Heanor and Loscoe Town Council |
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Heanor and Loscoe, has, been part of the Borough of Amber Valley since Local Government reorganisation in 1974. At that time the neighbouring towns of Ripley and Belper took Town Status as successor authorities to the Urban District Councils. However it was not until April 1984 following a referendum that Heanor and Loscoe Town Council was formed.
The Council elects members to serve as representatives on a number of Outside Bodies.
At present the Town Council own the Old Fire Station (Heanor Market Place), The Wilmot Street Centre, Outdoor Gym Equipment (Wilmot Street), The Red River Local Nature Reserve (Loscoe), three allotment sites (Woodend - Loscoe, Glue Lane- Loscoe and Roper Avenue - Marlpool) and two Half-pit winding wheels (High Street- Loscoe and Church Street Heanor)
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner was one of the first to be completed as part of the Millennium Banner Project. Many people took part in both the designing and making of each banner. Some contributed ideas or local knowledge and others got involved in creating the background or designing and making the details on each section.
The banner was presented to the Mayor on Wednesday 11th November 1998 and in the year 2000 it was exhibited alongside the Millennium Banners from the different towns and villages in the Borough in a unique Millennium Banner exhibition.
The Millennium Banner Project as a whole reflects the wealth of talent and creativity in the Borough.
The banners look at what is important to communities and the people taking part. Each banner has its own distinctiveness, the visual individuality of each reflecting the character of the towns and villages they come from, coupled with the creativity of all who took part in creating them.
The banners link together in shape to become a vibrant and exciting visual exhibition in the Millennium year.
In Heanor & Loscoe community groups, schools and individuals decided to focus on activities and events in the Market Place. The local industries and the Parish Church. Local artists, Tan Draig, Jeni Smith and Jan Reynolds worked with the groups to encourage them with their ideas and show them how these could be translated using a range of textile techniques into the final hanging.
Children from Loscoe Primary School contributed to the continuous machine representing Heanor’s industry past and present, Church Groups worked on the central section, the style reflecting stained glass windows and individuals and the Women’s Group worked with silk painting to give a vibrancy and sparkle that reflects the fair, the market and fireworks.
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner is located in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall.
In 2019, Heanor & Loscoe Town Council restored the Millennium Banner, following some disintegration of the silk work. Photographs shown below show the Millennium Banner before and after it was restored.
The Council elects members to serve as representatives on a number of Outside Bodies.
At present the Town Council own the Old Fire Station (Heanor Market Place), The Wilmot Street Centre, Outdoor Gym Equipment (Wilmot Street), The Red River Local Nature Reserve (Loscoe), three allotment sites (Woodend - Loscoe, Glue Lane- Loscoe and Roper Avenue - Marlpool) and two Half-pit winding wheels (High Street- Loscoe and Church Street Heanor)
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner was one of the first to be completed as part of the Millennium Banner Project. Many people took part in both the designing and making of each banner. Some contributed ideas or local knowledge and others got involved in creating the background or designing and making the details on each section.
The banner was presented to the Mayor on Wednesday 11th November 1998 and in the year 2000 it was exhibited alongside the Millennium Banners from the different towns and villages in the Borough in a unique Millennium Banner exhibition.
The Millennium Banner Project as a whole reflects the wealth of talent and creativity in the Borough.
The banners look at what is important to communities and the people taking part. Each banner has its own distinctiveness, the visual individuality of each reflecting the character of the towns and villages they come from, coupled with the creativity of all who took part in creating them.
The banners link together in shape to become a vibrant and exciting visual exhibition in the Millennium year.
In Heanor & Loscoe community groups, schools and individuals decided to focus on activities and events in the Market Place. The local industries and the Parish Church. Local artists, Tan Draig, Jeni Smith and Jan Reynolds worked with the groups to encourage them with their ideas and show them how these could be translated using a range of textile techniques into the final hanging.
Children from Loscoe Primary School contributed to the continuous machine representing Heanor’s industry past and present, Church Groups worked on the central section, the style reflecting stained glass windows and individuals and the Women’s Group worked with silk painting to give a vibrancy and sparkle that reflects the fair, the market and fireworks.
The Heanor & Loscoe Millennium Banner is located in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall.
In 2019, Heanor & Loscoe Town Council restored the Millennium Banner, following some disintegration of the silk work. Photographs shown below show the Millennium Banner before and after it was restored.
