Rowthorne

Rowthorne is a village in Ault Hucknall, Bolsover District, England. Rowthorne is situated nearby to the village Glapwell, as well as near the hamlet Ault Hucknall.

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Type: Village
Description: village in Derbyshire, UK
Also known as: “Rowthorn” and “Rowthorne, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hardwick Hall and St John the Baptist’s Church, Ault Hucknall.

Hardwick Hall

Castle

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Hardwick Hall is an architecturally significant Elizabethan-era country house in Derbyshire, England. A leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, the Renaissance style home was built between 1590 and 1597 for Bess of Hardwick to a design of the architect Robert Smythson.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Ault Hucknall

Church

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St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire.

Pleasley Colliery

Nature reserve

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Pleasley Colliery is a former coal mine in central England. It is located to the north-west of Pleasley village, which sits above the north bank of the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glapwell and Ault Hucknall.

Glapwell

Village

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Glapwell is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The village is at the top of a steep hill at an elevation of 176m, on the western edge of the Southern Magnesian Limestone, overlooking the valley of the River Doe Lea.

Ault Hucknall

Hamlet

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Ault Hucknall is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,053.