.2018 Major update to "The Oakes Era" (The Ironworks - Business & Industry)
25.05.2018 New Tab and Article added "Riddings Windmills" (Riddings Windmills - Somercotes History)
25.05.2018 Featured Article "History of Riddings Windmills" deleted and incorporated into the new Riddings Windmills tab [Somercotes History)
27.05.2028 Information on the Smotherfly Opencast added to the Smotherfly Collieries section (Mining Industry - Industry and Business)
28.05.2018 New Tab and Article added "Discovery of Oil at Pye Bridge" (Industry & Business)
28.05.2018 PHOTO'S ADDED - School Photographs (Photo Gallery)
02.06.2018 Updates listing for April archived
02.06.2018 Major update to "The Mission Room, Muckram Lane, Lower Birchwood" (Education & Religion)
03.06.2018 Article added "History of Muckram" (Muckram & Pennytown - Somercotes History)
06.06.2018 Article added "14. Glossary of Mining Terms" (The Mining Industry - Industry & Business)
08.06.2018 WW2 Serviceman added, COOPER, Arthur (Died 15.04.1941) (WW2 Soldiers)
17.06.2018 Major re-write of "Crime & Punishment" Tab (Somercotes History)
17.06.2018 Removal of separate articles on Crime & Punishment [now included in above re-write where necessary]
26.06.2018 Article added "The Jean Tomlinson School of Dancing" (Featured Articles - Sport & Leisure)
27.06.2018 Update and Photo's added to "Football Clubs" (Sport in Somercotes - Sport & Leisure)
27.06.2018 Update and Photo's added to "Cricket Clubs and Cricketers" (Sport in Somercotes - Sport & Leisure)
29.06.2018 Update to "The Church of St. Thomas, Somercotes" (Religion & Education)
29.06.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, LANGTON, William (Killed in Action 26.08.1917) (WW1 Soldiers)
02.07.2018 Updates listing for May archived.
05.07.2018 Update to WW2 Soldier, MEAKIN, William (WW2 Soldiers)
06.07.2018 Article added "Somercotes & Birchwood Cycling Clubs" (Sport in Somercotes - Sport & Leisure)
08.07.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, BAKEWELL, Frank (WW1 Soldiers)
09.07.2018 Article added "Red Cross Society - Somercotes Auxiliary" (WW1 Featured Articles - The War years)
09.07.2018 WW1 Soldier added, GARRATT, John Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
09.07.2018 WW1 Serviceman added, HOE, William Cyril (WW1 Soldiers)
10.07.2018 WW1 Serviceman added, MARSDEN, Thomas William (WW1 Soldiers)
13.07.2018 WW1 Serviceman added, YOUNG, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
18.07.2018 WW1 Serviceman added, BOWLER, John Thomas (Killed in Action 27.09.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
19.07.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BEECROFT, James (DOW 17.09.1918) (WW1 Soldiers)
24.07.2018 WW1 Soldier added, STRAW, William (WW1 Soldiers)
27.07.2018 WW1 Soldier added, MARTIN, Walter (WW1 Soldiers)
27.07.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, BOWLER, Jesse (WW1 Soldiers)
28.07.2018 Update to article "THE EREWASH VALLEY RAILWAY ACT OF 1845" (18th & 19th Centuries - Somercotes History)
02.08.2018 Updates listing for June archived
03.08.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BUTTERWORTH, Arthur (KIA 20.4.1915) (WW1 Soldiers)
09.09.2018 Updates listing for July archived
09.09.2018 Removal of Heritage Day poster
16.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BUSH, Ezra William (WW1 Soldiers)
16.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BEACH, William (WW1 Soldiers)
16.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, GASCOYNE, Walter (WW1 Soldiers)
16.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, JACKSON, William James (WW1 Soldiers)
16.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, MARSH, William (WW1 Soldiers)
17.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, PRINCE, Isaac (WW1 Soldiers)
17.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, SPENCER, John James (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BEASTALL, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, FLETCHER, Albert Edwin (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, FEARNLEY, William (WW1 Soldiers)
18.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, KERRY, Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BUTTERY, Isaac (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, MILLARD, George Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
19.09.2018 Update to WW1 Solider, PARKIN, Valentine (WW1 Soldiers)
20.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, SIMPSON, James William (WW1 Soldiers)
20.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, BRADLEY, Hiram (WW1 Soldiers)
20.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, SIVEN, George William (Died) (WW1 Soldiers)
23.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, ATTER, Albert (WW1 Soldiers)
