Pilsley, North East Derbyshire

Pilsley

New Street, Pilsley.
Pilsley

 Pilsley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK424621
District North East Derbyshire
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district S45
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire
Not to be confused with Pilsley, Derbyshire Dales.

Pilsley is a rural village in Northeast Derbyshire, near Chesterfield. Records show that Pilsley and Lower Pilsley (or Nether Pilsley), a smaller village just below Pilsley, make one village,[1] but some of the local residents disagree. Pilsley is also the name of the parish that was formed 30 January 1874 as previously it had been part of Wingfield parish.[1]

Pilsley has an Anglican church, St. Mary's church, two primary schools, a post office and a Kingdom Hall building for Jehovah's Witnesses. It also had a new sports hall built called the Elm Centre.

Pilsley has a Sunday league football team called Pilsley Miners Welfare Football Club. The team is currently part of the Chesterfield and District Sunday League.[2]

The source of the River Rother is at Pilsley.

References

  1. ^ a b Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland, London (May, 1891) - p.284, accessed February 2009
  2. ^ Pilsley Miners Welfare Football Club Website

External links

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