Eckington, Derbyshire

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Eckington
Eckington shown within Derbyshire
Population	16,684
OS grid reference	SK434749
District	North East Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sheffield
Postcode district	S21
Dialling code	01246
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°18′29″N 1°21′52″W / 53.308, -1.3643

Eckington parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Eckington is a large village in North East Derbyshire, 7 miles (11 km) north of Chesterfield and south of Sheffield on the border with South Yorkshire. Eckington features in the Domesday Book in 1086 (as Echintune^[1]) a manor that had been given to Ralph fitzHubert.^[2] Some parts of the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul date back as far as 1100. Eckington also has a small coal mine in the eastern part of the village, one of the very few in the country which still operates.

Local attractions include Renishaw Hall, a 400 year old Manor House.^[3]

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[edit] Schools

The oldest school in Eckington is Camms CE Primary School. In 1702, Thomas Camm gave an endowment to be used to build a schoolhouse and to employ a schoolmaster to teach 24 poor children in the parish of Eckington. In 1832, Robert Harrison moved the school to its second building, which cost £600, and it was moved again to its current location on Castle Hill in 1975.^[4]

The only secondary school in Eckington is Eckington School, a very large comprehensive school, with pupils going there from surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and sometimes Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh and Renishaw.^[5] Eckington Comprehensive is designated a specialist engineering college.

On the border between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, Eckington has its own local accent, a cross between the Sheffield (as opposed to Yorkshire) and Chesterfield accent. The Sheffield accent is the more strong.

There are some nice shops in the village, including a newsagents, Spar and bakery.