Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 6094 9. Swimming pool at new Kirkby Leisure Centre filled with water for first time Chad, 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 May, 2022

Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe [5] [6] and Ollerton. [7] The Duke of Portland is the principal owner and lord of the manor, which passed from the Stotevilles to the Cavendishes; but D'Ewes Coke, William S. Coke and J. Clark Esqs., and Mrs Catherine Hodgkinson, have estates in this parish. Sir Charles Cavendish began to build a great house in this lordship on a hill by the forest side, near Annesley Woodhouse where, being assaulted by Sir John Stanhope and his man, as he was viewing the work, he resolved to leave off his building, because some blood had been spilt in the quarrel, which was then very hot between these two families." Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962.million facelift for Kirkby is announced Chad, local newspaper, 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015 This view (possibly taken from the '44 steps' shows the colliery in the distance behind a row of parked wagons Work starts on the new Kirkby Indoor Market www.ashfield.gov.uk, 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The station is in a cutting, and while the station was operational the banks either side were full of bushes and flowers. Thanks to the station master, Mr Brownlow, who kept the gardens looking immaculate – all the more remarkable because he had lost one arm. Documents relating to the Butterley Company’s Collieries, Derbyshire, 1871-3’, Society for the Study for the Study of Labour History Bulletin, 18 (1969), pp. 21-27

In the 1980s I took up sketching, and the pastel drawings below were made during a visit in August 1985. The first was a similar aspect but from the other side of the valley, showing the Rectory as well as the church. The trees half way up the field on the left are around one of the hollows that had been fish ponds in earlier times.G G Bonser, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol XLIII (1939) retrieved 3rd April 2023 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.

The last view is in Church Street, taken from just outside 'The Duke'. Manor Farm had already been demolished, which removed the tight blind bend by the Church, but the church car park had not yet been built, so the wall on the left of the church gate was still full height, enclosing the old rectory vegetable garden. Lots have closed over the years, and particularly the local ones are dying out as there are more now in Kirkby town centre.” G G Bonser, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol XLIII (1939) retrieved on the 3rd April 2023 Kirkby's new indoor market ready to welcome new traders Chad, 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May, 2022 The colliery was also locally as Summitt Colliery. The first two shafts were sunk between 1888 and 1890. A third shaft was sunk between 1913 and 1915. This shaft was known as Lowmoor and worked as a separate colliery until it fully merged in 1939.The last picture in this set is on the final part of the walk, crossing the bridge over the Central Railway towards Chapel Street. The shop on the right is at the bottom of Greenwood Drive and the shops on the left are just before Orchard Road (which in those days was unmade with potholes on the stretch before it bends right and had a tarmac surface). The number of hoardings is very noticeable – on the end of both shops and behind the bus stop (an area that had recently been cleared for use as a car park). The white road sign to the left of the banner is a school sign, and I think the dark stone cappings of the school gateposts are just visible beyond it. Here the walk is coming down The Hill on the return part of the route. Our banner is hiding the wet fish shop, which was at the right hand end of those four shops. The row of houses is one of several in Old Kirkby that were built end-on to the road, but it's no longer there. I'm not sure whether this was the Salvation Army Band. The dress looks right but the badge isn't like their current one. Notice the man in the garden behind the band, standing on top of something very tall to take a photo. The town is served by the local newspaper, Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. [19] Notable people [ edit ]