CLOWNE: Bolsover Parish #15 of 16

Описание: Mentioned in the Domesday Book as “Clune”, this one’s name is derived from the Celtic word “Clun” for a river, and in Harlesthorpe which forms a part of the town here, there is a street called Clune Street which has a playing field name after it – both of which allude to the former name of the place.

In the 17th century the was a rural farming community. Some buildings still stand from this date, notably the Anchor Inn and Sheridon's Yard. When the plague struck in 1586 and 1606, victims were buried away from the village at Monument Field or Plague Field – the same field which was mentioned in the Barlborough episode, giving its name to the Monnies Trail

Most of its amenities are clustered together around a pretty tight town centre. Recently, some regeneration of the town centre has taken place including the opening of a large Tesco supermarket, a Wilko store and Aldi supermarket. The tesco store also has a petrol station as well.

Two railway stations served the town. Since their closure, the nearest operational station is Creswell, on the Robin Hood line between Worksop and Nottingham via Mansfield. But what of those former stations? Well, you may not be able to travel on trains here anymore but you can certainly see where these stations were and where the railway line was.

A thirty minute introduction then to one of Bolsover’s biggest – this is CLOWNE.

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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 FIFTEENTH one – Clowne.

#Clowne, #Barlborough, #SouthgateColliery, #Greenway, #Bournes, #Station, #HarlesthorpeDam, #Chesterfield, #Worksop, #Derbyshire, #Bolsover, #HeritageSchool, #Parish,

Cross:
https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monumen...

Zoopla:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...

Demographics:
http://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/ea...

Co-Op:
http://www.clownevillage.co.uk/coop/c...

War memorial:
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Derbysh...

Clowne Parish Council:
https://www.clowneparishcouncil.com/o...

Shawlands Surgery:
https://www.oocities.org/akpcomradeuk...

The Arc:
https://www.novaloca.com/office-space...

Southgate Colliery:
https://www.oldminer.co.uk/southgate....

Harlesthorpe Dam:
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/475...

Clowne and Barlborough Station:
By Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom - Clowne & Barlborough LM station 1951, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Old School:
By Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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  

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