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  • Gresley Male Voice Choir Charity Concert
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Local History

Family History Local History 

Genealogy – Local Resources

Stuart Woodward 3 September 201825 July 2021

I have collected a considerable amount of local source material which may be useful to anyone engaged in genealogical research. The following records

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Ticknall Parish Church, dedicated to St George. After the storm, in the setting sun. Photo ©copyright Ticknall Life.
Faith Local History 

Ticknall Parish Church

Maggie Fenby-Taylor 16 May 202111 May 2022

The Parish Church of St George in Ticknall is an example of the work of Derby architect Henry Isaac Stevens and was built

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Wheel Inn - Offilers ales
Historical Society Local History 

History of Ticknall

Janet Spavold 11 May 202219 May 2022

Ticknall village history, as described by Janet Spavold: Ticknall’s name was derived from its landscape setting and land use. The first syllable ‘tic’

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Local History Locality 

St Wystan’s parish church, Repton

Andy Austen 6 November 202017 May 2022

St Wystan’s parish church in Repton is a great survivor. Having seen the destruction of the monastery in the Viking raid of 873/4

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Local folklore has it that Anchor Church has associations with Saint Hardulph - believed to be former king Eardwulf.
Local History Locality 

Anchor Church, Ingleby

Andy Austen 15 July 20218 May 2022

The Grade II listed Anchor Church has long been known as an Anchorite Cell. However, a recent study suggests that the dwelling, which

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Ticknall Limeyards. Photo © Copyright Ticknall Life
Historical Society Local History 

Ticknall Limeyards

Bryan Smith 7 November 201417 May 2022

The Thringstone Fault crosses the parish of Ticknall from east to west, separating the Coal Measures clays to the south from the upthrust

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Water Spout by the Kilmarnock firm of Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd.
Historical Society Local History Ticknall Waters 

Ticknall Water Spouts

Bryan Smith 24 January 201617 May 2022

Visitors to Ticknall often ask about the cast iron water spouts that are seen in various places in the village.  They were part

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Night soil collection
Night soil collection
Historical Society Local History Ticknall Waters 

Water supplies to Ticknall and Calke

Norman Monahan 2 January 202017 May 2022

Nowadays we take a clean, constant water supply for granted. Yet it is surprising how recently this came to be the case. Twenty

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Methodist Chapel, Ticknall, completed in 1815. Photo ©copyright Ticknall Life.
Faith Local History 

Ticknall Methodists

Cedric Fowkes 2 September 200811 May 2022

In 1792 Ticknall Methodists Trustees paid 15 shillings for part of a garden on the old coach road from Calke Abbey to the

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Archaeology Local History 

Ticknall Potteries

Annette Soar 6 September 201527 December 2019

There are over 30 known pottery sites in the Ticknall area. Excavations have produced 13th century Coal Measures White Wares on production sites.

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Ticknall Methodist Chapel two-seater privy.
Ticknall Methodist Chapel two-seater privy on show at Sharps' Pottery Museum, Swadlincote.
Local History Ticknall Waters 

Paraffin City Services

Norman Monahan 24 January 20204 April 2021

We finished the last article warmly ensconced in the double privy in the Methodist church, which article was sent to Sharps Pottery Museum,

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Historical Society Local History 

Potted History

Bryan Smith 28 August 201517 May 2022

This old photo of the original Dexter’s Cottage was taken from the Limeyards immediately opposite the weighbridge office which is now part of

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Family History Local History 

Clock Restoration, St George’s Church Ticknall

Paul Colleyshaw 27 November 201825 May 2019

The clock was made by John Whitehurst Senior (1766-1834) of Derby – a notable clockmaker – in 1813. Our clock is a particularly rare

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From a photograph by David Trevor (1828 – 1916) Ashby de la Zouch
Family History Local History 

Delilah (Dellie) Boswell

Annette Soar 18 July 20189 April 2022

Delilah (known as Dellie) Boswell was born in Wheldon, Northants, in 1800, a member of the well-known Boswell gypsy family. The family were

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Local History 

Ticknall Tramway – The Video

Bryan Smith 9 September 201516 May 2022

The Ticknall Tramway was a primitive form of horse tramway which was born in the Canal Age and survived long into the Railway

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Local History Locality 

Knowle Hill

Bryan Smith 18 October 201524 August 2021

Like many properties rescued by the Landmark Trust, Knowle Hill is a fragment, an intriguing memory of something once larger and finer. The

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Historical Society Local History 

Ticknall Tramway

Bryan Smith 16 September 201917 May 2022

The Ticknall Tramway was a primitive form of horse tramway which was born in the Canal Age and survived long into the Railway

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Faith Local History 

Methodism – London to Ticknall

Cedric Fowkes 9 September 20084 February 2020

In the year 1739, the Hastings sisters of Ashby were in London for the season, along with many other members of the gentry

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Local History Schools 

History of Ticknall School

Bryan Smith 13 February 201512 March 2022

Anyone interested in the history of Ticknall School may be pleased to know that a large collection of information and photographs has been

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