24.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, WOOD, Alfred (KIA) (WW1 Soldiers)
24.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, SLATER, Alfred (WW1 Soldiers)
24.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, WATERS, Lawrence (WW1 Soldiers)
25.09.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, BOOTH, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
27.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, PARSONS, Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
28.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, PRIOR, David Thomas
30.09.2018 WW1 Soldier added, WILSON, Alfred (WW1 Soldiers)
02.10.2018 Update listing for August archived
08.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier COPE, George Harry (WW! Soldiers)
08.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier CROWNSHAW, Bertie (WW1 Soldiers)
08.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldoer DAWES, Fred (WW1 Soldiers)
08.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier GENT, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
09.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier GIBSON, Salathiel (WW1 Soldiers)
09.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier GODBER, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
09.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier GODBER, William (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier HARDY, William (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier LEAKE, Ernest (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier MARTIN,, John (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier MARTIN, Samuel James (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier MINKLEY, Ernest William (WW1 Soldiers)
10.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier MORRIS, John James (WW1 Soldiers)
11.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier NEGUS, Fred (WW1 Soldiers)
14.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier PEAT, Alfred Edwin (WW1 Soldiers)
15.10.2015 Update to WW1 Soldier TUCKER, Arthur (WW1 Soldiers)
18.10.2018 WW1 Soldier added FARRELL, William Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
20.10.2018 Red Cross Volunteers added [6] (Red Cross Volunteers - Somercotes Auxilliery - WW1 Featured Articles - The War Years)
20.10.2018 Red Cross Volunteer Nurse added, ARGYLE, Minnie, (Red Cross Volunteers - Somercotes Auxilliery - WW1 Featured Articles - The War Years)
20.10.2018 Red Cross Volunteer Nurse added, Hole, Nellie (Red Cross Volunteers - Somercotes Auxilliery - WW1 Featured Articles - The War Years)
28.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier CLARKE, Herbert (WW1 Soldiers)
28.10.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier CLARKE, James (WW1 Soldiers)
02.11.2018 Update listing for September archived
02.11.2018 WW1 Soldier added, ROBERTS, William (WW1 Soldiers)
04.11.2018 Photo added to WW1 soldier, ROBERTS, William (WW1 Soldiers)
12.11.2018 WW1 Soldier added, DODMAN, Edward (WW1 Soldiers)
13.11.2018 WW1 Soldier added, JARRETT, John (WW1 Soldiers)
14.11.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, HAGUE, Joseph William (WW1 Soldiers)
15.11.2018 PHOTO's ADDED - Schools, Sport and Misc Views [80] (Photo Gallery)
15.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1813/1814 (Misc Information)
15.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1815/1816 (Misc Information)
15.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1817/1818 (Misc Information)
16.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1819/1820 (Misc Information)
16.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1821/1822 (Misc Information)
16.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1823/1824 (Misc Information)
16.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1825/1826 (Misc Information)
17.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1827/1828 (Misc Information)
17.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1829/1830 (Misc Information)
17.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1831/1832 (Misc Information)
17.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1833/1834 (Misc Information)
17.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1835/1836 (Misc Information)
19.11.2018 Update to WW1 Soldier, FOX, William Henry (WW1 Soldiers)
22.11.2018 Short biography added to DAWES, William (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
22.11.2018 Short biography added to DAYKIN, James (Lists of Local Businesses 1916)
22.11.2018 PHOTO's ADDED - Transport [10] (Photo Gallery)
26.11.2018 Update to "The Smotherfly Collieries" in connection to William Riley (The Mining Industry)
26.11.2018 Photo added to WW1 Soldier LEESON, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers)
