Grassmoor
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Grassmoor is a village in Derbyshire, England, approximately three miles to the south of Chesterfield its distance from London is 148.5 miles. Its original name, according to 16th-century parish records, was Gresmore. The appropriate civil parish is called Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,360. Grassmoor formerly housed many miners, however all of the local mines in the area have been closed since the mid-eighties.
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Place details
- Locality
- North East Derbyshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Grassmoor 259450 13df8c20.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The entrance gates to Barnes Park are near the centre of Grassmoor, across the road from the village school. The war memorial stands just inside the entrance.
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.official_name
- Grassmoor
- UK place.civil_parish
- Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick
- UK place.population
- 3360
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- North East Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- CHESTERFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- S42
- UK place.postcode_area
- S
- UK place.dial_code
- 01246
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK403672
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick
- Population
- 3360
- Image
- Grassmoor Street Scene - geograph.org.uk - 585815.jpg
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- Commons category
- Grassmoor
- OS grid reference
- SK403672
- postal code
- S42
- different from
- Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Parish council
- Five Pits Trail
- Lagoons
- Notable people
- Attractions
- References
- External links
Grassmoor is a village in Derbyshire, England, approximately three miles to the south of Chesterfield its distance from London is 148.5 miles. Its original name, according to 16th-century parish records, was Gresmore. The appropriate civil parish is called Grassmoor, Hasland and Winsick. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,360. Grassmoor formerly housed many miners, however all of the local mines in the area have been closed since the mid-eighties.
Opposite Grassmoor Primary School is Barnes Park and the cricket pitch. Many local cricket matches are played in the park and it is also host to an annual Summer Fete.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grassmoor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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