Heanor
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Coordinates: 53°00′53″N 1°21′18″W / 53.0148°N 1.355°W
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  Heanor shown within Derbyshire |
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| Parish | Heanor and Loscoe |
| District | Amber Valley |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEANOR |
| Postcode district | DE75 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Amber Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Derby. Heanor's population is just over 23,000.
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[edit] Early History
Heanor was mentioned in the Domesday book with the following entry:
6M In CODNOR and Heanor and Langley [in Heanor] and 'Smithycote' [in Codnor Park] 8 thegns had 7 carucates of land to the geld. [There is] land for as many ploughs. There are now 3 ploughs in demesne; and 11 villans and 2 bordars and 3 sokemen having 5 ½ ploughs. There is a church, and 1 mill [rendering]12d , and 35 acres (140,000 m2) of meadow, [and] woodland pasture 2 leagues long and 3 furlongs broad. TRE[1] worth 4l ; now 41s4d . Warner holds it.
[edit] Industry and commerce
Coal mining and textiles used to be the major industries of the town, but both of these declined as a major force in the second half of the 20th Century.
The Matthew Walker factory, famous for the production of Christmas puddings and situate in Heanor Gate, was sold in 1992 to become part of the Northern Foods Group.
Heanor merges into Langley Mill and is served by Langley Mill railway station. Formerly the Midland Railway had a line between Shipley Gate and Butterley that passed through Heanor, and the Great Northern Railway had a branch line which terminated in a goods yard and small station in Heanor.
[edit] Leisure
The American Adventure, (two miles outside of town, on the former Woodside Colliery site towards Ilkeston) was a large theme park which was constructed on part of Shipley Country Park. It closed in early 2007 and the site reverted to Derbyshire County Council ownership. It remains semi-derelict.
Shipley Country Park borders the south and west of the town. This valuable green space consists of most of the former estate of the Miller-Mundy family who lived at Shipley Hall (demolished in the 1940s) until the 1920s. It was sold for coal mining purposes and was intensively opencast and deep seam mined by what became the National Coal Board before being restored and handed over to the County Council in the 1970s.
Heanor Clarion Cycling Club was founded in 1929 [2]. The local football team is known as the 'The Lions' - Heanor Town Football Club. Established in 1883, the club is a member of the East Midlands Counties Football League. It also has a youth team called Heanor Juniors. The Lions share their playing area with Heanor Town Cricket Club.
Heanor Grammar School, which was just to the east of the market place, is now part of the South East Derbyshire College. A book on the history of the school was published in 2008. [3] The largest school presently in the area is the Heanor Gate Science College, opened in 1964.
Heanor hosts a community festival called Heanor Festival Week [4] the week of the May Day holiday every year.
[edit] Local media
The local newspaper which serves, amongst others, the communities of Ripley, Heanor, Marlpool, Loscoe, Waingroves, Aldercar, Crosshill and Codnor is the 'Ripley and Heanor News'. However, its circulation area is not limited to these towns and villages and could be considered to extend from Whatstandwell in the west, to Brinsley in the east; from South Normanton in the north, to Coxbench in the south. It is published each Thursday.
[edit] Notable Residents
Saint Henry Garnet, SJ, was born in Heanor. Henry Garnet or Garnett (1555 – May 3, 1606) was an English Jesuit, executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot. Heanor has a street named after him. His crime was to not reveal the details of the plot which were told to him in the confessional.
[[Edward Smith (physician)|Dr Edward Smith, dietician, was born here in 1819.
Samuel Roper was a local antiquary who recorded local history in the seventeenth century.[5]
Sergeant Major William Gregg was born and died here. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1918[6].
Billy Bestwick (February 24, 1875 — May 2, 1938) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Derbyshire. He was born in Heanor.
William Howitt an author was born here in 1792[7], his brothers were called Godfrey and Richard, whilst his wife was Mary Howitt. His son was an Australian hero and has a mountain named after him.
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
- ^ Heanor Clarion Cycling Club accessed June 2007
- ^ Follow the Master
- ^ Heanor Festival Week
- ^ British History academic site accessed 7 October 2007
- ^ Derbyshire at VictoriaCross.org
- ^ William Howitt biography at NNDB accessed June 2007
[edit] External links
- The Heanor Town Directory
- Heanor and District Local History Society
- Ripley and Heanor News
- Heanor Gate Science College
- Heanor Festival Week
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