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The Suffragette Movement Plaque
To mark the Century of Partial Women’s Suffrage the Town Council unveiled a plaque in the foyer of Heanor Town Hall, to commemorate the attendance of Emmeline Pankhurst, a leading member of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, at Heanor in 1910. A Parliamentary by-election was to be held on the 7th March 1910 for the Ilkeston Division, this included Heanor and a public meeting was held in Heanor Town Hall on the 2nd March 1910 at which the principle speaker was Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst.
To mark the Century of Partial Women’s Suffrage the Town Council unveiled a plaque in the foyer of Heanor Town Hall, to commemorate the attendance of Emmeline Pankhurst, a leading member of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, at Heanor in 1910. A Parliamentary by-election was to be held on the 7th March 1910 for the Ilkeston Division, this included Heanor and a public meeting was held in Heanor Town Hall on the 2nd March 1910 at which the principle speaker was Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Photograph shows the plaque mounted by Heanor and Loscoe Town Council being unveiled by (from left to right) Heanor and Loscoe Town Council's Deputy Mayor Cllr Sheila Oakes, Iris Symonds (a local schoolgirl who won a Blue Peter Badge for her project on prominent women) and former MP Judy Mallaber.
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Heanor Town Hall
Heanor Town Hall was built in 1867 and became the home of the first picture house in the town. It became known as Buxton’s Picture Palace, the proprietor being Mr F Buxton of Langley Mill and the Manger Mr F Temple.
Heanor Town Hall was built in 1867 and became the home of the first picture house in the town. It became known as Buxton’s Picture Palace, the proprietor being Mr F Buxton of Langley Mill and the Manger Mr F Temple.
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Photograph shows the Buxton’s Picture Palace.
A plaque in the foyer of Heanor Town Hall commemorates the fact that this was the town’s first cinema – Buxton’s Picture Palace in 1908.
A plaque in the foyer of Heanor Town Hall commemorates the fact that this was the town’s first cinema – Buxton’s Picture Palace in 1908.
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Blend Youth Project
On display in Heanor Town Hall is a piece of artwork which was created by Blend Youth Project in conjunction with the 50+ Forum. The artwork is shown below.
On display in Heanor Town Hall is a piece of artwork which was created by Blend Youth Project in conjunction with the 50+ Forum. The artwork is shown below.
History of Heanor and Loscoe
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Heanor was part of a great forested area and ancient Britons would travel through the area, using it as part of their hunting grounds and returning to their dwellings in the caves of Nottingham, Mansfield and the Peak District.
High ground classically offered good observation of approach and defence from attack and therefore the earliest settlements, built of wattle and daub would have been sited in and around Heanor Church and the Market Place. Anglo Saxons were the major settlers of the region, most of the town and village names bear testimony to this theory. Heanor Town and its neighbourhood became more substationally developed than the surrounding region. This is certain by the time of the Norman Conquest, being entered in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church – a major infrastructure achievement for anywhere in 11th century England. There is also much earlier evidence to suggest a substantial Roman presence in the area from discovery of an urn of Roman coins; and also evidence suggests that the town may have been on part of the Roman road system. The whole area formed part of the southern boundary of Sherwood Forest and we like to think that Robin Hood roamed the area and recruited followers here. The tower of St Lawrences Church is 15th century, but there was a smaller church here in Anglo Saxon times, of which stones have been found. The Greys of Codnor Castle owned all the land hereabouts and they took a number of bowmen from the area to help in the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Inside the church is a fine wall monument to Samuel Watson, sculptor and carver of Chatsworth House fame, he was born in Heanor and buried in the church in 1715. |
Thanks to Heanor Local History Society
Thanks to Heanor Local History Society
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The Town was the home of William and Mary Howitt, who were prolific writers of their time over a period of 60 years, with their final resting place being near Rome.
Another Heanor boy, Henry Garnett, became an important participant in the Gunpowder Plot and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed in St Paul’s Churchyard. Heanor and Loscoe once stood on the world’s longest tramway, which ran from Nottingham to Ripley.
For a greater insight into Heanor and Loscoe’s past, a visit to the Heritage Centre based in Heanor Antiques Centre on Ilkeston Road is well worthwhile.
Another Heanor boy, Henry Garnett, became an important participant in the Gunpowder Plot and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed in St Paul’s Churchyard. Heanor and Loscoe once stood on the world’s longest tramway, which ran from Nottingham to Ripley.
For a greater insight into Heanor and Loscoe’s past, a visit to the Heritage Centre based in Heanor Antiques Centre on Ilkeston Road is well worthwhile.
Origins of the Names