28.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1837/1838 (Misc Information)
28.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1839/1840 (Misc Information)
28.11.2018 Burial records for the parish added 1841/1842 (Misc Information)
03.12.2018 Update listing for October archived
03.12.2018 Update to WW2 Soldier, WOOTTON, Norman (WW2 Soldiers)
03.12.2018 Update to "The Discovery of Oil at Pye Bridge" (Industry & Business)
05.12.2018 Update to "The Riddings Works Sports Association" (The Ironworks, Industry & Business)
11.12.2018 Update to "The Oakes Family Era" (with regard to the Ardelt Shop and Miners Strike of 1912) (The Ironworks. Industry & Business)
11.12.2018 Update to "The Stanton Ironworks Era" (with regard to the closing of the Blast Furnaces in 1928 (The Ironworks, Industry & Business)
17.12.2018 PHOTO's ADDED - Riddings House (Photo Gallery)
18.12.2018 Update to biography of JOHNSTONE, Herbert (List of General Practitioners - Misc Information - Featured Articles)
30.01.2019 Update listing for November archived
30.01.2019 New Tab added for Burial Information (Education & Religion)
30.01.2019 Burial Information for 1813-1842 moved from Misc Tab to new Burials Tab (Education & Religion)
30.01.2019 Article added "Luther Walker - Teacher at Somercotes Junior School 1913-1950" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
30.01.2019 Article added "Frederick Charlton - Assistant Master Somercotes Boys School 1913-1926" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
30.01.2019 Article added "Frances Coldicott (1881-1960) - Headmistress of Somercotes Infants School 1919-1942" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
04.02.2019 Update listing for December archived
04.02.2019 New tab added "Pye Bridge" [Somercotes History]
04.02.2019 Article deleted "A History of Pye Bridge" [Featured Articles - Somercotes History]
04.02.2019 Article re-written and added "A Short History of Pye Bridge" [Pye Bridge - Somercotes History]
07.02.2019 Article added "Alice Adams Hardy (1862-1925) Headmistress at Somercotes Girls School 1903-1924" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
07.02.2019 Article added "Mary Jane Heath (1862-1932) Certificated Mistress of Somercotes National Girls School 1884-1895" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
07.02.2019 New Tab added for "Cinemas & Nightclubs" (Sport & Leisure)
07.02.2019 Article deleted "Cinemas & Nightclubs (Featured Articles - Sports & Leisure)
07.02.2019 Article re-written and added " Cinemas & Nightclubs" (Cinemas & Nightclubs - Sports & Leisure)
08.02.2019 Update to article "Discovery of Oil at Pye Bridge" (mainly in regard to Lyon Playfair and James Young) (Industry & Business)
09.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1813/1815 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
10.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1816/1818 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
11.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1819/1821 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
12.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1822/1823 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
16.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1824/1825 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
20.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1826/1827 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
28.02.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1828/1829 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
01.03.2019 Update listing for January archived
01.03.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1830/1834 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
03.03.2019 Article added "The Chamberlains - Three Generations of Farm Bailiffs to the Oakes Family of Riddings" (Featured Articles - Industry and Business)
08.03.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1835/1840 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
10.03.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks, Chapter I. "Establishment of the Ironworks c.1802" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
10.03.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks, Chapter 2 "The Oakes Family Era, 1809 (The Ironworks - Indusrtry & Business)
12.03.2019 Baptism records for the parish added for 1840/1844 (Birth Records - Education & Religion)
18.03.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks, Chapter 3 "The Stanton Ironworks Era, 1920" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
18.03.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks Chapter 4 "The British Steel Corporation, 1967" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
