Hilcote

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Coordinates: 53°07′41″N 1°18′04″W / 53.1280°N 1.3012°W / 53.1280; -1.3012
Hilcote

New Street in 2005
Hilcote

 Hilcote shown within Derbyshire
Population 350 
OS grid reference SK467592
District Bolsover
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Alfreton
Postcode district DE55
Dialling code 01773
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Bolsover
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Hilcote is a small village in the south of the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England, located close to the A38 junction with the M1 (Junction 28).

The village is surrounded by the villages of South Normanton, Blackwell, Old Blackwell and Huthwaite in Nottinghamshire. The nearest towns are Alfreton to the west and Sutton-in-Ashfield to the east.

The village is a former mining village and was previously called 'B' Winning. 'B' Winning pit was named after the seam of coal being mined from Blackwell Colliery. The village exists because of the pit, which was first sunk in the last part of the 19th century and was worked until 1964. When 'B' Winning pit closed the land was reclaimed and classed as Grade 4 agricultural land.

There are about 200 houses in the village with approximately 350 residents and there is one shop, which serves as a Post Office, general store, off-licence and video library. Many of the houses in the village were built for the mineworkers by Blackwell Colliery Company[1] and are considered to be unique examples of this type of architecture and size of house for miners. Other houses in the village date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. When the pit was working there were a number of shops, which have since disappeared.

The village has three pubs, The Hilcote Country Club http://www.hilcotecountryclub.co.uk/, Hilcote Miners Welfare and Hilcote Arms. The Miner's Welfare was burnt down, demolished and rebuilt during the 1990s. Hilcote chapel is also (2008) undergoing refurbishment and repair work.

A number of residents are the third generation of their families in Hilcote. Many people were born on what was called Top Row and Side Row at 'B' Winning.

Hilcote is also home to Marysha Dluzewski, a banjo player who has been on tour around the US with the likes of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

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