Stanfree
Encyclopedia
Stanfree is a community/village in Bolsover (district)
, county of Derbyshire
,
consisting of a couple of rows of terraced cottages, lying halfway between Shuttlewood
and Clowne
.
It is mentioned in Bagshaw's directory of 1846 and states "a hamlet about 2 and a quarter miles north from Bolsover market place". It is thought by some to draw its name from the fact that, though in a stoney
neighbourhood, it is free from surface stone, or it may have a Roman or British origin. Iron seems to have been smelted there in primitive ages, and coal was worked some 500 years ago. Remains of the workings of both are found.
The four roads meeting here are said by tradition to have once been the main roads of England and Stanfree to have been a special meeting place.
The local colliery that was a drift mine was closed in 1974.
Only the Oxcroft Miners welfare, that was destroyed by fire in the late 1980s and rebuilt on the site of the cricket pavilion, is the lasting reminder that a colliery once stood there.
The Appletree Inn on the corner of Appletree Road and Clowne Road closed in 2008.
Bolsover (district)
Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Its main town is Bolsover.There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district.In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of:...
, county of 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...
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consisting of a couple of rows of terraced cottages, lying halfway between Shuttlewood
Shuttlewood
Shuttlewood is a village situated about 2 miles north of Bolsover, in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is centred on the crossroads of two main roads; Bolsover-Mastin Moor and Clowne-Chesterfield....
and Clowne
Clowne
Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the Bolsover constituency. Clowne lies north east of Chesterfield and south west of Worksop. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Clune...
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It is mentioned in Bagshaw's directory of 1846 and states "a hamlet about 2 and a quarter miles north from Bolsover market place". It is thought by some to draw its name from the fact that, though in a stoney
neighbourhood, it is free from surface stone, or it may have a Roman or British origin. Iron seems to have been smelted there in primitive ages, and coal was worked some 500 years ago. Remains of the workings of both are found.
The four roads meeting here are said by tradition to have once been the main roads of England and Stanfree to have been a special meeting place.
The local colliery that was a drift mine was closed in 1974.
Only the Oxcroft Miners welfare, that was destroyed by fire in the late 1980s and rebuilt on the site of the cricket pavilion, is the lasting reminder that a colliery once stood there.
The Appletree Inn on the corner of Appletree Road and Clowne Road closed in 2008.