Everything about Shirland totally explained
Shirland is a
parish and and former mining village in
Derbyshire,
England. It is continuous with the villages of
Higham,
Stretton and
Stonebroom. Shirland has existed since at least 1086. Local politics is largely Labour. The
River Amber flows through the parish.
History
Shirland is mentioned in the
Domesday Book. According to this ancient document the manor was given to
William de Peveral after the
Norman conquest. Peveral inherited many manors around Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire including
Nottingham Castle.
The village is built around
St. Leonard's Church. The foundations of the church date to 1220, according to the inscriptions within the church. The church grounds contain many monuments to a the De Grey family, who inherited the manor in the early 13th Century. The church also contains memorials to the Revill family who were well known Derbyshire landowners in the 15th Century.
In 1868, the inhabitants were mostly involved with agriculture but a proportion were involved with
framework knitting. However in 1864 a mine was founded. by the end of the century and employed 500 men. The community together with Higham increased from a population of 2437 in 1871 to 3415 in 1881. The mines shaped the community until 1965 when the mine closed. A golf course is now built on the former slag heaps.
The church
See above is the buttressed west tower of St Leonard's Church, alongside the A61 north of Alfreton. Parts of the Church date from 1220 but the majority of the existing Church is 15th Century. It is part of a Benefice with the Church of England churches in Stonebroom: St Peter's Church, Stonebroom and Morton:Morton Church of the Holy Cross.
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