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Temple Normanton is a village and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire District of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 UK census was 490.
The village sits on a prominent hilltop three miles (5 km) south of Chesterfield. It is composed of two villages formerly known as North Normanton and Little Normanton. It is close to the civil parishes of Heath and North Wingfield and the Chesterfield suburb of Hasland is to the northwest.
The Manor of Normanton at the time of the Domesday Survey (1086) was in the hands of the King. Later, it passed to the Order of the Knights Templar from whom it derived its prefix 'Temple'.
When the Knights Templar were dissolved in the early 14th century, the land and property of the village passed to the Order of the Hospital of St. John at Yeaveley Preceptory. Later, Henry VIII charged the Order of St. John with disloyalty, and it was dissolved. The village then passed to the hands of the crown.
In 1846, Robert Arkwright was Lord of the Manor and principal owner. At the time the village had 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land, 29 houses and 132 inhabitants.
In the Borough Library at Derby is held a parchment roll comprising 70 sheets stitched together. This records the proceedings of the Manor Court of Temple Normanton from 1447 to 1518. John Babbington is mentioned as a Knight of St. John, and many of the roads listed in the roll are still traceable on present day Ordnance Survey maps.
Early in the industrial age the area became known for coal mining, with numerous collieries located in the vicinity. These included the massive Bonds Main Colliery which lasted from 1896 to 1949. The Chesterfield loop of the Great Central Railway also ran through the area, opened in June 1892 and closed completely in the 1970s.
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