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Coordinates: 53°13'49?N 1°17'15?W? / ?53.2304, -1.2875
Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire, England, not far from Chesterfield. It is 145 miles (233 km) from London, 18 miles (29 km) from Sheffield and 54 miles (87 km) from Manchester. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.
The civil parish for the town is called Old Bolsover. It includes the town (and the New Bolsover model village, along with Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft and Whaley.
Bolsover is mentioned in Domesday Book, where it is described as the property of William Peverel (or "Peveril"). The description refers to the villans, the ploughs, eight acres of meadow, and woodland pasture, which is given as two leagues by a league.[1]
William was possibly the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror. Bolsover became the seat of the Peverel family, and in the twelfth century the castle was built. The existing castle was erected in 1613.
The major industry of the area used to be coal mining, but this has declined throughout all of England. Markham Colliery, just outside the town, closed in 1993. In August 2006, Bolsover was announced to have the seventh worst obesity rate in the UK.
Bolsover is notable for three sites of historical importance: Bolsover Castle, Creswell Crags (home to Britain's only known Palaeolithic cave art) and Creswell Model Village (an example of early twentieth century design from the Model village movement.
The MP for Bolsover is Dennis Skinner (Labour) who is nicknamed – sometimes affectionately – as the 'Beast of Bolsover'.
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Bolsover Old Boys FC http://www.bolsoveroldboys.co.uk
Also know as The Mass, Tange Dials, Crab Boilers, Hickories
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