Langwith, Derbyshire

Langwith is a close group of four villages crossing the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border, on the river Poulter only about two miles from Warsop, and about four miles from Bolsover, on the A632 road, south of Whaley Thorns.

These consist of Langwith, Langwith Maltings, Nether Langwith, and Upper Langwith.

"Nether Langwith"

"Etymology" "Nether" is Saxon/Old German for "Lower", "Lang" meaning "long", and "with" is Old Norse vīōr "wood"

"Langwith" lies just west in the district of Bolsover, Derbyshire, from Nether Langwith, in fact the two villages adjoin. Apart from a row of shops and Houses wedged, between the North side of the A632, and the river Poulter, and the villages' one pub, the "Langwith Arms", the entire village, is a Post-Second World War, Council Estate development.

"Langwith Maltings" This village is separated from Langwith and Nether Langwith, by a railway, the Doncaster-Nottingham line, today's Robin Hood line. The village was first established, following the opening of a railway station here, which was the only to serve this community of villages. This closed as part of the Dr Beeching closures of the 1960s. In the 1950s, the area site next to the railway station, was developed into a council Estate.

"Etymology" for Langwith "see" Nether Langwith, "Maltings", most likely refers to, to some Malt Houses which may have existed here.

"Upper Langwith" a small village straddling the A632, at a fork for Langwith Junction, and Bolsover, in the Bolsover (district). The village is home to a Old Inn, the "Golden Fleece", a Medieval Parish Church, and two Manor Houses.