Kiveton Park

Coordinates: 53°20′N 1°16′W / 53.34°N 1.26°W / 53.34; -1.26
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53°20′N 1°16′W / 53.34°N 1.26°W / 53.34; -1.26

Kiveton Park

civil parish of Wales
which takes its name from the neighbouring village.

Geography

Kiveton Park is located at approximately 53°20′30″N 1°15′30″W / 53.34167°N 1.25833°W / 53.34167; -1.25833, at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 m) above

South Anston are to the north and east. Kiveton Park lays claim to being in Rotherham Borough Council, has a Sheffield postcode, a Worksop telephone code, and has the Chesterfield Canal running through it. The village has two railway stations: Kiveton Bridge railway station in the centre of the village; and Kiveton Park railway station
.

History

Kiveton Hall

Kiveton gets its name from the

Anglo-Saxon for the settlement in the hollow. In the Domesday Book it is written "Ciuetone",[1] and was under the ownership of William de Warenne
.

It subsequently transferred to the de Keuton family, who sold the estate to the heirs of the former

stately home in the village, Kiveton Hall
(also spelled Keveton, Keeton or Keton Hall), in 1698.

The building was demolished by

All Hallows Church, Harthill
.

A Community History Project has been set up to record and encourage an understanding of the history of Kiveton Park and neighbouring Wales, particularly mining heritage. This was based in the Old Colliery Offices.

Economy

The old colliery offices, Kiveton

Coal mining has traditionally been the principal industry of Kiveton, and dates back to the Middle Ages. Much of the coal is near to the surface, and as early as 1598, the area was extracting 2,000 tons a year.

By the middle of the 19th century, the coal-fields were being served both by

colliery
, the population of Kiveton increased from 300 to 1,400 over a period of ten years. The pit closed in 1994, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. As a consequence, Kiveton is now essentially a commuter base for adjacent towns.

Kiveton contains a steelworks at the bottom of Redhill, which was damaged by fire on 27 August 2009.

All of the colliery buildings have since been demolished, including the originally protected pit-head baths (built in 1938), with the exception of the 1870s office building with its gothic clock tower, which still remains. The Kiveton Park and Wales Community Development Trust uses the office building as a base. The trust's aims are to provide services and increase development within the community sector.

Sport

Kiveton's sporting history extends back to 1879, when Kiveton Park Colliery Cricket Club was formed. The club has been a member of the Bassetlaw and District Cricket League since its inception in 1904. The first team did compete in an ECB Premier League competition (the Nottinghamshire Premier League) for the 2011 season after winning the Bassetlaw League a year earlier, but were relegated back after one year.

In 1881,

Central Midlands League
.

The village is the birthplace of

Birmingham City) all coming from the village.[citation needed
]

Patrick Barclay, in his book about Herbert Chapman, wrote: "Kiveton Park could claim to have been a cradle of two revolutions, one industrial and the other sporting, and beyond question it is the birthplace of at least one great man, widely considered the father of football as we have come to know it. "[3]

Motorcycle rider James Toseland grew up in Kiveton Park. He was a two times World Superbike Champion in 2004 and 2007.

Radio

Following broadcasts since 2000, on Saturday 27 March 2010 Kiveton gained its own community radio station on a 5-year licence under Redroad FM on 102.4 FM. This licence was extended again by OFCOM in 2015 to 2020.[4]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-19-869103-3
    .
  2. ^ "Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds". The National Archives. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-0297868507
    .
  4. ^ "Ofcom | Community Radio Stations". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.

External links

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