Just east of Ilkeston is the village of Cossall which, like Trowell, was once part of Lord Middleton’s estate. One of Cossall’s claims to fame is its Waterloo memorial in the churchyard of St Catherine. The memorial was unveiled on 18th June...
Just over the border into Nottinghamshire is the village of Trowell, which is probably most famous for being the Festival of Britain Village in 1951. The village is believed to have Saxon origins, and had a population of around 50, with four manors and a church, by...
An area known for its coal, theme park and now a country park, Shipley has a very varied history. Shipley Hall, around the turn of the 20th Century Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the manor at Shipley had several owners over the centuries. Early in the seventeenth...
The Village in the 1920s Although it is not known exactly when the first settlement appeared, West Hallam is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having belonged to a man called Dunstan before the Norman conquest. By 1199 the Lords of the Manor were the de Cromwells, who...
In the early 1990s, members of the Ilkeston and District Local History Society became aware of the deteriorating state of the Cemetery on Stanton Road, Ilkeston. A number of Society members began clearance of the overgrown vegetation and this revealed more of the...
Park Cemetery is the town’s municipal cemetery, and is owned and run by Erewash Borough Council. Many well known inhabitants of Ilkeston since the 1890s are buried here including mayors, local industrialists, Justices of the Peace, police and councillors. Most of...
