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Kiveton Park
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'''Kiveton Park''', informally '''Kiveton''' (in either case, Kiveton is pronounced with three syllables, i.e. /ˈkɪ-və-ˌtən/), is a village in the
Rotherham (borough) metropolitan borough of Rotherham (part of
South Yorkshire,
England). From the
Norman conquest to
1868, Kiveton was a
hamlet (place) hamlet of the parish of
Harthill-with-Woodall. It subsequently transferred to the
civil parish of
Wales, South Yorkshire Wales which takes its name from the neighbouring village.
Geography
Kiveton Park is located at approximately {{coor dms|53|20|30|N|1|15|30|W|}}, at an elevation of around 100
metres above
sea level. It lies on the
B6059 road, and is served on the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway by two stations:
Kiveton Bridge station and
Kiveton Park station. The
Chesterfield Canal lies to the south, while the villages of
Todwick and
South Anston are to the north and east. Kiveton Park lays claim to being in
Rotherham Borough Council, has a
Sheffield postcode, a
Worksop telephone code, and has the
Chesterfield Canal running through it!
History
Kiveton gets its name from the
Anglo-Saxon for ''the settlement in the hollow''. In the
Domesday Book it is written ''Cieutone'', and was under the ownership of
William de Warenne. It subsequently transferred to the ''de Keuton'' family, who sold the estate on to former
Lord Mayor of London Sir
William Hewet in
1580. One of his descendants was
Thomas Osborne who became the first
Duke of Leeds. He arranged the building of a
stately home in the village, ''
Keeton Hall'', in
1698. The building was demolished by
George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds in
1812, with local legend stating that the demolition was the result of a bet with the then
Prince of Wales (subsequently
George IV of the United Kingdom).
Industry
Coal mining has traditionally been the principal industry of Kiveton, and dates back to the
middle ages. Much of the
coal is near to the surface, and as early as
1598, the area was extracting 2,000
tons a year. By the middle of the
19th century, the coal-fields were being served both by
canal and by
railway rail, and in
1866, the
Kiveton Park Colliery was sunk, making it one of the earliest deep mines in the world. As a result of the new colliery, the population of Kiveton leapt from 300 to 1,400 over a period of just ten years.
The pit closed in
1994, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. As a consequence, Kiveton is now essentially a commuter base for
Sheffield.
Most of the
colliery buildings have since been demolished, but the protected pit-head baths (built in
1938), and the
1870s office building with its
Gothic architecture gothic clock tower, remain.
Famous Inhabitants
James Toseland, 2004 World Superbike Champion, hails from Kiveton Park, as did
Herbert Chapman, legendary
Arsenal F.C. Arsenal football manager, and his brother
Harry Chapman, legendary
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday football player, both prominent in the early 20th century.
Category:Villages in South Yorkshire
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