Hardstoft is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England. It is located four miles east of
Clay Cross
Clay Cross is a town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is a former industrial and mining town, about south of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield.
It is directly ...
, on the
B6039 road.
The
Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company
Compañía Mexicana de Petróleo El Águila SA, (''El Águila'' for short, called in English the Mexican Eagle Oil Company or Mexican Eagle Petroleum Corporation, was a Mexican petroleum industry, oil company in the 20th century. The company, esta ...
found small quantities of oil near Hardstoft in 1919 under encouragement from the British government.
The History of the British Petroleum Company
R. W. Ferrier, accessed 28 December 2008
See also
*Listed buildings in Ault Hucknall
Ault Hucknall is a civil parish in the Bolsover District, Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 23 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of thes ...
References
Hamlets in Derbyshire
Bolsover District
Oil fields of England
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