Can you help?
I have lost the contact details for Susan and Idwal Evans who are
researching the Botham and Higgins families. A friend of our group would
like to contact them regarding their research. Please contact me with any
details you have at the e-mail address given at the bottom of this page.
Thanks
Pete
Welcome to the
Whitwell
Local History
Group
Homepage.
www.wlhg.co.uk
Whitwell is a small village situated in the North East corner of Derbyshire,
England. It sits in a unique position where the great counties of
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire meet.
Our group meets weekly at the Whitwell Community Centre at 7.00pm on
Tuesday evenings.
My name is Peter Hopkins. I am a member of the group with
an interest in computers and the internet. I originally offered
to present some of the work completed on the Parish Survey, possibly in
book form. I was then asked to reproduce the book, 'Whitwell a Parish
History'. I thought this presented a great opportunity to publish
the work on the Internet for all to see.
The book in it's slightly expanded form is now available to buy, (the millennium
copy!)
Sadly, some of the people responsible for 'Whitwell, A Parish History', have
now become part of the history they cherished so much.
The book cost £5 plus P&P. These books have now gone all over the world!
We now have various copies of Des Thorpes books for sale. Please see the
Publications for sale page
(Click on image to enlarge)
Photo of the month My apologies
for the lack of photo's of late for all of you regulars. (Please keep up
the comments).
I regret to say that my mother Doris Hopkins nee Allison
passed away in June so I have been otherwise preoccupied.
September
A bit of nostalgia here. What couldn't you buy here?
I remember buying 'Segs'. The 'good news' is the building is now converted
back to living only and the front is in great shape.
August
I included this picture to see if anyone can help with a
recent enquiry. Are the mechanics of the pump wood or metal?
Although the spout is metal, the operating handle is wood?
July
I included this one as it is rather topical for me as it
currently looks quite different after a tragic accident. Also one of
our recent Lowestoft visitors went up there and asked what the 'aircraft landing
lights' were as you enter the top side of the site. After a recent visit I
now realise that the 'landing lights' are the remains of the stanchions holding
up the Dutch barn in the foreground, the roof of which is no longer there.
(They do look like landing lights!)
Previous photos are
accessible on the 'Photo Page' link above
Perhaps you are an old Whitwellian. We would love to hear from
you, and please feel free to add any comments/information on our site.
We are always grateful for copies of old photographs, or snippets of information
to fill in a few of the gaps....
After receiving many requests for genealogy research, I decided to publish
the results so that the information is available to any interested parties.
These are available on the enquiries page. Please contact us by typing wlhgAThopkins-uk.co.uk
replacing the AT with @ as an e-mail address.
This page was last updated on
25/08/2008
Site created by
Peter Hopkins
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