BOLSOVER

'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 (including the New Bolsover area), along with Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Oxcroft and Whaley.
Bolsover was mentioned in the Domesday book when it was the property of William Peveril. The description refers to the villans, the ploughs, eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture which is two leagues by a league''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.749.
William was possibly the illegitimate son of William the Conqueror. Bolsover became the seat of the Peveril 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 (UK Parliament constituency)

★ Bolsover castle

★ List of places in Derbyshire

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'Bolsover Old Boys FC' http://www.bolsoveroldboys.co.uk
Also know as The Mass, Tange Dials, Crab Boilers, Hickories