Bircotes with Harworth are a town in the civil parish of Harworth and Bircotes in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the border with South Yorkshire.[1][2] The population of the civil parish was 7,948. The local school in the area is Serlby Park Academy.[3]
History and Industrial Revolution#edit
Bircotes was founded in the 1920s, with the discovery of coal during the First World War and the establishment of Harworth Colliery (which has since closed), to provide homes for miners. It was home to one of the last deep-mine pits in the UK.[4]
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References#edit
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 111 Sheffield & Doncaster (Rotherham, Barnsley & Thorne) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229354.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Cite Web: https://serlbyparksecondary.org.uk/ |Serlby Park Secondary and Primary| access date 9 May 2025
- ^ Cite Web: https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4696171.stm |Deep coal mine to end production|BBC News| 19 July 2005|access date 9 May 2025
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