01.04.2019 Update listing for February archived
01.04.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks, Chapter 5 "The Riddings Works Sports Association" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
01.04.2019 Re-write of The Ironworks, Chapter 6 "Long Service Awards" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
26.04.2019 Article added as Chapter 14 of the Mining Industry - "Table of Fatal Colliery Accidents" (Mining Industry - Industry & Business)
27.04.2019 Article added "Celebrations for the Coronation of King George IV in the Parish of Alfreton" (Featured Article - Misc Information)
04.05.2019 Update listing for March archived
08.05.2019 PHOTO'S ADDED [Riddings House & Grounds]
09.05.2019 PHOTO'S ADDED [Church of St. Thomas, Somercotes]
10.05.2019 Further update to Chapter 1 of "The Ironworks" - "Establishment of the Ironworks c.1802" [mainly in regard to David Mushet] [Industry & Business - The Ironworks]
10.05.2019 Further update to Chapter 2 of "The Ironworks" - "The Oakes Family Era c.1809" [mainly in regard to an agreement between Rolleston and Oakes for mineral rights, 1832] [Industry & Business - The Ironworks]
11.05.2019 PHOTO'S ADDED [The Ironworks & Pye Bridge Insudtrial Estate]
12.05.2019 PHOTO'S ADDED [Misc Somercotes and Riddings photographs]
27.05.2019 Article added "Celebrations for the Coronation of Queen Victoria in the Parish of Alfreton" (Featured Article - Misc Information)
04.06.2019 Update listing for April archived
04.06.2019 WW1 Soldier and Photograph added, COOK, Alfred [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
05.06.2019 Article added to Leabrooks Tab "Chapter 1. The Early History" (Leabrooks - Somercotes History)
05.06.2019 Article added to Leabrooks Tab "Chapter 2. Shops & Businesses" (Leabrooks - Somercotes History)
06.06.2019 Appendix added to the Ironworks "1. David Mushet's Correspondence - from the Gloucester Record Office" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
07.06.2019 Appendix added to the Ironworks "2. The Agreement Between Christopher Rolleston and Thomas Saxelbye & Company, 1806" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
07.06.2019 Appendix added to the Ironworks "3. The Oakes Family after 1920" and "4. The Oakes Family Tree" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
11.06.2019 Appendix added to the Ironworks "5. The Ashopton Garland" [A Derbyshire Folk Song referring to James Oakes] (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
27.06.2019 Article added "Pye Bridge Station - A Goat Story" by David Kirk (Featured Articles - Misc Information)
30.06.2019 Article added "The One That Got Away, as told to David Kirk" (Featured Articles - Misc Information}
01.07.2019 Update listing for May archived
01.07.2019 Heritage Day poster added to this page
14.07.2019 Update, corrections and additions to the Origin of Street Names (Origin of Street Names - Somercotes History)
15.07.2019 Article added "Sherwood Foresters - War Diary of the 1/5th Battalion, 1 July 1916" (WW1 Featured Articles - The War Years)
17.07.2019 Update to Crime & Punishment Tab (specifically relating to early law enforcement) (Crime & Punishment - Somercotes History)
27.07.2019 Major update to Chapter 3 18th and 19th Centuries - "The Alfreton Poor House, Sleetmoor Lane, 1802 (18th and 19th Centuries - Somercotes History)
29.07.2019 Article added "A Short History of Taylor's Cornstores - Somercotes" (Featured Articles - Industry & Business)
29.07.2019 WW1 Soldier added, WEIGHTMAN, George William (WW1 Soldiers - The War Years)
01.08.2019 Update listing for June archived
01.08.2019 Article added "The First School Master of Somercotes National Schools" (Featured Articles - Education & Religion)
05.08.2019 Article added "Edward Waters - Boatwright of Pye Bridge" (Featured Articles - Industry & Business)
07.08.2019 Update to The Ironworks, Chapter 4 "The British Steel Corporation, 1967" (The Ironworks - Industry & Business)
08.08.2019 Article added "GODBER, Joseph - Golden Wedding, 1956 (Misc Information Tab)
08.08.2019 Article added "GOODWIN, Frank - Golden Wedding, 1957" (Misc Information Tab)
08.08.2019 Article added "ROWE, Joseph Oscar - Golden Wedding, 1928" (Misc Information Tab)
08.08.2019 Article added "SCOTT, George - Golden Wedding, 1937" (Misc Information Tab)
08.08.2019 Article added "WILDE, George - Golden Wedding, 1924" (Misc Information Tab)
10.08.2019 Article added "BAKER, Robert Halford - Golden Wedding, 1929" (Misc Information Tab)
10.08.2019 Article added "STRAW, William - Golden Wedding, 1937" (Misc Information Tab)
14.08.2019 Article added "COATES, Samuel - Golden Wedding, 1936" (Misc Information Tab)
14.08.2019 Article added "BULLOCK, Thomas George - Golden Wedding, 1955" (Misc Information Tab)
