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| The town has a history of involvement in the sickle and scythe trade.<ref name="tde">{{citation |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title=Eckington St Peter and St Paul|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=138–133|year=1848 |accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref>Several dams (Chapelwheel, Carlton Wheel and Feilds Wheel) can be found in the area; these were used to provide waterpower to grind the blades. The remains of an old forge also exist in the valley.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} | The town has a history of involvement in the sickle and scythe trade.<ref name="tde">{{citation |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|title=Eckington St Peter and St Paul|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50939 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=138–133|year=1848 |accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref>Several dams (Chapelwheel, Carlton Wheel and Feilds Wheel) can be found in the area; these were used to provide waterpower to grind the blades. The remains of an old forge also exist in the valley.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} | ||
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Human settlement in England| Eckington | |
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 Eckington parish church of St Peter and St Paul | |
| Population | 11,152 |
| OS grid reference | SK434749 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode district | S21 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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Eckington is a town in North East Derbyshire, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Chesterfield and 8.5 miles (14 km) southeast of Sheffield on the border with South Yorkshire. It lies on the B6052 and B6056 roads close to the A6135 for Sheffield and Junction 30 of the M1. It has a population of 11,152.
History
Ten Roman coins discovered in December 2008, near Eckington cemetery may be evidence of a Roman settlement or road in the area. The oldest of the silver and copper coins is from the reign of the emperor Domitian (AD 81 to 96) while the others are from the reigns of Trajan (AD 98 to 117) and Hadrian (AD 117 to 138).
Eckington is recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Echintune a manor given to Ralph Fitzhubert Some parts of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul date to 1100.
George Sitwell, son of George and Mary was baptised in 1601 in Eckington. George's father died whilst he was a child but as an adult acquired the freehold of land in Eckington and exploited it by mining iron ore. In 1625, he built Renishaw Hall which is now owned by Sir Reresby Sitwell's daughter, Alexandra and her family.
Sitwell vertically integrated his business by constructing a blast furnace at Plumbley in partnership with his stepfather, Henry Wigfall, to process ore from his mines. (His mother remarried). By 1652, Sitwell had built a furnace at Foxbrooke near Renishaw. Over the next twenty years Sitwell had built a furnace at North Wingfield, forges at Pleasley, Clipstone and Cuckney; and at Pleasley he built a furnace, a forge and power saws. He built the East Midlands' first rolling and slitting mill near Renishaw.
Sitwell moved to Eastcote in 1668 to live with his new wife Elizabeth Hawtrey in Haydon Hall.
Eckington had a coal mine in the eastern part of the town, one of the very few in the country which still operated. There was a railway station between the town and Renishaw.
The town has a history of involvement in the sickle and scythe trade.Several dams (Chapelwheel, Carlton Wheel and Feilds Wheel) can be found in the area; these were used to provide waterpower to grind the blades. The remains of an old forge also exist in the valley.
In November there was a hiring fair for servants.
Geography
Eckington covers an area of 2089 acres. The geology is the Middle Coal Measures containing coal and ironstone. The Chesterfield Canal and Midland Railway passed through the parish.
Schools
The oldest school in Eckington is Camms CE Primary School. In 1702, Thomas Camm endowed a schoolhouse and a schoolmaster to teach 24 poor children in the parish. In 1832, Robert Harrison moved the school to a new building which cost £600, and it was moved again to its current location on Castle Hill in 1975.
Eckington School (Derbyshire)|Eckington School]], is a large comprehensive school, attracting pupils from the surrounding areas of Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and Mosborough. Despite being closer to several Sheffield residential areas the admissions policy favours pupils from Derbyshire feeder schools. It is a designated specialist engineering college. Eckington Grammar School in Halfway became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school in 1957, changing its name to the Westfield School (Sheffield), and since 1967 has been controlled by the borough of Sheffield.
Accent
Located on the border between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, Eckington and other border towns such as Killamarsh, Mosborough and Ridgeway have their own local accent, a cross between the Sheffield (as opposed to Yorkshire) and Chesterfield accents. The influence of the Sheffield accent is the more strong.
Amenities
Eckington has a swimming pool near the library, built in the 1970s as part of a town centre improvement. The town has a bus station (halt).
Eckington Woods to the west of the town forms part of the Moss Valley conservation area. They are also known as the Bluebell Wood because of the quantity of bluebells in the springtime.
Sport
Eckington is represented by football team, AFC Dynamo, which competes in division one of the Sheffield & District Fair Play League; they are the current (2012) holders of the SDFPL Cup, a title they also held in 2011.
People
Notable people from Eckington include:
- Walter Bussey, footballer
- Herbert Henry Elvin, trade union leader
- Joseph Gales, Sr., politician and journalist
- Joseph Gales, Jr., journalist and Mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Joan Hinde, trumpeter
- George Sitwell, Ironmaster was born here in 1601
- Paul West, poet
Photos
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Eckington Cenotaph
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St Peter & St Paul's
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Old Market Street
References
- Citations
- Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS) 2001 Census Data. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- Sheffield Star 13 December 2008
- Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1340
- who held several manors including some in Derbyshire given by the king. They included Eckington and lands in Barlborough, Whitwell, Stretton, Ashover, Ogston, Crich, Wessington, Ingleby, Wirksworth and Hathersage
- Sales of land in Eckington to George Sitwell and Henry Wigfall, National Archives, accessed March 2010
- ^ Philip Riden, ‘Sitwell, George (bap. 1601, d. 1667)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 March 2010
- Bowlt 1994, p.31
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848), "Eckington St Peter and St Paul", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, pp. 138–133, retrieved 7 June 2012
- Camms School History
- Derbyshire schools admissions policy
- Eckington Swimming Pool
- Eckington Library
- SDFPL website
- SDFPL website Retrieved 28th May 2012 after victories two years in succession at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane.
- Bibliography
- Bowlt, Eileen. M. (1994) Ruislip Past. London: Historical Publications ISBN 0-948667-29-X
External links
- Parish council
- Inside-Eckington Website
- Eckington in the Domesday Book
- AFC Dynamo Football club
- Eckington Camms CE Primary School Website
- Swimming club
- Cricket club
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