Hodthorpe
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Hodthorpe is an urban village in the parish of Whitwell
, Bolsover
, Derbyshire
, lying close to the Nottinghamshire
border and on the edge of Sherwood Forest
. The village has two principal streets, Queens Road (the main road running through the village) and Kings Street. It has one shop, a Post Office
, a village primary school, and a Working men's club
. There are two parks.
The heritage site of Creswell Crags
, famous for its prehistoric cave art, lies close to the village.
for village.
The village was founded in 1804, following the first sinking of mine shafts
at neighbouring Whitwell
. There was great resentment in Whitwell at this time to the influx of coal miners, and so the Welbeck Abbey
estate agreed to Hodthorpe's foundation. The village was on the local branch railway line, with its own (now disused) halt.
Until the 1890s the Wesleyan
(Methodist) chapel (1834) was the only place of worship in the village. Eventually the local miners raised money to build the Anglican chapel of St. Martin in 1897, known as the ‘Tin Chapel’. These have both since closed. The Methodist chapel, closed circa 1960, has since become a metal-works, while the Anglican chapel and its village hall were demolished in 1995, the land sold off and redeveloped as apartments.
The C.of.E.
Junior & Infants School was built on Queens Road, the official opening being carried out by the 6th Duke of Portland on Tuesday, January 17th, 1905.
The Cheshire Horse Artillery had stables on the south side of Queens Road, the location being chosen because of the nearby stud farm at Welbeck Abbey. These stables were bombed during the Second World War.
Whitwell, Derbyshire
Whitwell is a small village located in Derbyshire, England.Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' Celebrations of 1989 it is much older than this celebration suggests.The earliest written references to Whitwell are from the Anglo-Saxon charters however many of...
, Bolsover
Bolsover
Bolsover is a town near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is 145 miles from London, 18 miles from Sheffield, 26 miles from Nottingham and 54 miles from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.The civil parish for the town is called...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, lying close to the Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
border and on the edge of Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423 hectares surrounding the village of...
. The village has two principal streets, Queens Road (the main road running through the village) and Kings Street. It has one shop, a Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, a village primary school, and a Working men's club
Working men's club
Working men's clubs are a type of private social club founded in the 19th century in industrial areas of the United Kingdom, particularly the North of England, the Midlands and many parts of the South Wales Valleys, to provide recreation and education for working class men and their families.-...
. There are two parks.
The heritage site of Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England near the villages of Creswell, Whitwell and Elmton...
, famous for its prehistoric cave art, lies close to the village.
Etymology and history
The village gets its name from John Hoddings, who planned the village, "Hod" coming from "Hoddings", and "thorpe" Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
for village.
The village was founded in 1804, following the first sinking of mine shafts
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
at neighbouring Whitwell
Whitwell, Derbyshire
Whitwell is a small village located in Derbyshire, England.Although Whitwell celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in the 'Whitwell 1000' Celebrations of 1989 it is much older than this celebration suggests.The earliest written references to Whitwell are from the Anglo-Saxon charters however many of...
. There was great resentment in Whitwell at this time to the influx of coal miners, and so the Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.-Monastic period:...
estate agreed to Hodthorpe's foundation. The village was on the local branch railway line, with its own (now disused) halt.
Until the 1890s the Wesleyan
Wesleyanism
Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous...
(Methodist) chapel (1834) was the only place of worship in the village. Eventually the local miners raised money to build the Anglican chapel of St. Martin in 1897, known as the ‘Tin Chapel’. These have both since closed. The Methodist chapel, closed circa 1960, has since become a metal-works, while the Anglican chapel and its village hall were demolished in 1995, the land sold off and redeveloped as apartments.
The C.of.E.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Junior & Infants School was built on Queens Road, the official opening being carried out by the 6th Duke of Portland on Tuesday, January 17th, 1905.
The Cheshire Horse Artillery had stables on the south side of Queens Road, the location being chosen because of the nearby stud farm at Welbeck Abbey. These stables were bombed during the Second World War.