The coal trade was at the centre of Sunderland's economy throughout the 18th and 19th century.
In 1811, just short of his 21st birthday, William Spenser Cavendish (the 6th duke of Devonshire) inherited one of the largest landed estates in the
Although the Cavendishes divided their time between Derbyshire and London, they occupied rented houses until the 18th century, when the 2nd duke bu
The growth of the modern coal mining in the 19th century brought with it it dramatic changes in both settlement and society on and near the Hardwic
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New Bolsover, built in the early 1890s to house miners who came to work at Bolsover colliery, is one of the few examples in the Derbyshire coalfiel
An outline of attempts to provide an adequate water supply for Bolsover, which stands on high ground some distance from readily accessible sources
At his death in 1929 Sir John Plowright Houfton was described as 'a great public man' with a 'long and distinguished association with the 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.
