24-510: Draycott is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire , England. It lies around 6 miles east of Derby and 3 miles south-west of Long Eaton . Draycott is part of the civil parish of Draycott and Church Wilne . The population of this civil parish was 3,090 as taken at the 2011 Census. The meandering course of the River Derwent forms the southwestern boundary of the parish. The route of
48-524: A hamlet about 0.7 miles south of Draycott in a relatively inaccessible location beside the Derwent. In medieval times Draycott and Church Wilne may have been of comparable sizes, but Draycott grew much larger because of its better communications. The Church Wilne Reservoir of Severn Trent Water is nearby (it is actually in Breaston parish). The reservoir is used for water sports and as a nature reserve. Church Wilne
72-577: A marshy meadow but gives only southern examples. She conjectures that there is an element, wæsse , perhaps Old English, that signifies very specifically "land by a meandering river which floods and drains quickly", and her examples are primarily Midland and northern. This seems to fit the Erewash perfectly. A good example of the meandering character of the river will be seen around Gallows Inn Playing Fields, Ilkeston , where rapid flooding and draining occur frequently. As it meanders through Toton and Long Eaton
96-635: A public recreation park with a football ground. This Derbyshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Borough of Erewash Erewash ( / ˈ ɛr ə w ɒ ʃ / ) is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire , England. The borough is named after the River Erewash . The council has offices in both the borough's towns of Ilkeston and Long Eaton . The borough also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas. Some of
120-521: Is not navigable at any part, it runs parallel to the Erewash Canal for much of its length (from Langley Mill to the River Trent ); north of Langley Mill, it was paralleled by the abandoned Cromford Canal (from the branch to Pinxton). For such a small river the Erewash has a high literary profile, owing almost entirely to D. H. Lawrence , who mentions it several times and centres a number of works in
144-596: Is split from its larger twin hamlet, Great Wilne , by the River Derwent. In the 16th-century a substantial house at Church Wilne was the home of Nicholas Williamson . He was arrested for a political intrigue on the Scottish border, and taken to London. The house at Church Wilne was searched for incriminating papers. The Draycott Table Tennis Centre is the home of the Draycott & Long Eaton Table Tennis Club. Founded in 1986,
168-542: The 2023 election , the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, the council has comprised 47 councillors , elected from 19 wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. When the council was created, it inherited three sets of offices from the predecessor district councils. The South East Derbyshire council offices on St Mary's Gate in Derby were sold shortly after
192-532: The River Trent , at the Attenborough Nature Reserve , near Long Eaton . It gives its name to the Erewash Valley , which has a rich industrial history, and the local government district and borough of Erewash , which was named after the river when the former borough of Ilkeston and urban district of Long Eaton were united with some of the surrounding rural areas in 1974. Although the river
216-581: The Waltham TV transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: The local newspapers that cover the area are: 52°55′N 1°19′W / 52.917°N 1.317°W / 52.917; -1.317 River Erewash The River Erewash / ˈ ɛ r ɪ ˌ w ɒ ʃ / is a river in England, a tributary of the River Trent that flows roughly southwards through Derbyshire , close to its eastern border with Nottinghamshire . The approximate meaning of
240-739: The built-up areas in the east of the borough form part of the Nottingham Urban Area . Erewash Borough has military affiliations with 814 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose and the Mercian Regiment of the British Army , as the successors to the local infantry regiment the Sherwood Foresters . The neighbouring districts are South Derbyshire , Derby , Amber Valley , Broxtowe , Rushcliffe and North West Leicestershire . The district
264-408: The chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Erewash Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Derbyshire County Council . Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2023 election . The first election to the council
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#1732858119807288-658: The club moved into Draycott in 1999 and has had considerable success especially producing young players; and have been winners of both the National Junior Boys and National Junior Girls Team Championships, and have had players representing East Midlands in the National Inter Regional Team Championships. By the 2019/2020 season the Club had 20 League teams, 14 British League teams and 6 National Cadet & Junior League teams. The Mill Gymnastics Academy
