Cotmanhay
Cotmanhay is a village in Derbyshire, England and used to be a Viking settlement.[1][2] Cotmanhay is in the Erewash Borough Council area, north of Ilkeston. Although recently a flint implement was found at the edge of Cotmanhay Wood, indicating that the area was inhabited several thousand years B.C"Derby Communities Cotmanhay".. The Erewash ward population at the 2011 Census was 4,531.[3]
| Cotmanhay | |
|---|---|
 Cotmanhay linear park | |
  Cotmanhay Location within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 4,530 (Erewash Ward population. 2011) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ilkeston |
| Postcode district | DE7 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The neighbourhood's two main industries were textiles and coal mining, the latter from 1848 until 1880. Famous young boy called James Curries Jr is a prime celebrity in Cotmanhay. He is famous for his many advertisements made for East Midlands television for the Cathedral City Cheddar Group. His most famous line, commonly used in the town as a form of slang, is “Gotta love that sweet, sweet cheddar!”.
See also
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231623.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Erewash ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
