mick2me 3,033 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 is there a john st in netherfield long eaton sawley area, as that used to be notts and later became derbyshireI know Netherfield Rd Sawley, lived a few roads away for some years.Was part of Sawley called Netherfield? Was Sawley once Nottingham? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Sawley was never part of Notts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Somewhere I have an old map of Derbyshire, packed away still since our hous move nearly 2 years ago. I was fascinated by this map as the bottom part of the elongated county had a seperate bit, a bit like the isle of wight? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Long Eaton Postal address is Nottingham. I assume Sawley is too. They are both in Derbyshire. Langley Mill postal address is also Nottingham although it is Derbyshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 As far as I know, nothing west of the river Erewash was ever in Notts. In fact, the reason Long Eaton became a major lace making center was because the factory owners moved out of Notts to avoid the labor unions there! Some things never change! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I HAVE a "Book Atlas" by John Speed,British counties in 1610,SAWLEY is well and truly in Derbyshire, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Kegworth is in Leicestershire it has a Derbyshire post code & it's railway station(closed)was in Nottinghamshire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 My Niece lives in Grantham & has an NG (Nottingham) postcode, weird.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I once worked in a small village south of Grantham. NG postcode, Lincs address and Leics telephone no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I think Long Eaton people like to think they live in Notts but they are in Derbyshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 We moved to Roosevelt Avenue, Sawley in 1954. The correct postal address at that time was New Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham. But it was definitely in Derbyshire. The board marking the county boundary was on Nottingham Road, Long Eaton between Station Road and Toton Corner. I seem to remember there was a wall there - possibly the bridge over the Erewash, which for many years bore the slogan "Cut the call-up". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 We lived on Austen Avenue off Roosevelt, 1997 - 2012, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I always referred to that bridge as "Cut the call up"! It wasn't until years later that I knew what it referred to - ancient graffiti? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 The Shardlow Poor Law Union combined areas of SE Derbys, NW Leics and SW Notts. Administration of BM&D etc fell to Shardlow until 1930's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richonmc1 8 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I always thought that Langley Mill was cut in half by the Erewash. Half in Notts and half in Derbys. In fact I once swam from Derbys to Notts when I fell in ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 We moved to Roosevelt Avenue, Sawley in 1954. The correct postal address at that time was New Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham. But it was definitely in Derbyshire. The board marking the county boundary was on Nottingham Road, Long Eaton between Station Road and Toton Corner. I seem to remember there was a wall there - possibly the bridge over the Erewash, which for many years bore the slogan "Cut the call-up".alledged to have been painted on by Pete Dunkley from Chinatown! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Chinatown? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 A Loughborough Estate Agent(Haart) has a bungalow for sale in Costock Loughborough Leicestershire ? I know Costock has a LE post code but surely they should get the county right Come on Haart's get it right it's in Nottinghamshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 As far as I know, nothing west of the river Erewash was ever in Notts. In fact, the reason Long Eaton became a major lace making center was because the factory owners moved out of Notts to avoid the labor unions there! Some things never change! now they are moving to get away from the stupid parking levy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hark at it! 0 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 >nothing west of the river Erewash was ever in Notts Yup - it's the rivers that are the convenient boundaries! They are a bit hard to move. That's why Notts stretches almost to Loughborough - north east of the Soar is all Nottinghamshire. I used to live in Sawley, and could just about visit three counties in an hour! I understand the issue with Long Eaton having a NG postcode was down to the sorting office being a sub-office of Beeston. Bizarrely, cross the M1 into Breaston, and you're into DE72. I suppose that a line has to be drawn somewhere. For me, born in Ainsley Estate, Radford, there was no way I wanted to be associated with Derby! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 My house is about half a mile as the crow flies inside Leicestershire the boundary being the River soar at Stanford. The Ex Great Central Railway also goes from Nottinghamshire into Leicestershire at this point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hark at it! 0 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 And that "cut the call-up" bridge at Toton Corner also had "Mods and Rockers" graffiti painted on it. A period piece! I'm amazed that English Heritage have not had it listed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sawleylad 2 Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 On 12/22/2014 at 9:37 AM, Hark at it! said: And that "cut the call-up" bridge at Toton Corner also had "Mods and Rockers" graffiti painted on it. A period piece! I'm amazed that English Heritage have not had it listed. Appreciate this is an old thread, but this comment is the only reference that graffiti I have ever seen online! The legible part of the graffiti reads "MOD REVIVIAL" and was spray painted onto the bridge by my Dad at some point in the '80s. My dad was a Mod in the '60s and his brother was a Rocker. Some sort of rock or Mod event was taking place in the '80s and that was sprayed on. It is still on the bridge 30-odd years later. As for Sawley and Long Eaton, they are in Derbyshire and the only connection to Nottingham is that the post is sorted in Beeston. Everything else (police, government, fire and rescure, health services, schools and education, etc.) is Derbyshire. The flags of Derbyshire are currently flying from the shops in Sawley. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Welcome, sawleylad, good first post! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sojomiff 0 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 On 4/27/2014 at 1:20 PM, Limey said: As far as I know, nothing west of the river Erewash was ever in Notts. In fact, the reason Long Eaton became a major lace making center was because the factory owners moved out of Notts to avoid the labor unions there! Some things never change! Long Eaton definitely is in Derbyshire and definitely has a Notts Postal adress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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