Stanton Hill

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.1417
longitude= -1.2791
map_type= Nottinghamshire
scale= 10000
official_name= Stanton Hill
population = Not many
shire_district= Ashfield
shire_county = Nottinghamshire
region= East Midlands
Hospital= Kings Mill Hospital
constituency_westminster= Ashfield
post_town= SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD|postcode_district = NG17
postcode_area= NG |dial_code= 01623
os_grid_reference= SK483607

Stanton Hill is a small village in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, located 3 miles west of Mansfield and 1 mile north-west of Sutton-in-Ashfield.

History

Skegby Colliery, owned by the Dodsley family, was originally located on Wharf Road, which is now in the area known as Stanton Hill, but in the first half of the 19th century was just part of Skegby. It was situated near a triangular piece of land known as Gore Field.

Stanton Hill was first mentioned in the census in 1871, and then only as a street within Skegby. It probably took its name from the Stanton Ironworks Company, which started sinking the Teversal (Butcher Wood) Colliery in 1867, and later the Silverhill Colliery in 1878. Many of the workers for these new collieries moved from other coalmining areas including Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

Skegby Colliery was replaced by New Skegby (later changed to Sutton) Colliery in 1873. It was also known as Brierley Colliery, possibly renamed by the many Staffordshire colliers moving from the Brierley Hill area. This was later taken over by the Blackwell Colliery Company.

The huge increase in population of Skegby - from 805 in 1869 to over 3,000 in 1884 - meant that new housing was required in the immediate area. One hundred and thirty-two houses were initially built on Cooperative Street, Institute Street and Cross Row by the Stanton Ironworks Company, beginning in 1877. However, these street names only developed later, because in 1881 they were all recorded as Stanton Hill. By 1881 Stanton Hill was described as a hamlet within the parish of Skegby.

Two years after the sinking of Silverhill Colliery the Stanton Ironworks Company acquired more land at Meden Bank, on which were built a further one hundred and twenty cottages and allotments for the workforce.

The Blackwell Colliery Company also contributed to the housing in the Stanton Hill area, building the terraces of houses named Longden, Bainbridge, Marshall, Gardiner, Cochrane and Scott's. These streets were named after some of the Directors of the Blackwell Company at the time of construction.