312-404: The enlarged building Long Eaton Town Hall . The council continues to use both town halls for its offices and meetings. The towns of Ilkeston and Long Eaton are both unparished areas . The rest of the borough is divided into 13 civil parishes . None of the parish councils are styled as town councils. The borough has fourteen state secondary schools and 41 primary schools. It is also home to
336-466: The former Derby Canal can still be traced across the parish. Trains on the Midland Main Line pass through the village but Draycott railway station is now closed. Elvaston Castle is nearby. The name Draycott derives from resembling words dry coat , as the village resides north of both the River Derwent and Church Wilne, a reservoir. In particularly rainy season the village used to flood, hence
360-402: The mid to late 1960s. Draycott Cricket Club had a history dating back to 1849. The club's ground was situated behind the school on Hopwell Road. Draycott Cricket Club relinquished their ground to the school in 1962 and ceased activity soon after in the early 1960s. The Ground at Hopwell Road was periodically used by other clubs (St Lukes & Michael's CC and Risley CC ) in the 1980s but is now
384-508: The name 'Dry Coat'. A prominent local family, which took its name from the village, included the eminent Irish judge Henry Draycott (1510-1572). Draycott was once an industrial town, in which the Victoria Mill was based. Built in 1888, the mill shut down in 1970 but the building is intact and has, like many old mills in Derbyshire, been converted into flats. Church Wilne is
408-585: The name is not in doubt, but there is room for debate about the precise derivation and its connotations. Brewer gives the commonly accepted explanation that it comes from the Old English words irre ("wandering") and wisce (" wet meadow "). This is accepted by Kenneth Cameron , a leading placename expert and Derbyshire specialist, who interprets the name as "wandering, marshy river". Gelling, who specialises in seeking precise topographical equivalents for toponymic elements, confirms that wisce signifies
432-582: The new council's creation. There was some discussion about building a central headquarters for the council, with possibilities examined at Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre, but it was decided in 1976 that the cost of a single new building or a large enough extension to existing buildings was prohibitive. Instead the council built more modest extensions to the buildings it had inherited from the old Ilkeston and Long Eaton councils, notably in 1981 to Ilkeston Town Hall , and in 1991 to The Hall in Long Eaton, renaming
456-554: The public (fee-paying) school of Trent College , with its junior/ preparatory school , The Elms School. Broomfield Hall of Derby College is located in Morley . Derby Japanese School (ダービー日本人補習校 Dābī Nihonjin Hoshūkō ), a Japanese weekend school , holds its classes in Broomfield Hall. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central broadcast from
480-476: The river splits into two sections; the main course veers to the east and the relief channel flows over a low weir in a straight southerly direction. When there has been prolonged rainfall, the two waters are prone to bursting their banks and meet over the football pitches and the cricket pitch. The Erewash rises in Kirkby-in-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire , but is partly culverted as it flows south-westward from
504-608: The town. It surfaces definitively to the north of Kirkby Woodhouse and flows roughly westward, under the M1 motorway , and between Pinxton and Selston . It then becomes the approximate county boundary between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, flowing roughly south, between Langley Mill and Eastwood , skirting the east of Ilkeston , where it becomes also the boundary of the Borough of Erewash . The river continues south between Sandiacre and Stapleford until, at Toton , it turns east and flows into
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#1732858119807528-468: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as one of nine districts within Derbyshire. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named after the River Erewash , which forms the district's eastern boundary. On 28 June 1974 the district was awarded borough status, allowing
552-519: Was founded in Draycott in 2019 with a focus on women’s artistic gymnastics, from beginners to national competitors. Draycott Amateurs Football Club were active in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming League Champions, Cup Champions and won the Divisional Cup (South) in the Derby Senior League in 1957. The club's home ground was on Gamble's Field (now Thoresby Crescent). The Club ceased activity in
576-410: Was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Erewash. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council and executive. The leaders since 1974 have been: Following
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