Bolsover

When Domesday Book was compiled in 1086 the whole of the modern parish of Bolsover formed a single manor.

When Domesday Book was compiled in 1086 the whole of the modern parish of Bolsover formed a single manor.

Bolsover Castle was built in the 17th century but occupies a medieval site, at the western edge of the limestone plateau in the south-west corner o

The manor of Bolsover

During the 19th century Roman Catholics in Bolsover were served by the Jesuit mission at Spinkhill in Eckington.

There has been a parish church in Bolsover since the early 12th century.

The southern part of the parish of Bolsover lies on the magnesian limestone plateau which forms the dominant element in the geology of the north-ea

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In 1936 a plant to produce smokeless fuel ('Coalite') was built near Bolsover colliery.

Bolsover colliery was sunk by the Bolsover Colliery Company Ltd in the early 1890s and remained an important part of the coal industry in Derbyshir