From 1983 until early 2008, I lived in a village called Killamarsh in North-east Derbyshire. I've since moved on to pastures new to start a new life.
Killamarsh village is located in North Derbyshire,
although it sometimes gets a bit of an identity crisis because its postcode
is S21, a Sheffield one.
Killamarsh is like a lot of ex-mining villages
in that most of the people who live here were not born in the village. It's
become a suburb of Sheffield and most residents work there or in Chesterfield
or Rotherham which are also near-by.
Here are some old photos of Killamarsh by
kind permission of the Picture
The Past website and with grateful thanks to Mr. Vincent Hopkinson. There
are 301 old photographs of Killamarsh on the Picture
The Past website many of which were donated by Mr. Hopkinson. I have been
granted special permission to reproduce these images here by the Picture
the Past website
(click
here and then use search function for Killamarsh)
With Grateful Thanks To Mr.
Vincent Hopkinson
Sheffield Road circa 1920s.
On the right you can see building work for the construction of The Empire
Cinema on the site now occupied by The Killamarsh Medical Practice.
Early 1900s. Canal
with Walker's Lane on the left and Kirkroft Lane on the right. Photo
probably taken from Kirkroft Lane near the canal bridge on High Street/Bridge
Street.
There are moves afoot to re-open the canal
which once ran through the Killamarsh village. The Chesterfield-Worksop canal
has been renovated right up to nearby Kiveton. I have some pictures below
of the Chesterfield -Worksop canal which I took at Shireoaks. This is a taste
of how Killamarsh could look in the future when the canal is re-opened.
The Entrance to The Shireoaks
Marina
Shireoaks Marina
The Lock Gates At Shireoaks
The View From The Bridge At
Shireoaks
Some parts of Killamarsh are still experiencing
the fall-out from the closure of the pits in the mid-eighties. There is a
regeneration scheme in progress which is giving the village a bit of a face-lift.
Hopefully the canal renovation programme will help too.
Killamarsh is close to The Rother Valley
Country Park. My brother Peter took some photos there last year and you can
see them on his website by clicking
here.
