17-889: [REDACTED] Look up Creswell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Creswell may refer to: Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Creswell, Derbyshire Creswell Crags Creswell Model Village Creswell, Staffordshire United States [ edit ] Creswell, also called Smyrna, Jefferson County, Indiana Creswell Township, Cowley County, Kansas Creswell, Kentucky Creswell, Maryland Creswell, North Carolina Creswell, Oregon Creswell, Pennsylvania Elsewhere [ edit ] Creswell Bay , Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada Creswell Gardens , Adelaide, Australia Other [ edit ] Creswell (surname) Creswell High School (disambiguation) HMAS Creswell ,
34-629: A Methodist and Baptist chapel . A third chapel had been closed down and was then used as part of the Infant School . A Roman Catholic church was built in the late 1950s. Creswell Colliery closed in the early 1990s, after the UK miners' strike (1984–1985) . Creswell, like many other communities throughout the UK, had to look for a new direction. A significant drop in population took place. The Creswell Social Centre (previously called The Drill Hall) has always been
51-676: A Royal Australian Navy base on the South Coast of New South Wales See also [ edit ] Cresswell (disambiguation) Carswell Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Creswell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creswell&oldid=1070023830 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
68-622: A Royal Australian Navy base on the South Coast of New South Wales See also [ edit ] Cresswell (disambiguation) Carswell Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Creswell . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creswell&oldid=1070023830 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
85-955: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Creswell [REDACTED] Look up Creswell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Creswell may refer to: Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Creswell, Derbyshire Creswell Crags Creswell Model Village Creswell, Staffordshire United States [ edit ] Creswell, also called Smyrna, Jefferson County, Indiana Creswell Township, Cowley County, Kansas Creswell, Kentucky Creswell, Maryland Creswell, North Carolina Creswell, Oregon Creswell, Pennsylvania Elsewhere [ edit ] Creswell Bay , Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada Creswell Gardens , Adelaide, Australia Other [ edit ] Creswell (surname) Creswell High School (disambiguation) HMAS Creswell ,
102-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Creswell, Derbyshire Creswell is a former mining village located in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire , England. At the 2011 Census population details were included in the civil parish of Elmton-with-Creswell . Today it is best known for Creswell Crags and its model village . In September 1950 Creswell Colliery
119-498: The Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp . In the early hours of 26 September 1950, a damaged conveyor belt caught in a machine at the colliery, causing the motor to overheat and catch fire trapping 80 men beyond the flames. They all perished as a result of the fumes and smoke. As word of the disaster spread, Creswell residents rushed to the pithead to offer assistance. One miner, who had broken his back several months before, went down
136-399: The construction of a turnpike road along the present A616 brought added importance. The arrival of the coal-mining industry in the last decade of the 19th century had a dramatic effect on the area and Creswell became the larger community. The name Creswell arose because the colliery company needed an address for deliveries during construction. The closest farm was Creswell's Farm. As there
153-529: The fire. The enquiry, presided over by the Minister of Fuel and Power Geoffrey Lloyd , described a number of factors involved in the high death rate, including telephones being too far from the face, repair work being done on the "paddy" (the underground train used to convey the men to and from the lift shaft), inadequate air shafts and low water pressure in the fire hoses. Creswell had two railway stations . Creswell & Welbeck (known locally as Top Station)
170-506: The stricken pit, with a back brace on, to rescue his fellow workers. Serious errors prevented the fire from being extinguished quickly and only 57 bodies were initially recovered and 23 remained underground for the best part of a year. The fire was finally put out after the entire colliery had been sealed to starve it of oxygen, and it did not reopen until Easter 1951, when most of the remaining bodies were recovered. The last three victims were recovered on 11 August 1951, nearly eleven months after
187-547: The top hard seam of coal in the area and Creswell Colliery came into being. The Bolsover Colliery Company owned the pit until it was nationalised in 1947. Creswell Colliery was regarded as one of the most efficient pits in the East Midlands coalfield. The colliery was known for its sporting and social activities and Creswell Colliery Band was for a long time one of the country’s leading brass bands and had been broadcast several times on BBC Radio . Creswell Model Village
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#1732887861601204-529: Was built in 1895 to house the coal-mining families. Expansion of housing continued throughout the 20th century. Creswell is in Derbyshire but close to the borders of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire . Creswell has a Worksop postal address with a South Yorkshire postcode , though Derbyshire can be used in the postal address. Creswell Colliery was in the North Nottinghamshire coalfield but miners holidayed at
221-746: Was in King Street, but in the 1930s it burned down and was replaced. The new cinema on Elmton Road was a stylish art deco structure, built by the Rogers family and called the Regors. Like many others it became a bingo hall in the late 1960s. The baths were built in 1924. As a council facility they included not only a swimming pool but also slipper baths for the many homes that did not have their own bathrooms at that date. The village had one main Church of England parish church , St Mary Magdalene's Church, Creswell , and both
238-456: Was no town, all the machinery and boxes arrived with the delivery drop off of "Creswell's" written on them, and the name Creswell stuck. Only Whitwell, Elmton and Thorp (Salvin) were original Saxon towns. Before Creswell Village was built, Creswell Crags was known locally as Whitwell Crags. Creswell expanded throughout the 20th century after a lease was obtained from the Duke of Portland in 1894 for
255-704: Was opened by the LD&;ECR in 1897 and closed in September 1939. Elmton and Creswell (known as Bottom Station) was on the Midland Railway line running between Worksop and Nottingham . The line and station closed in October 1964, leaving the village without a rail service. From 1993 the line was reopened northwards from Nottingham in stages under the name Robin Hood Line . The final section from Mansfield Woodhouse to Worksop
272-443: Was reopened in 1998, with the old Bottom Station reopening as plain " Creswell ". During the 20th century the landscape was scarred by a century of mining with the black spoil tips of debris from miles underground, air-borne pollution from pit chimneys and poor architecture and housing. By the mid-20th century Creswell supported facilities not to be found in other villages, such as a cinema and some baths . The original cinema
289-466: Was the scene of one of the worst post-nationalisation mining disasters. Elmton Common is an area of allotments for the township of Creswell. Local Government services are provided by Elmton-with-Creswell Parish Council , Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire County Council . Whilst Elmton is mentioned in the Domesday Book , Creswell remained a nearby collection of farming houses until
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