The second picture was taken from the other side of the railway, looking further right, towards the church, with the land sloping down from the railway and then steeply up where cows are grazing in the Church Field. To the right of the church you can see the roof of the Rectory (now a private house) and on the skyline to the left are some of the houses on Church Hill. This 1968 pictures was taken from a bit further down the path (the church appears closer to the poplar trees). The signal and the signal box (which was next to the telephone pole) had both gone. The grass in the foreground obviously hadn't been mowed for some while, and was turning to scrub. John Wakefield said: “Pubs are the centre of communities, alongside the church - if you don’t go to one, you probably go to the other. They’re an integral part of social life, and I like the idea of them for that reason. I rather like a real ale too. Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962. The Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Baronet FRS. Rector of Kirkby in Ashfield from 1765 to 1809 and Dean of Lincoln. Kaye employed Samuel Hieronymous Grimm to make a series of drawings of life in Ashfield in the late 18th century.

This view (possibly taken from the '44 steps' shows the colliery in the distance behind a row of parked wagons Swimming pool at new Kirkby Leisure Centre filled with water for first time Chad, 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 On the day between drawing the previous pictures I walked up the line of the old Central railway and drew this picture of the bridge where Sutton Middle Lane crosses the line between Southwell Lane and the top of Greenwood Drive. The extensive rust shows many years of neglect. The bridge is no longer there, and the cutting has been filled in.

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Work starts on the new Kirkby Indoor Market www.ashfield.gov.uk, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 Sneak peek as Kirkby's new leisure centre is half way through construction Chad, 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022

G G Bonser, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol XLIII (1939) retrieved 3rd April 2023 million facelift for Kirkby is announced Chad, local newspaper, 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015 Two days later I drew the next picture, looking south towards the cottages on Laburnum Avenue, with the old railway embankment in front, and the rooves of the houses at the bottom of Church Hill & Mill Lane on the right. The town is served by the local newspaper, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. [19] Notable people [ edit ]Kirkby's new indoor market ready to welcome new traders Chad, 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The area around St Wilfrid's Church is designated a conservation area, [ citation needed] and consists of former farm buildings built from local stone, some of which are listed. In the conservation area, at the junction of Church Street, Chapel Street and Sutton Road, is Kirkby Cross. This is the remains of a thirteenth-century village cross in dressed stone, and is a listed structure and designated ancient monument. [15] Media [ edit ]

The History and Genealogy of Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, A History of Kirkby-in-Ashfield http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/kirkby/history.htm Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in the Ashfield District of Nottinghamshire, England. With a population of 25,265 (according to the 2001 National Census), it is a part of the wider Mansfield Urban Area. The Head Offices of Ashfield District Council are located on Urban Road in the town centre.One big difference between then and now is the railways. Kirkby had three stations and the area where we used to roam as children was criss-crossed by railway lines. Most of that has gone. There's a single station on the Nottingham to Worksop line, though it ia on the former GNR alignment (the only line that didn't have a station originally) rather than the original MR alignment. The goods line to Pye Bridge also takes the same route through the town. Some of the disused formations are still visible but some have been bulldozed. In 2013, plans were introduced to create a new civic square from what was a car park. [5] [6] Nearby permanent market stalls were removed in October 2014. [7]

This is when the new Kirkby Leisure Centre will open Nottinghamshire Live, 18 November 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The medieval church was destroyed by fire in January, 1907, and rebuilt in 1908. The church was NOT renamed.Kirkby-in-Ashfield East was the main station for the town on the Robin Hood Line. It closed in the 1960s This closer view of the footbridge shows the station yard and the main building with boarded up windows behind it. To the left of it you can see part of the canopy of the northbound platform. Mining Heritage, A Summit Circular, https://miningheritage.co.uk/summit-circular-a-look-into-kirkby-in-ashfields-industrial-past/ Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe [5] [6] and Ollerton. [7] Full Freeview on the Waltham (Leicestershire, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004 . Retrieved 20 October 2023.