Geerlane

Geerlane
Geerlane
	Geerlane Geerlane shown within Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire ;
Region	East Midlands ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	S12
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire ;
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′08″N1°24′36″W / 53.319°N 1.410°W Coordinates: 53°19′08″N1°24′36″W / 53.319°N 1.410°W

Last updated April 03, 2019

Geerlane is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire, England.^[1]^[2]

North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The population of the council as taken at the 2011 Census was 99,023. The district council is now a non-constituent partner member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

The hamlet is located in Moss Valley, by the side of The Moss. It has a farm, called Geerlane Farm, where a farmer was killed in 2010 after being trampled on by his cattle.^[3]

The Moss is a brook in North East Derbyshire, England.

The hamlet is located two-thirds mile (1.1 km) north of Troway, one-half mile (0.80 km) west of Ford, and 1 ²⁄₃ miles (2.7 km) south-east of Charnock in south-eastern Sheffield.

Troway is a village in North East Derbyshire, England. Population details are included in the civil parish of Eckington.

Ford is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire in England.

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. With some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is 577,800 (mid-2017 est.) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group. Sheffield is the third-largest English district by population. The metropolitan population of Sheffield is 1,569,000.

There was formerly a small quarry in Geerlane which provided the hamlet's main source of employment. Since its closure, the local economy has been based around farming.

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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References

↑ Johnson, Lou. "The Moss Valley from Ford - Derbyshire - Walk 1836 - a walk description from Walking Britain". www.walkingbritain.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
↑ StreetCheck. "Interesting Information for Geer Lane, Ridgeway, Sheffield, S12 3YH Postcode". StreetCheck. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
↑ "Farmer trampled to death by cattle as daughter looked on". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.

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[1] Johnson, Lou. "The Moss Valley from Ford - Derbyshire - Walk 1836 - a walk description from Walking Britain". www.walkingbritain.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-10.

[2] StreetCheck. "Interesting Information for Geer Lane, Ridgeway, Sheffield, S12 3YH Postcode". StreetCheck. Retrieved 2019-01-10.

[3] "Farmer trampled to death by cattle as daughter looked on". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.

Geerlane
Geerlane Geerlane shown within Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	S12

Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire
List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′08″N1°24′36″W / 53.319°N 1.410°W / 53.319; -1.410 Coordinates: 53°19′08″N1°24′36″W / 53.319°N 1.410°W / 53.319; -1.410