Langley Mill is a large village in the

Amber Valley Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. It covers a semi-rural zone with four main towns whose economy was based on coal mining and remains to some ext ...

district of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ...

, England.

History

Originally named ''Long Lea'', the village of Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900s with many companies including The Flour Mill, Langley Mill Pottery, Aristoc & Co Ltd, G.R. Turner Ltd., and Vic Hallam Limited. Aristoc, originally on North Street, manufactured silk stockings within the village. During the Second World War, when its manufacturing included parachutes and inflatable dinghies for the war effort, it became a target for German bombers. The buildings have been replaced with housing. The now closed Victory

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track was opened on ground adjoining the New Inn on 19 April 1930. As a flapping (independent) track it was not affiliated to the sports governing body, the

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. The principal distances for greyhound racing was 330 and 500 yards; the track also held whippet races. International

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champion

Ron Haslam Ronald Haslam (born 22 June 1956) is an English former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who had been racing for over thirty years, winning two World titles, four British championships and having ridden in almost 110 GPs. Haslam spends much of ...

came from Langley Mill. He won international motorcycle titles in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Geography

Langley Mill is at the junction of the

Erewash Canal The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England. It runs just under and has 14 locks. The first lock at Langley Bridge is part of the Cromford Canal. Origins The canal obtained its act of parliament in 1777 with John Varley ap ...

, the

Cromford Canal The Cromford Canal ran from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four tunnels and 14 locks. From Cromford it ran ...

, and the

Nottingham Canal The Nottingham Canal is a canal in the English counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. As built, it comprised a long main line between the River Trent just downstream of Trent Bridge in Nottingham and Langley Mill in Derbyshire. At the sa ...

. The village, part of the Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, is on the border of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, and is conjoined to the settlements of Aldercar (to the north) and

Heanor Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Hea ...

(to the south-west), with the neighbouring village of Langley in the

Heanor and Loscoe Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of H ...

parish. Across the River Erewash is the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood. The Erewash was the Aldercar and Langley Mill boundary; this moved in 1992 to the A610, the Erewash Canal basin becoming part of Langley Mill.Local Government Boundary Commission for England Report No. 599 The

A610 A610 may refer to: * Renault Alpine GTA/A610, an automobile produced by the Renault-owned French manufacturer Alpine * A610 road (England), a road connecting Nottingham and Ambergate * Quebec Autoroute 610, a short spur road located in Sherbrook ...

£2.5 million Langley Mill Bypass was opened on 8 September 1983, by the leader of Derbyshire County Council.

Community

National chain outlets in the village include KFC, Home Bargains and

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. There are two supermarkets:

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, which includes one of the village's two petrol filling stations, and

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. The second petrol station, owned by a petroleum company, includes a

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outlet. The village's

Langley Mill railway station Langley Mill railway station (formerly known as Langley Mill for Heanor and Langley Mill and Eastwood) on the Erewash Valley Line serves the village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, En ...

is on the Erewash Valley Line.

References

External links

Heanor and District Local History Society
whose web site has several pages connected with Langley Mill
Langley Mill Baptist Church
was the first church to be built in Langley Mill and has an interesting history {{authority control Villages in Derbyshire

History

Geography

Community

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