Bircotes

Bircotes
Bircotes shops
Bircotes Location within Nottinghamshire
Civil parish	Harworth Bircotes
District	Bassetlaw
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Doncaster
Postcode district	DN11
Dialling code	01302
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°25′05″N1°03′04″W / 53.418°N 1.051°W / 53.418; -1.051

Bircotes is an area in the civil parish of Harworth and Bircotes in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the border with South Yorkshire. ^{[1] [2]} The population of the civil parish was 7,948. The local school in the area is Serlby Park Academy. ^[3]

History and Industrial Revolution

Bircotes was founded in the 1920s, with the discovery of coal during the First World War and the establishment of Harworth Colliery (which has since closed), to provide homes for miners. It was home to one of the last deep-mine pits in the UK. ^[4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Harworth Bircotes
• RAF Bircotes

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 111 Sheffield & Doncaster (Rotherham, Barnsley & Thorne) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319229354.
2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. Cite Web: https://serlbyparksecondary.org.uk/ |Serlby Park Secondary and Primary| access date 9 May 2025
4. Cite Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4696171.stm |Deep coal mine to end production|BBC News| 19/07/2005|access date 9 May 2025

External links

Media related to Bircotes at Wikimedia Commons