15.08.2019 Update to WW2 Soldier, RUMLEY, Roy Arthur (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
22.08.2019 Article added "Auction of Inns & Beerhouses owned by Palmer-Morewood, 1896" (Featured Articles - Pubs & Tavers)
28.08.2019 Article added "Burnt Row, Somercotes - A Poem by Thomas Ragg, 1837" (Featured Articles - Somercotes History)
28.08.2019 Small update to the Bibliography (This Page)
29.08.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, BROWN, Joseph (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
31.08.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, MILLINGTON, Denis, including photograph (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
31.08.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, DUFFIELD, John (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
02.09.2019 Update listing for July archived
02.09.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, STEAD, George Arthur, including photograph (WW2 Solidiers - The War Years)
03.09.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, THURMAN, William A (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
04.09.2019 Article added "LANGTON, George - Golden Wedding, 1943" (Misc Information Tab)
04.09.2019 Article added "PATRICK, John - Golden Wedding, 1928" (Misc Information Tab)
23.09.2019 Poster for Heritage Day 2019 removed [this page]
23.09.2019 Update to the History of Somercotes Schools, The Early Years [specifically relating to the Poor House School Room] [Schools in Somercotes - Education & Religion]
23.09.2019 Update to WW1 Soldier, HOPE, Walter [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
01.10.2019 Update listing for August archived
01.10.2019 Update to WW1 Soldier, WEIGHTMAN, George William [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
01.10.2019 Update to the article "The Premier Electric Theatre" [Cinemas & Nightclubs - Sport & Leisure]
06.10.2019 Update to WW1 Soldier, BACON, George [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
06.10.2019 Update to WW1 Soldier, BONSALL, Edward [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
30.10.2019 PHOTO'S ADDED - Birchwood Area, Birchwood Chapel, Wm Bush & Son and Red Bridge [Photo Gallery]
04.11.2019 Update listing for September archived
04.11.2019 Update to bibliogrphy and publications [This Page]
04.11.2019 Artilce added "A Short History of Coupland Place" [Featured Articles, Somercotes History]
06.11.2019 Update to WW2 Serviceman, COXHEAD, Frank Edward [WW2 Soldiers, The War Years]
11.11.2019 Article added "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - Milk Marketing Board" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
11.11.2019 Article added "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - Sealed Air" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
14.11.2019 Update and corrections to WW1 Soldier BARRATT, Albert Henry [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
14.11.2019 Article added "Mayfield Leather Works - Lower Somercotes" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
26.11.2019 Article added "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - MMD Group" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
26.11.2019 Article added "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - NHS Supply Chain" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
26.11.2019 Article "James Oakes - Timeline" removed, pending corrections and updates [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
26.11.2019 Article added "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - Pilkington Plyglass" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
01.12.2019 Updates listing for October archived
02.12.2019 Article added - "Chapter 6 - The Alfreton Ironworks Lodge" and subsequent chapters re-numbered [The Ironworks - Business & Industry]
09.12.2019 Update to WW1 Soldier, REEK, Isaac [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
02.01.2020 Updates listing for November archived
22.01.2020 Correction and update to WW1 Soldier HOUNSHAM, Charles Frederick [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
02.02.2020 Updates listing for December archived
10.02.2020 Article added "Abbotts Grocery Stores 1881-1971" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
19.02.2020 Article added "Biography - Adin Brown - From Somercotes to Wyoming, USA" [Featured Article - Misc Information]
20.02.2020 Update to Somercotes Allotment Gardens, Chapter 2 "Leabrooks Allotments" [Featured Articles - Sport & Leisure]
22.02.2020 Article added "The Diocesan Players" [Featured Articles - Education & Religion]
20.03.2020 Updates listing for January archived
21.03.2020 Small update to article "Cotes Park Industrial Estate - Milk Marketing Board" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
