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Tapton’s history

When we first launched our website it was missing information on a brief history of Tapton. We have now started to remedy this by mounting text on the township here. Now loaded are sections on population and communications in Tapton. We have also highlighted a little about the eight ‘detached’ areas of Brimington land withinContinue reading “Tapton’s history”

How a 1950s typewriter led a trail back to Brimington

Local history isn’t just about Roman remains, grand houses, schools, churches and the like – it’s also (and perhaps primarily) about people.  So, we’ve been pleased to assist in one of our more unusual stories – how a 1950s typewriter was reunited (metaphorically speaking), with its original owner – a well-known former Brimington resident. TheContinue reading “How a 1950s typewriter led a trail back to Brimington”

When wireless was all the rage

In this blog we’ll take a short look at the new technology of the 1920s – the wireless radio – and a demonstration of this wonder technology in Brimington. This new wonder of wireless broadcasting was all the rage in 1923. The introduction of the valve and loudspeakers were making this new technology accessible andContinue reading “When wireless was all the rage”

When the river Rother was at its worst

Thinking about potential ‘missing’ parts of the Brimington story perhaps reminds us about when the river Rother was amongst, if not the worst, of the polluted rivers in Europe. The Rother comprises a fair part of the parish boundary. The degradation of the river would have started in the industrial revolution. By the 1980s theContinue reading “When the river Rother was at its worst”

Brimington’s Red Lion public house nearly 60 years ago

What was the Red Lion public house like nearly 60 years ago? There’s a glimpse in a newspaper cutting we’ve added to our downloads section (but you can also access it below). A reporter from The Star Chesterfield Magazine, of 14 March 1963, popped in to the Red Lion public house. Geoffrey Nash interviewed landlordContinue reading “Brimington’s Red Lion public house nearly 60 years ago”

Romano-British occupation in Brimington

As some people may have read, trial archaeological excavations, in advance of a housing development off Chesterfield Road and North Moor View, have discovered some evidence of Romano-British occupation. We don’t think that evidence like this has hereto been found in the parish, though, of course, there is the age-old debate as to where theContinue reading “Romano-British occupation in Brimington”

Sources for Brimington’s and Tapton’s history

In this post we discuss planned developments to our site, which includes a page on sources for Brimington’s and Tapton’s history. Our present vice-chairman ‘pulled together’, as he likes to call it, what some have nicked named ‘the yellow Brimington book’ some years ago. This was published by Brimington Parish Council in order to markContinue reading “Sources for Brimington’s and Tapton’s history”

Don’t forget to visit our gallery

Our gallery page is starting with the images displayed in the ’tile’ on our home page. We have chosen these images to represent the Brimington and Tapton area. In our gallery we tell you why we have chosen them and what they show. As we develop this website we hope to place more images inContinue reading “Don’t forget to visit our gallery”