Loscoe
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 Highfield House |
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  Loscoe |
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| Population | 5,335 (electoral ward, 2011 census) |
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| OS grid reference | SK4224547796 |
| District | Amber Valley |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEANOR |
| Postcode district | DE75 |
| Dialling code | 01773 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Amber Valley |
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Coordinates: 53°01′33″N 1°22′18″W / 53.0258°N 1.3716°W
Loscoe is a village near Heanor in Derbyshire, England, lying within the civil parish of Heanor and Loscoe. Denby Common and Codnor Breach are outlying hamlets on the western edge of the village.
History
The name Loscoe derives from the Old Norse words lopt (or loft) and skógr, specifically in the phrase lopt í skógi, and means 'loft in a wood' or 'wood with a lofthouse'.[1][2] It was recorded as Loscowe in 1277.[2]
Loscoe Manor formed part of the wider Draycott Estate; Richard and William de Draycott were recorded at Loscoe (or Loschowe) in 1401. The manor was demolished in 1704.[3]
In the 19th and 20th centuries Loscoe's economy was dominated by coal mining, and the associated pit chimneys and spoil heaps were significant features in the local landscape. Three mines operated in the village: Old Loscoe (operated between the early 1830s and 1933),[4] Bailey Brook (operated between 1847 and 1938)[5] and Ormonde (operated between 1908 and 1970).[6][7]
Loscoe was within the ecclesiastical parish of Heanor until 1844, when a new church was built between Loscoe and the neighbouring village of Codnor to the north, and a new joint parish created for these two villages. Loscoe formed its own parish in 1927; initially services were held in the mission church, until a new parish church, dedicated to St Luke, was built in 1938.[7]
Loscoe was the site of a landfill gas migration explosion on 24 March 1986. Although there were no fatalities, one house was completely destroyed by the blast and the three occupants injured. On the night of the explosion the atmospheric air pressure fell 29 hPa (29 mbar) over a 7-hour period, causing the gas to be released from the ground in much greater quantities than usual.[8] In the four hours before the explosion, which occurred at approximately 6.30am, the local meteorological office had recorded average falls of 4 hPa (4 mbar) per hour.[9] Several cubic metres of landfill gas (consisting of a 3:2 mixture of methane and carbon dioxide) collected under the ground near 51 Clarke Avenue and as the gas expanded it flowed into the space beneath the floor from where it was drawn by convection to the gas central heating boiler and ignited.[9]
This disaster led (in Britain) to the introduction of key legislation and government guidance and much research into landfill behaviour[10] and best practice at landfill sites. Over time, these were designed to vent gas to atmosphere, then to burn off methane and eventually in the most productive, to turn the gas into electricity using gas turbines which supply the national grid.
Demography
In the 2011 census the electoral ward of Heanor and Loscoe (which as well as Loscoe includes the northwestern parts of Heanor) had 2,285 dwellings[11] 2,216 households and a population of 5,335.[12] The average age of residents was 40.5 (compared to 39.3 for England as a whole) and 17.9% of residents were aged 65 or over (compared to 16.4% for England as a whole).[13]
Notable residents
BMX racer Dale Holmes was born here.
References
- ↑ Merja Stenroos; Martti Mäkinen; Inge Særheim, eds. (2012). Language Contact and Development around the North Sea. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 177–184. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- 1 2 Mills, David (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. p. 307. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Red River Local Nature Reserve". Heanor and Loscoe Town Council. 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ↑ "Loscoe Coal Colliery (United Kingdom)". AditNow.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Bailey Brook Coal Colliery (United Kingdom)". AditNow.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Ormonde Coal Colliery (United Kingdom)". AditNow.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Loscoe". Heanor and District Local History Society. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ McWilliams, Brendan (5 July 2003). "When barometric pressure is lethal". Irish Times (Dublin). p. 24.
- 1 2 Milne, Roger (25 February 1988). "Methane menace seeps to the surface". New Scientist 117 (1601): 27. ISSN 0262-4079.
- ↑ DoE Report CWM039A+B/92 Young, A. (1992)
- ↑ "Area: Heanor and Loscoe (Ward). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Area: Heanor and Loscoe (Ward). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Area: Heanor and Loscoe (Ward). Age Structure, 2011 (KS102EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Loscoe at Wikimedia Commons