07.05.2020 Updates listing for February and March archived
24.05.2020 Article added "Somercotes & Leabrooks ARP Wardens" [WW2 Featured Articles - The War Years]
02.06.2020 Article added "The Cutler Family of Somercotes" [Misc Articles - Misc Information]
02.08.2020 Updates listing for May and June archive
05.08.2020 Correction to the origin of the name Barrack Yard [Origin of Street Names - Somercotes History].
05.08.2020 Small update to WW1 Soldier, AINSWORTH, Leonard [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
05.08.2020 Update to the article "The Black Horse Inn" [Pubs & Taverns]
12.08.2020 Article added "Rogers Grocery Store - Lower Somercotes" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
16.08.2020 Major article added "The History of Pennytown" [Muckram & Pennytown - Somercotes History]
16.08.2020 Article deleted "A short History of Pennytown & Muckram" [Featured Articles - Somercotes History] [Now replaced by above major article]
19.08.2020 Article added "Chapter 3 - Leabrooks Cemetery" [Leabrooks - Somercotes History]
01.09.2020 Updates listing for July archived
01.09.2020 WW1 Soldier added, ASKEW, Joseph [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
01.09.2020 Update to the article "The Royal Tiger Inn" [Pubs & Taverns]
01.09.2020 Update to the article "The Market Inn, Somercotes" [Pubs & Taverns]
02.09.2020 Article added "Thornton Plc - Thornton Park" [Featured Articles - Industry & Business]
04.09.2020 Update and correction to name of WW1 Soldier, ROGERS, Ernest Wilton [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years].
06.09.2020 WW1 Soldier added, ROGERS, Thomas Leslie [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
11.09.2020 WW1 Soldier added, POYSER, Arnold Leslie [WW1 Soldiers - The War Years]
11.09.2020 Article added "Biography - Reginald Johnson [1902-1995] - Local Historian" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
11.09.2020 Article added "Biography - Gordon Fox [1910-1993] - Musician" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
02.10.2020 Updates listing for August archived
03.10.2020 Article added "Biography - Lawrence Waters [1899-1981] and Wilfred Edward Wilbraham [1917-1980] - Hairdressers [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
05.10.2020 Article added "Biography - Francis Wright [1806-1873], His Family and the Development of Ironville" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
10.11.2020 Updates listing for September archived
10.11.2020 Update to article "Somercotes Health & Strength Club" [Featured Articles - Sport & Leisure]
22.11.2020 Update to article "The Mission Room, Pye Bridge" [Churches & Religion - Education & Religion]
08.12.2020 Updates listing for October archived
31.12.2020 Article added "Celebrations for the Coronation of King George V and Mary in the Alfreton Urban District 1911" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
06.01.2021 Updates listing for November archived
08.01.2021 Article added "Celebrations for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Somercotes, 1937" [Featured Articles - Misc Information].
14.02.2021 Updates listing for December archived
14.02.2021 Article added "The Silverwood and Horsley Families of Pye Bridge" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
18.02.2021 Article added "Biography – Joseph Bown (1844-1915), of Somercotes" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
19.02.2021 Article added "History of the Land and Premises, 88, Nottingham Road, Somercotes" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
19.02.2021 Short biography added to RICHMOND, Tom (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
19.02.2021 Short biography added to SIMPSON, Benjaman (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
19.02.2021 Short biography added to WALKER, Bertha (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
19.02.2021 Short biography added to SALMON, John Charles (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
21.02.2021 Short biography added to SHACKLETON, Frank (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
23.02.2021 Article added "The Waller Family of Somercotes and Swanwick" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
28.02.2021 Short biography added to Moore, William (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
28.02.2021 Short biography added to Matthews, Thomas (Lists of Local Businesses - 1916)
09.03.2021 Updates listing for January 2021 archived
09.03.2021 Additions and correction to the Bibliography [this page]
11.03.2021 Update to the article "The Laburnum Inn" [Featured Pubs and Taverns]
