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Eckington is a town in North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire is a Non-metropolitan district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire....
, seven miles (11 km) north of Chesterfield
Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of the city of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers River Rother, South Yorkshire and River Hipper....
 and south of Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 on the border with South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
. It lies on the B6052 and B6056, close to the A6135 road for Sheffield and junction 30 of the M1
M1 motorway

The M1 is a major north?south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 road near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston Bypass route, which later bec...
.
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Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 coins were discovered in December 2008 , at a site alongside Eckington cemetery, which may be evidence of a Roman settlement or thoroughfare in the area. The the oldest of the silver and copper coins dates from the reign of the emperor Domitian
Domitian

Titus Flavius Domitianus , commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Domitian's father Vespasian , his elder brother Titus , and that of Domitian himself...
 (AD 81 to 96) while the others are from the reigns of Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
 (AD 98 to 117) and Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
 (AD 117 to 138).

Eckington features in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 in 1086 (as Echintune) a manor that had been given to Ralph Fitzhubert.






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Eckington is a town in North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire is a Non-metropolitan district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire....
, seven miles (11 km) north of Chesterfield
Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of the city of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers River Rother, South Yorkshire and River Hipper....
 and south of Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 on the border with South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
. It lies on the B6052 and B6056, close to the A6135 road for Sheffield and junction 30 of the M1
M1 motorway

The M1 is a major north?south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 road near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston Bypass route, which later bec...
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History

10 Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 coins were discovered in December 2008 , at a site alongside Eckington cemetery, which may be evidence of a Roman settlement or thoroughfare in the area. The the oldest of the silver and copper coins dates from the reign of the emperor Domitian
Domitian

Titus Flavius Domitianus , commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Domitian's father Vespasian , his elder brother Titus , and that of Domitian himself...
 (AD 81 to 96) while the others are from the reigns of Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
 (AD 98 to 117) and Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
 (AD 117 to 138).

Eckington features in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 in 1086 (as Echintune) a manor that had been given to Ralph Fitzhubert. Some parts of the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul date back as far as 1100.

Eckington also had a small coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 mine in the eastern part of the town, one of the very few in the country which still operated. There used to be a railway station
Eckington railway station

Eckington railway station was a railway station to serve Eckington, Derbyshire, Derbyshire.The station was opened by the North Midland Railway on the "old road" between Chesterfield railway station and Rotherham Masborough railway station....
 between the town and Renishaw.

Local attractions include Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall

Renishaw Hall is a stately home in Derbyshire, England which dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building. It has been the home of the Sitwell Baronets for over 350 years....
, a 400 year old Manor House.

Schools

The oldest school in Eckington is Camms CE Primary School. In 1702, Thomas Camm gave an endowment to be used to build a schoolhouse and to employ a schoolmaster to teach 24 poor children in the parish of Eckington. In 1832, Robert Harrison moved the school to its second building, which cost £600, and it was moved again to its current location on Castle Hill in 1975.

The only secondary school in Eckington is Eckington School
Eckington School (Derbyshire)

Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, NE Derbyshire, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056. It has around 1600 pupils....
, a very large comprehensive school, with pupils going there from surrounding areas such as Killamarsh
Killamarsh

Killamarsh is a town in North East Derbyshire. It borders South Yorkshire to its North and West. It lies between Halfway, South Yorkshire and Mosborough to the West, Renishaw, Derbyshire to the South, Beighton & Sothall to the North West, Wales, South Yorkshire to the North East, Harthill, South Yorkshire to its East and the Rother Valley Cou...
, Renishaw
Renishaw, Derbyshire

Renishaw is a village in the district of North East Derbyshire in England.Renishaw lies in the A6135 road Between the villages of Eckington, Derbyshire and Barlborough....
, Beighton
Beighton

Beighton ward—which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe, and Sothall—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England....
, Ridgeway
Ridgeway, Derbyshire

Ridgeway is a village in the district of North East Derbyshire in England.Ridgeway lies just south of the South Yorkshire border, around 5 miles south-east of Sheffield....
 and sometimes Mosborough
Mosborough

Mosborough ward — which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield — is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England....
. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton
Beighton

Beighton ward—which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Beighton, Hackenthorpe, Owlthorpe, and Sothall—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England....
 and Mosborough
Mosborough

Mosborough ward — which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield — is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England....
) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh and Renishaw. Eckington Comprehensive is designated a specialist engineering college. Eckington Grammar School in Halfway
Mosborough

Mosborough ward — which includes the Districts of Sheffield of Halfway, Mosborough village, Waterthorpe, and Westfield — is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England....
 became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school in 1957, changing its name to the Westfield School (Sheffield)
Westfield School (Sheffield)

Westfield School is a non-denominational secondary school in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It has 1266 pupils in the 11-16 age group. The school is a specialist Sports College...
, and since 1967 has been in the borough of Sheffield.

Traditions

On the border between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, Eckington has its own local accent, a cross between the Sheffield (as opposed to Yorkshire) and Chesterfield accent. The Sheffield accent is the more strong.

Amenities

There is the Eckington Swimming baths near the library built in the 1970s as part of town centre improvement plan. Latter followed by a bypassing of the High street, and building a bus station (halt).

Eckington Woods to the west of the town form part of the Moss Valley
Moss Valley, Derbyshire

Moss Valley is a valley in North East Derbyshire, just south of Sheffield, England. Nearby settlements include Eckington, Derbyshire, Mosborough, and Ridgeway, Derbyshire....
 conservation area. They are also known locally as the Bluebell Wood, the latter being a local term coined because of the quantity of bluebells which cover the woods in the springtime. The area used to be known for sickle
Sickle

A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade typically used for harvesting cereal crop or cutting grass for hay. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can draw or swing the blade against the base of the crop, catching it in the curve and slicing it at the same time....
 and scythe
Scythe

A scythe is an agriculture hand tool for mowing grass or reaping agriculture. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia....
 production, with the remains of an old forge in the valley.

People

Notable people from Eckington include:

  • Joseph Gales, Sr.
    Joseph Gales, Sr.

    Joseph Gales was a journalist, newspaper publisher and political figure. He was the father of the younger Joseph Gales....
    , politician and journalist
  • Joseph Gales, Jr., journalist and Mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • Joan Hinde
    Joan Hinde

    Joan Hinde is a British trumpeter and entertainer....
    , trumpeter
  • Paul West
    Paul West (poet)

    Paul West is a novelist and poet. He was born in Eckington, Derbyshire in England to Alfred and Mildred West. Currently, he resides in upstate New York with his wife Diane Ackerman, a writer, poet, and naturalist....
    , poet


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