Scarcliffe
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 St Leonard's Church, Scarcliffe |
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| Scarcliffe shown within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 5,288 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK495686 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chesterfield |
| Postcode district | S44 |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Scarcliffe is a small village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It is sometimes called Scarcliffe with Palterton. The population of the parish (including the hamlets of Palterton, Rylah, Stockley, and parts of Stony Houghton and Hillstown (Bolsover)) at the 2001 UK Census was 5,211, increasing to 5,288 at the 2011 Census.
About two miles SSE of Bolsover, the village's main street is the B6417 road between Clowne and New Houghton, which connects at Scarcliffe to the A617 between Mansfield and Chesterfield. Other nearby settlements include Clay Cross, Matlock, Shirebrook, Warsop, North Wingfield, Tupton, Pilsley and Ashover.
Scarcliffe is within a few miles of Junction 29 of the M1 motorway.
Palterton is a hamlet within the parish, one mile (1.6 km) to the west of the main village. In the early 20th century it had both a school and a post office. It still has a school now, however the post office is no longer in use.
Palterton is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the land of Ralph Fitzhubert.
In Palterton and Scarcliffe and "Tunstall" (in Ault Hucknall Lefnoth had six of land and two to the geld with l;and for eight ploughs. There are two ploughs in and ten and one and two having three ploughs and another tenant paying rent with another plough. There is a mill giving four shillings and eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture one league long by half a league wide. TRE worth about six pounds now fifty shillings. Reynard holds it.
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