20.03.2021 Update to article "The Waller Family of Somercotes and Swanwick" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
21.03.2021 Update to article "The Early 1900s" [20th Century History - Somercotes History]
25.03.2021 Update to article "The War Years, 1914" [20th Century History - Somercotes History]
26.03.2021 Update to article "The Post-War Years, 1920" [20th Century History - Somercotes History]
01.04.2021 Updates listing for February 2021 archived
01.04.2021 Article added "Burnt Row, Somercotes, A Family History by Jane Moore" [Featured Articles - Somercotes History]
08.05.2021 Updates listing for March 2021 archived
10.05.2021 Update to article "The Parish in the 1930s" [The 20th Century - Somercotes History]
20.06.2021 Updates listing for April 2021 archived
24.06.2021 Article added "Biography - Leonard Waller 1918-2006 (Photographer) [Featured Articles - Misc Infomation]
24.06.2021 Article added "Biography - John Nix, The Stud Farm, Alfreton" [Featured Articles - Misc Information]
24.06.2021 Update to Bibliography
21.08.2021 Updates listing for May 2021 archived
21.08.2021 Updates listing for June 2021 archived
21.08.2021 Major update to "The Church of St. Thomas" [Churches & Religion, Education & Religion]
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]
02.12.2021 Updates listing for October archived [none]
11.05.2022 Update and corrections to the article "Dog & Doublet Inn" (Pubs & Taverns)
11.05.2022 Update and corrections to the article "Rifle Volunteer (Old)" (Pubs & Taverns)
23.08.2022 Correction made to an error on the article "The Oakes Family History" (Industry & Business)
27.08.2022 Update to WW1 Soldier, CLARKE, John Oakley (WW1 Soldiers)
27.08.2022 Update to WW1 Soldier, BROCKLEHURST, Leonard (WW1 Soldiers)
27.08.2022 Update to WW1 Soldier, FLINTSTONE, Henry Jnr (WW1 Soldiers)
27.08.2022 Major update to article "George Edwards & Sons Ltd" (The Textile Industry - Industry & Business)
28.08.2022 Update to article "David Gibson Ltd, Gown & Suit Manufacturers, 1947" (The Textile Industry - Industry & Business)
30.08.2022 Major update to article "William Hollins & Co. Ltd. [Aertex], 1948" (The Textile Industry - Industry & Business)
26.09.2022 Article added "Leabrooks Excelsior Orchestra" (Featured Articles - Sport & Leisure)
12.07.2023 Previous update notices archived
12.07.2023 UPDATE: The Empire Cinema (Cinema & Nightclubs - Sport & Leisure)
12.07.2023 UPDATE: The Roller Skating Rink (Cinema & Nightclubs - Sport & Leisure)
13.07.2023 UPDATE: The Salvation Army (Churches & Religion - Education & Religion)
14.07.2023 UPDATE: Small update to The Black Horse Inn to reflect the recent demolition of the building (Featured Pubs & Taverns)
14.07.2023 NEW: Celebration of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (Featured Articles - Misc Information)
15.07.2023 UPDATE: Thomas Henry Musgrove of Somercotes - Boer War Soldier - update to include transcripts of letters sent from Thomas to his parents during the war (Featured Articles - The War Years)
16.07.2023 UPDATE: WW1 Soldier, COOPER, Tom (WW1 Soldiers - The War Years)
17.07.2023 UPDATE: WW1 Soldier, JOHNSON, Joseph (WW1 Soldiers - The War Years)
17.07.2023 NEW: Article titled "The Derbyshire Collieries Owned by the Seely Family" (Featured Articles - Industry & Business)
19.07.2023 NEW: Article titled "Alfreton Steam Corn Mill, Mill Yard, Somercotes, 1845" (Featured Articles - Industry & Business)
20.07.2023 NEW: Article titled "William George Nettleship" (1929-1984) Photographer (Featured Articles - Misc Information)
22.07.2023 UPDATE: Deletion of the article "The Horse Shoes" (information added to "The Old English Gentleman") (Featured Pubs & Taverns)
22.07.2023 UPDATE: Public Houses list amended to show the names in alphabetical order (Featured Pubs & Taverns)
22.07.2023 UPDATE: Local History page generally updated and details of Tibshelf Local History & Civic Society added (Local History Events - Home Page)
22.07.2023 UPDATE: Previous articles used as holding titles removed from the Miscellaneous Home Page pending further updates.
22.07.2023 UPDATE: Listing of Publications available from the Society removed from this page and added to the Miscellaneous Home Page.
30.07.2023 UPDATE: WW2 Soldier, SWINSCOE, James (WW2 Soldiers - The War Years)
01.08.2023 NEW: Article titled "Letters From the Boer War From Local Soldiers" (Featured Articles - The War Years)
03.08.2023 NEW: Article titled "Boer War Soldier - Arthur Davis" (Featured Articles - The War Years)
06.08.2023 UPDATE: WW1 Soldier, WEIGHTMAN, George William (WW1 Soldiers - The War Years)