Shirebrook

Also known as Shirebrook, Derbyshire, Shirebrook, Bolsover

Shirebrook is a town and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. It had a population of 13,300 at the 2021 Census. The town is on the B6407 road and close to the A632 road which runs between the towns of Mansfield, Worksop and Bolsover. The town is close to the Bassetlaw and Mansfield Districts of Nottinghamshire.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.label_position: top
UK place.official_name: Shirebrook
UK place.type: Town and civil parish
UK place.population: 13,300
UK place.population_ref: (civil parish)
UK place.shire_district: Bolsover
UK place.shire_county: Derbyshire
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bolsover
UK place.post_town: Mansfield
UK place.postcode_district: NG20
UK place.postcode_area: NG
UK place.dial_code: 01623
UK place.os_grid_reference: SK522678
UK place.mapframe: yes
UK place.mapframe zoom: 12
UK place.mapframe point: none

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Toponymy
History
Industrial Revolution
Economy
Regeneration
Housing
Sports Direct hub
Community building
Education
Media
Railway
Sport
Notable people
Actors
Writers
Politicians
Sport
See also
References
External links

==Toponymy== According to David Mills in A Dictionary of British Place-Names, the area was first named in records in 1202 written in Old English as Scirebroc. This can be interpreted as Boundary or Bright Brook.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shirebrook” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.