Heanor was once the junction between two turnpikes. As these were the only "official" roads through the town at the time a rather unusual method of direction occurred.
Heanor and district was split up into a number of "towns" each with a unique name. Some historians think that this developed from farm names and was then used in a larger context.
In the 1930's Lucy Corfield a local author then in her 70's wrote about her earliest memories of Heanor. In doing so she mentioned the names that she could remember.
These were :
Tag Hill
The City
Kingstown
Peacock Town
Back Lane
Boggart Town
Camomile Row
Nackey Row
Hard Meadow
Wood end
Wood Yard
Tan Yard
The Rookery
Red Hill
Work-House Yard
Eggleshaw's Row
Burtons' Row
Nigger Row
North Row
Nook End
Apsey Sic
Chain Row
The Alma
Fishponds
Coach Road
Barrack Yard
Providence Place
Sye Lane
New America
We hope soon to have all the areas Lucy Corfield named mapped out.
The maps are currently awaiting updates of the lanbdmarks. We also hope to be able to provide the approximate locations of the mine tunnels under Heanor and the main location of the main buildings within Heanor's history.
