Town and Parish Councils
There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district.
In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of:
- Ault Hucknall
- Barlborough
- Blackwell
- Clowne
- Elmton-with-Creswell
- Glapwell
- Hodthorpe and Belph
- Pinxton
- Pleasley
- Scarcliffe
- South Normanton
- Tibshelf
- Whitwell
Other settlements include Broadmeadows, Hilcote, Langwith, Old Blackwell, Newton, Palterton, Shirebrook, and Westhouses.
The current district boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the urban district of Bolsover was merged with Blackwell Rural District and Clowne Rural District.
Read more about this topic: Bolsover District
Famous quotes containing the words town, parish and/or councils:
“That’s a sucker game, Doc. There’s probably fifty fellows around town just waitin’ to see you get liquored up, so they can fill ya full of holes. Build themselves up a great reputation—the man that killed Doc Holliday.”
—Samuel G. Engel (1904–1984)
“There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)