Bolsover, Derbyshire

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Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bolsover within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bolsover in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bolsover.-- par., township, and town, E. Derbyshire, 6 miles E. of Chesterfield ry. sta.-- par., 6060 ac., pop. 2375; township, 5340 ac., pop. 2281; P.O., T.O. In the par. are quarries of magnesian limestone, from which the Houses of Parliament were built. Bolsover Castle is a seat of the Duke of Portland.

Bolsover in the Domesday Book

A village in Scarsdale hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

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