South Normanton

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South Normanton is a medium-sized, ex-mining village, two miles east of Alfreton, Derbyshire, in the Great East Midlands.

The historic industries of the village were agriculture, stocking spinning and mining.

Normanton, means ‘the farm of the north men’ or 'Northwegans'.

It was a purely agricultural settlement but added tanning as a secondary industry during medieval times, using the bark of the oak and birch, both plentiful in the area.

In the 18th and 19th Centuries, the main industries were framework knitting and mining.

The knitters, or shiners as they were known from the state of their trouser seats after a 14-hour day sitting at their machines, tended to live in certain areas, around the Dog Pool, along Water Lane and particularly up the narrow alleys around the Old Market place.

South Normanton Colliery closed in 1952, B Winning in 1964 and A Winning in 1969.

Carnfield Hall, for several centuries the seat of the Revel family, the Hall contains a varied and fascinating collection of antique furniture, porcelain and glass, family portraits and much more.

The Hall is now a family home shown to the public by the present owners.

The township also includes the housing estate of Broadmeadows although the housing estate is divided between the parishes of South Normanton and Pinxton.

South Normanton is also home to the East Midlands Designer Outlet.

History

Before 1888 South Normanton was a small Hamlet concerned with farming activities. There were very few buildings in the area and only a small track road leading to the settlement.

Around 1888 the only houses that were there were a few cottages around the church of St Michael, on the hilltop in South Normanton Centre and the Windmill. the church was also there of course. All the settlement and buildings at this point were clustered around the main road along the roadsides of what is now Church Street and Market Street (a linear settlement). There were farming fields around the arched shaped village.

Around 1921 the village began its main industry of mining. Many peoplemoved in from the surrounding countryside to work in the mines. The wages they earned were better than the crops that they grew in the fields as security so they came to the villagein their hundreds. Many terraced houses were built to accommodate them. These were small and cheap housing for the poor people that came, the streets around Peel Street, South Street and Albert Street. More houses were built on Berristow Lane and Carter Lane East. The population of the village grew dramatically. Notice on the 1921 ,ap that the 'hamlet' remains.

Around 1957 the government and councils of Britain were concerned about the lot of poor people in the country and began a house building programme to improve the housing. In South Normanton New Street and Hilcote Street were built along with King Street and other such areas. Schools were built to educate the children of the vilagers and shops sprang up to serve the community. At the same time some houses were beginning to spring up along the main roads of Market Street and Mansfield Road. The schools included; The Glebe Junior School, New Street Secondary School, The Green Infant School, and The Brigg Infant School. In the period after World War II the council built an estate to give some of the residents of South Normantonthe chance to rent very high quality housing. This was known as Council Housing. The streets in South Normanton that were built were along Lansbury Drive. The secondary school(Frederick Gent School) built in 1959 also helped cater for the growing population.

After the 1980's there had been a guge infilling around South Normanton. the areas of Broadmeadows, Rippon Homes and newer housing areas were built. These were higher cost housing for the private market. Some of the people living in these homesdo not work in South Normanton. Major roads had also been built including the M1 Motorway creating easier access to the village and surrounding area for car owners.

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Sport

The Village has some sporting facilities. The village is home to South Normanton Athletic F.C..

Broadcasting

The village is in an area which can pick up the television signals of East Midlands, West Midlands, Yorkshire and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The radio stations that cover the village are Peak FM, Mansfield 103.2 FM, Radio Derby, Radio Nottingham, Trent FM and RAM FM, which, despite what many of the locals say, means South Normanton is in the North of England.

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