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Rab Carrington (born 1947 in Glasgow) devoted himself to rock climbing and mountaineering in the late 1960s and 1970s, taking on expeditions in the Alps and Himalayas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1973, he took part in an expedition to Patagonia , Argentina, but when his group arrived in Buenos Aires , they found that their climbing equipment had not been ...
In 1948 the N.C.B. sold the mills and some surrounding land to Deosan Ltd., who had a nearby chemical factory. Both mills were used by Deosan as storage space. In the winter of 1949 Deosan contracted an Alfreton scrap dealer to remove most of the metal from the mills, including the windshafts, in preparation for the installation of working plant.
Westhouses is a village within Derbyshire, situated close to the town of Alfreton. It is in the Bolsover district of the county. It is in the civil parish of Blackwell. Named after West House Farm, the settlement was founded in the 1870s.
Oakerthorpe is a small village near Alfreton. [1] It was known in medieval times as Ulkerthorpe. [2] It lies in the parish of South Wingfield, eleven miles south of Chesterfield in the county of Derbyshire. The local church is dedicated to All Saints, and is found about half a mile from the village.
Somercotes listen ⓘ is a village and civil parish in the district of Amber Valley in the English county of Derbyshire, close to the border with Nottinghamshire. It is a former mining village and was once surrounded by more than five pits. The village has numerous shops, pubs, food outlets and other businesses.
Alfreton is a civil parish and a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 18 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 , with results in 2022. In 2011, there were 42 settlements with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Derbyshire , shown in the table below.
Greenhill Lane is a hamlet near the town of Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, located between the villages of Leabrooks and Riddings. The majority of UK census references suggest that Greenhill Lane is a district hamlet and it was treated as a village in the 1851 census .