Langley Mill

Coordinates: 53°01′05″N 1°20′17″W / 53.018°N 1.338°W / 53.018; -1.338
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Langley Mill
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG16
Dialling code01773
PoliceDerbyshire
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53°01′05″N 1°20′17″W / 53.018°N 1.338°W / 53.018; -1.338

Langley Mill is a village in the civil parish of Aldercar and Langley Mill in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.

History

Originally named Long Lea, the village of Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900s with many companies including The Flour Mill, Langley Mill Pottery, Aristoc & Co Ltd, G.R. Turner Ltd., and Vic Hallam Limited.

Aristoc, originally on North Street, manufactured silk stockings within the village. During the Second World War, when its manufacturing included parachutes and inflatable dinghies for the war effort, it became a target for German bombers. The buildings have been replaced with housing.

The now closed Victory greyhound racing track was opened on ground adjoining the New Inn on 19 April 1930. As a flapping (independent) track it was not affiliated to the sports governing body, the National Greyhound Racing Club.[1] The principal distances for greyhound racing was 330 and 500 yards; the track also held whippet races.[2]

International

superbike champion Ron Haslam
came from Langley Mill. He won international motorcycle titles in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Geography

Langley Mill is at the junction of the Erewash Canal, the Cromford Canal, and the Nottingham Canal.

The village, part of the

Langley in the Heanor and Loscoe parish. Across the River Erewash is the town of Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. The Erewash was the Aldercar and Langley Mill boundary; this moved in 1992 to the A610, the Erewash Canal basin becoming part of Langley Mill.[3]

Transport

The village is served by a

Erewash Valley Line. It is also served by buses that connect it to Derby, Nottingham, Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Ripley
among other destinations.

The village was at one point also served by another railway station on the former Ripley and Heanor Railway which offered the village connections to Heanor and Ripley as well as Ambergate, Buxton, Matlock and Manchester. The line closed in 1926 to passengers and later freight traffic. The site is now in use as a public park.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-948955-15-5
    .
  2. ^ "Langley Mill and Newhall Dogs - Thursday 21 August". The Derby Daily Telegraph. 1930.
  3. ^ Local Government Boundary Commission for England Report No. 599

External links

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