Creswell Model Village
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Coordinates: 53°15′36″N 1°13′12″W / 53.260°N 1.220°W
| Creswell Model Village | |
 The houses that make up the Model Village display a range of decorative roofing styles. |
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  Creswell Model Village Creswell Model Village shown within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK521739 |
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| District | Bolsover |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORKSOP |
| Postcode district | S80 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style model village in the village of Creswell, Derbyshire, England. It was built in 1895 by the Bolsover Colliery Company to designs by architect Percy B. Houfton for the workers of Creswell Colliery on land leased from the Welbeck Estate. Influenced by garden village principles, it provided the workers with modern facilities; it even had a miniature railway to deliver coal to the houses. Designed around a large oval village green with an access road through the centre, the houses are of varying styles. The Model as it is known, has been refurbished.[1][2]
The village is within the parish of Elmton-with-Creswell in the district of Bolsover in northeast Derbyshire.
See also
References
- ↑ "About the Creswell Model Village". Bolsover Council. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Special historical feature Creswell Model Village". Worksop Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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