Tag Archives: Brimington history

An imperative need – when did mains water reach Brimington?

At our September 2023 meeting we took a look at a number of local history subjects – one being how mains piped water arrived in Brimington. In this blog we take a brief look at this subject – an imperative need for all communities which we perhaps now take for granted until we turn onContinue reading “An imperative need – when did mains water reach Brimington?”

Another pub closes – The Mill and its story

Our last blog reported on the closure of the Markham Arms, this blog looks at yet another closure – The Mill, Wheeldon Mill. Early History It’s pretty safe to say that the ‘New Inn’, as it was originally known, appeared on the scene sometime in the period from 1841 to 1846 – it was firstContinue reading “Another pub closes – The Mill and its story”

A short history of Ringwood Hall

Ringwood Hall is not in Brimington (though many think it is and the address is mostly given as Brimington). So, for this blog we’ve strayed a little beyond our normal Brimington/Tapton area to present this brief history of the hotel. Some time ago we said that it might be handy to resurrect the short historyContinue reading “A short history of Ringwood Hall”

Just a little bit more about ‘Clocky’ Brown

You may remember that we’ve looked in some detail at George Brown’s bus and coach business in an earlier blog but we couldn’t resist sharing this albeit rather grainy shot of his former shop on Church Street, Brimington. We think it came from one of our members but we are not sure of its exactContinue reading “Just a little bit more about ‘Clocky’ Brown”

A cinema in Brimington?

Brimington might well have had a cinema in the early 1920s, had the plans of a small group of local businessman reached fruition. There’s a little about this unlikely plan in this blog. The Brimington Palace Ltd Perhaps ‘out of the blue’ in the Derbyshire Times of 15 July 1922 it was announced that aContinue reading “A cinema in Brimington?”

The plague in Brimington – 2

In this blog we continue our look at the claim that victims of the plague were buried near the canal off Cowplingle Lane – a tradition almost certainly incorrect.  This is part two of a short series of blogs looking at the plague in Brimington, which visited the village from late 1602 to early 1603,Continue reading “The plague in Brimington – 2”

St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 3

This is the final part of three blogs looking at the history of the Anglican mission church dedicated to St Mary on Brimington Common. Opened in 1878, nothing remains of this now demolished church. The local history group’s yearly publication Brimington and Tapton Miscellany has been looking at the history of this ‘Tin Tabernacle’ typeContinue reading “St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 3”

St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 2

This is the second of our three-part story, describing the Anglican mission church, dedicated to St Mary, which opened in 1878 on Brimington Common.  Our first post on this now demolished church can be found here. The local history group’s yearly publication Brimington and Tapton Miscellany has been looking at the history of this ChurchContinue reading “St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 2”

St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 1

This blog, the first part of three, takes a short look at the now disappeared St Mary’s Mission Church on Manor Road – now the site of housing. We’ll look at the church from its opening in 1878 until just after the Second World War. Our second part takes the story forward until the building’sContinue reading “St Mary’s mission church, Brimington Common – a short history – 1”