by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 15, 2024 | History by Area
Aldercar is an old area of what is now a joint administrative parish with Langley Mill. The grandest building in Aldercar (and Langley Mill too, for that matter) was Aldercar Hall. Originally built in 1668, by the mid 1800s the Hall was occupied by the Wright family,...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 15, 2024 | Langley Mill
Langley Mill, until the 1950s/60s when substantial work was carried out to alleviate the problem, was particularly prone to flooding along Cromford Road and Station Road. This picture gallery is a collection showing the extent the floods could reach. Most were taken...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 15, 2024 | Langley Mill
To most local people, the history of Langley Mill conjures up a picture of industrial activity, and little else – it has been claimed that it was the most industrialised village in the country. That is now in the past, and the village retains little...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 14, 2024 | History by Area
Loscoe certainly existed in the 1500s, when a furnace, owned by the lords of Codnor Castle, was in existence – the present Furnace Lane led to it, as well as to the ancient Loscoe Dam, which was probably built in the first place as a fishpond to the Castle, but later...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 14, 2024 | History by Area
The village of Codnor has been a major crossroads for over a thousand years. Roads meet on the market place from Ripley, Alfreton, Langley Mill and Heanor. The village itself probably dates back to Saxon times, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as...
by hello@ctrlaltdesign.uk | May 14, 2024 | History by Area
At the conclusion of the Second World War, in Heanor as in other towns and villages across the country, people’s thoughts turned towards providing a fitting memorial for those men killed in the hostilities. Following the previous war, the town raised a memorial which...
