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construction of housing for workers. Thus the major part of the population is in an area east of Old Blidworth, between Belle Vue Lane in the north and Dale Lane in the south. Mansfield Road forms the west of this and is the main shopping area. The mine closed in 1989. There is now an industrial estate on Burma Road, north of Belle Vue Lane, as well as a Leisure Centre and the Miners Social Welfare Centre.
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is a brass band with mining heritage, starting in the late 19th century as the Stanton Hill Temperance Band based in Sutton in Ashfield; the band later changed their name to the Stanton Hill Silver Band until the coal industry paid an interest in brass banding in general. An alliance with Teversal,
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is buried in the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary of the Purification. An unmarked grave stands near the iron gates of the churchyard, formed from the original apex of the church tower and other assorted stones, and is generally attributed to the outlaw. As outlaws were not generally buried in
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Other 20th century industries included factories for the manufacture of shoes, hosiery, textiles and metal products. Much of these industrial areas have been redeveloped and new housing has been constructed around the periphery of the village, with new street names, such as Will Scarlet Close.
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Up to the end of the 19th century it was a farming community with 150 houses clustered around Main Street (Old Blidworth) and 26 farms and three mills, with a population of about 2000. A major change came with the construction of a colliery north of Belle Vue Road in 1921 with the resulting
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Silver Hill and Sutton Collieries saw a name change for the band, and it became the Teversal Collieries Band until the demise of those mines in the late 1970s, which forced the band to relocate to Blidworth in 1980 and a change of name to the Blidworth Welfare Band.
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rock formation (Bunter Pebble Beds). This monumental object is 14 ft high, 84 ft around the base and has a hollow centre large enough for a man to pass through. Though known as the Druid Stone, there is no evidence to suggest that it has ever been used by
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On the outskirts of the village of Blidworth, on farmlands, lies a stone known locally as the Druid Stone (Grid Reference: SK5787-558), a pillar of cemented glacial gravel standing on a base of the
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The band has established itself over the years as an extremely successful contesting band and competes in the Championship Section, with a number of CD recordings to its name.
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churchyards, though, it is more likely that, if he existed, Will Scarlet was buried in one of the much older graves to be found on the same hillside within the boundaries of
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is the portion of the village south of Dale Lane and the south eastern rural area of the parish surrounding Haywood Oaks Lane.
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in 1086. It is recorded as Blideworde, its recorded population was five households and the total tax assessed was 1.1
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This Subscription Mill was built c. 1816 as a three-storey brick
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Other local legends suggest that Blidworth was the birthplace of
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was moved to Blidworth in the 1850s, and was later moved to
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is a hamlet about 0.5 km south of Old Blidworth, while
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Appleton Road: 20th century estate houses in New Blidworth
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The first recorded reference of Blidworth was in the
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Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England
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Leisure Centre with former coal mine winding wheels
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Sign saying Blidworth welcomes careful drivers, with images of Robin Hood, the church and a coal mine
Blidworth is located in Nottinghamshire
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