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| Population | 16,684 |
| OS grid reference | SK434749 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode district | S21 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Eckington is a large village in North East Derbyshire, 7 miles (11 km) north of Chesterfield and south of Sheffield on the border with South Yorkshire. Eckington features in the Domesday Book 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 has a small coal mine in the eastern part of the village, one of the very few in the country which still operates.
Local attractions include Renishaw Hall, 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, a very large comprehensive school, with pupils going there from surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and sometimes Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) 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.
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.
People
Notable people from Eckington include:
- Joseph Gales, Sr., politician and journalist
- Joseph Gales, Jr., journalist and Mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Joan Hinde, trumpeter
- Paul West, poet
- Ryan Thomas Crowther , Badman
Photos
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Eckington Cenotaph
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St Peter & St Paul's
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Old Market Street
References
- Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1340
- Ralph fitzHubert held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the King. These included Eckington and also lands in Barlborough, Whitwell, Stretton, Ashover, Ogston, Crich, Wessington, Ingleby, Wirksworth and Hathersage
- Derbyshire Net
- Camms School History
- Derbyshire schools admissions policy