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Killamarsh
West End Hotel, Killamarsh - geograph.org.uk - 55003.jpg
West End Hotel, Killamarsh
Killamarsh is located in Derbyshire
Killamarsh
Killamarsh
Killamarsh shown within Derbyshire
Population 9,445 (civil parish, 2011)
OS grid reference SK458806
Civil parish
  • Killamarsh
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHEFFIELD
Postcode district S21
Dialling code 0114
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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53°19′14″N 1°18′42″W / 53.3205°N 1.3116°W / 53.3205; -1.3116Coordinates: 53°19′14″N 1°18′42″W / 53.3205°N 1.3116°W / 53.3205; -1.3116

Killamarsh is a town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England, bordering Sheffield and South Yorkshire to the North West. Killamarsh is surrounded by, in a clockwise direction from the north, Rother Valley Country Park, Wales, Kiveton, Woodall, Harthill, Barlborough, Spinkhill, Renishaw, Eckington, and the Sheffield suburbs of Oxclose, Halfway and Holbrook. Over the years, Sheffield and South Yorkshire have tried to merge the town into the ceremonial county as part of the city, but disagreements have prevented this, though Killamarsh does have a Sheffield dialling code, address and postcode.

Killamarsh was mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Chinewoldemaresc or Chinewolde meaning "Cynewalds Marsh". There are a number of smaller communities within the town; Norwood, Nethergreen, Westthorpe and Upperthorpe surround the main town centre.

The parish church of St. Giles contains gravestones dating back to the Saxon era as well as masonry work from the 12th century, and many stained glass windows. A number of public houses in Killamarsh are over 300 years old. Domesday records Killamarsh as belonging to Hascoit Musard and being valued at 12 pence.


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