South Normanton

South Normanton
A windmill conversion off Fordbridge Lane
South Normanton is located in Derbyshire
South Normanton
South Normanton
Location within Derbyshire
Population9,445 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK467592
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAlfreton
Postcode districtDE55
Dialling code01773
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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53°06′25″N 1°20′35″W / 53.107°N 1.343°W / 53.107; -1.343

South Normanton is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 9,445.[1] An ex-mining village, it is two miles east of Alfreton. The historic industries of the village were agriculture, stocking, spinning and mining. Normanton means 'the farm of the north men' or 'Northwegans'.

South Normanton Colliery closed in 1952, B Winning in 1964 and A Winning in 1969. Carnfield Hall was for several centuries the seat of the Revel family.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2016.