Cotmanhay

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Cotmanhay
Location within Derbyshire
Population4,531 (2011) [1]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Ilkeston
Postcode district DE7
Police Derbyshire
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52°58′58″N1°18′31″W / 52.98278°N 1.3087°W / 52.98278; -1.3087

Cotmanhay is a village in Derbyshire, England. [2] [3] Formerly a Viking settlement, Cotmanhay is located in the Erewash Borough Council area, north of Ilkeston which it is considered a part of, and had a population of 4,531 in 2011. [1]

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The village's two main industries were textiles and coal mining, the latter from 1848 until 1880. Recently, a flint implement was found at the edge of Cotmanhay Wood, indicating that the area had been inhabited several thousand years ago. [4]

The 2019 Multiple deprivation index found the area around Skeavingtons Lane to be the most deprived area in Derbyshire. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Erewash ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319231623.
  3. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. "Derby Communities Cotmanhay".
  5. Miller, Claire; Sutherland, Rachel (27 October 2019). "Allenton and Derwent among 'most deprived neighbourhoods' in England". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. Sutherland, Rachel (16 December 2019). "This is what residents really think of 'most deprived' streets in Derbyshire". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 22 February 2021.