Museums · East Midlands
Brimington
Brimington is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 8,788. The town of Staveley is to the e
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Brimington is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 8,788. The town of Staveley is to the east, and Hollingwood is nearby. The parish includes Brimington Common along the Calow Road, and New Brimington, a late 19th-century extension towards the Staveley Iron Works.
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From the Wikipedia article
Brimington is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 8,788. The town of Staveley is to the east, and Hollingwood is nearby. The parish includes Brimington Common along the Calow Road, and New Brimington, a late 19th-century extension towards the Staveley Iron Works.
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Background
History
The route of Icknield Street, a Roman road, passes close to the village. Brimington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brimintune. At that time, the manor was the property of King William I and the population was recorded as being sixteen villagers, two smallholders and one slave. Although there was a church in the village in the medieval period, it was a chapel of ease with the parish church being Chesterfield. In the autumn of 1603, there was an outbreak of bubonic plague in Brimington; the victims were buried in the village but were recorded in the parish register at Chesterfield. The Chesterfield Canal, which was built just to the north of the village, opened in 1777. In 1796, the…
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- Coordinates
- 53.2580, -1.3905
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- Chesterfield
- Parish
- Brimington
- Postcode
- S43 1DF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chesterfield
Sources
- wikipedia: Brimington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brimington?
- Brimington is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.2580°, -1.3905°.
- Is Brimington wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Brimington. Check ahead for specific facilities.