New Bolsover model village

Coordinates: 53°13′41″N 1°18′14″W / 53.228°N 1.304°W / 53.228; -1.304

New Bolsover Model Village
New Bolsover Model Village, and Bolsover Castle.
New Bolsover Model Village  New Bolsover Model Village shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK465703
District	Bolsover
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BOLSOVER
Postcode district	S44
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

New Bolsover model village is a village adjoining the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire.

History & Etymology

It was begun in the early 20th century, by the Bolsover Mining Company, the term "model village" refers to the fact that this was a planned village, built in a philanthropic attitude, to benefit and better the lives of workers/labourers, in this case those of the Bolsover Colliery.

The architects for many of the buildings were Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily from Nottingham.

The village is planned around a village green, and built in a pseudo-rural, half timbered Mock Tudor style, with sash windows. It once had its own school/village hall, but this was demolished in 1987.

The 'Model' as it is known locally was completed in 1896 by the Bolsover Colliery Company Ltd. It was one of the finest examples of colliery village planning in the country. It included 200 houses for miners and colliery officials. A tub railway delivered coal directly from the colliery to the coal store behind each house. The 'Model' still remains in good repair today with houses both privately owned or owned by the local authority.

ref:/Bolsover remembered Bernard Haigh

Other Examples of Model Villages include

• Port Sunlight
• Bournville
• Creswell Model Village