Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Old Photographs: A Second Selection (Britain in Old Photographs)

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Lund, Brian (1999) [1991]. Nottinghamshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards. Keyworth, Nottingham: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN 0 946245 36 3. One big difference between then and now is the railways. Kirkby had three stations and the area where we used to roam as children was criss-crossed by railway lines. Most of that has gone. There's a single station on the Nottingham to Worksop line, though it ia on the former GNR alignment (the only line that didn't have a station originally) rather than the original MR alignment. The goods line to Pye Bridge also takes the same route through the town. Some of the disused formations are still visible but some have been bulldozed. This view (possibly taken from the '44 steps' shows the colliery in the distance behind a row of parked wagons

The colliery was also locally as Summitt Colliery. The first two shafts were sunk between 1888 and 1890. A third shaft was sunk between 1913 and 1915. This shaft was known as Lowmoor and worked as a separate colliery until it fully merged in 1939. In 2013, plans were introduced to create a new civic square from what was a car park. [5] [6] Nearby permanent market stalls were removed in October 2014. [7] Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6094 9. The medieval church was destroyed by fire in January, 1907, and rebuilt in 1908. The church was NOT renamed.Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe [5] [6] and Ollerton. [7] The town centre underwent further upgrading, starting in late 2014 and 2015 to include the demolition of the old Co-Operative foodstore and county library with surrounding pedestrian plaza, to be rebuilt with a Morrisons store. [8]

Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962. Two days later I drew the next picture, looking south towards the cottages on Laburnum Avenue, with the old railway embankment in front, and the rooves of the houses at the bottom of Church Hill & Mill Lane on the right. Oliver Hynd MBE – 2016 & 2012 Paralympic, Gold, Silver, Bronze medallist in swimming, younger brother of Sam Hynd Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004 . Retrieved 20 October 2023. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham on 95.5 FM, Capital East Midlands on 96.5 FM and community based station Mansfield 103.2 FM which broadcast from Mansfield. [18]Kirkby-in-Ashfield East was the main station for the town on the Robin Hood Line. It closed in the 1960s

Work starts on the new Kirkby Indoor Market www.ashfield.gov.uk, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 Kirkby boozers feature in a gallery of his images shared with the ECHO, taken between 1991 and 2014. Mining Heritage, A Summit Circular, https://miningheritage.co.uk/summit-circular-a-look-into-kirkby-in-ashfields-industrial-past/ The area around St Wilfrid's Church is designated a conservation area, [ citation needed] and consists of former farm buildings built from local stone, some of which are listed. In the conservation area, at the junction of Church Street, Chapel Street and Sutton Road, is Kirkby Cross. This is the remains of a thirteenth-century village cross in dressed stone, and is a listed structure and designated ancient monument. [15] Media [ edit ] Lots have closed over the years, and particularly the local ones are dying out as there are more now in Kirkby town centre.”

The Molyneux, 2009

Pictures uploaded by its owners for public disposition in General in all the countries of the world. The area is covered by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central which is received from the Waltham TV transmitter, [16] some areas of the town can also receive BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire from the Emley Moor TV transmitter. [17] Swimming pool at new Kirkby Leisure Centre filled with water for first time Chad, 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet FRS. Rector of Kirkby in Ashfield from 1765 to 1809 and Dean of Lincoln. Kaye employed Samuel Hieronymous Grimm to make a series of drawings of life in Ashfield in the late 18th century.