PINXTON: Bolsover Parish #13 of 16

The Southernmost of Bolsover’s sixteen parishes for you today, bounded to the North by fellow Bolsover parish South Normanton, to the West by Somercotes in Amber Valley, to the South by Selston in Ashfield district, and to the East by an unparished area of Ashfield. Most of the village’s property was constructed on the back of coal mining activity – yes this is another area of Bolsover which had mines – and even though there are plenty of areas here that could be termed new builds, mostly it has that same mining town aura that we’ve become accustomed to elsewhere. John King who lived here, invented the mine cage safety detaching hook which became world famous and his old workshop was converted into a small commemorative museum. In a single room it displays through photographs, documents, artefacts and models a revealing insight into the economic and social history of the village The sinking of Brookhill Colliery was about 200 yards west of the modern day Beaufit Lane, and it began in February 1908. A modern industrial estate now sits on the site now. The Northern terminus of a branch of the Cromford Canal, can be found here too which opened up local coalfields and a porcelain trade to a wide market via the Erewash Canal. I’ve decided to trial a new way of presenting this one. Hopefully you’ll like it! This is PINXTON. **** My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands. Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of Bolsover. There are 16. Here's the THIRTEENTH one – Pinxton. #Pinxton, #Wharf, #BrookhillColliery, #BrookhillHall, #JohnKing, #Station, #Canal, #Ashfield, #Nottingham, #Derbyshire, #Bolsover, #PinxtonFC, #Parish, Pinxton Parish Council: http://www.pinxtonparishcouncil.co.uk/ Museum: http://www.moreweekends.com/category/... Brookhill Colliery: http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/Co... Brookhill Hall: https://houseandheritage.org/2019/05/... War Memorial: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk... Demographics: https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/e... Zoopla: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices... Pond: https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure... Pinxton Wharf/Boat Inn: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5710 Bustimes: https://bustimes.org/localities/pinxton Mansfield and Pinxton Railway: By Sutton12 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Pinxton and Selston Station:   / 3887936458098336   Some of the following music tracks may appear in this video: Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)    • Foxsnow   Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)    • Mickey's House   The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)    • Voices   The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)    • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)   Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)    • Helen Flunder - 'Sun' (Official Audio)   Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)    • Helen Flunder - Angels (Official Audio)   Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)    • Caistor and the Lincolnshire Wolds   I have me a Facebook page too!   / the-village-idiot-226069228730989   Come and join The Village People! (Subscribers only!)   / 1037756120085304   Please consider buying me a coffee to support the channel! The more I get the faster I'll get to your parish! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thevilla...