Creswell, Derbyshire
village in Derbyshire, UK
Creswell is a village located in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census population details were included in the civil parish of Elmton-with-Creswell. Today it is best known for Creswell Crags and its model village. Elmton Common is an area of allotments for the township of Creswell. The village was a mining village.
Local Government services are provided by Elmton-with-Creswell Parish Council, Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire County Council.
Toponymy
The name of Creswell is Anglo Saxon in origin meaning watercress and well meaning stream or spring.
History
Whilst Elmton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, Creswell remained a nearby collection of farming houses until the construction of a turnpike road along the present A616 brought added importance. The arrival of the coal-mining industry in the last decade of the 19th century had a dramatic effect on the area and Creswell became the larger community. The name Creswell arose because the colliery company needed an address for deliveries during construction.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5184679. VIAF identifies the subject as 126655138. The Library of Congress control number is n79036386. Authority coordinates are 53.264, -1.212. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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