Bolsover

Bolsover is mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, named as Belesovre, where it is described as the property of William Peverel (or "Peveril"). The description refers to the villans, the ploughs, 8 acre) of meadow and woodland pasture, which is given as two leagues by a league. Bolsover became the seat of the Peverel family and in the 12th century a keep was built. The present castle was erected in 1613. In 1657, the leading Royalist William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle, published his book La Methode et Invention nouvelle de dresser les Chevaux, written in exile in Antwerp during the Cromwellian Protectorate. This was translated in 1743 to A General System of Horsemanship in All its…

In 2007, Bolsover was chosen as the main location to shoot the film Summer starring Robert Carlyle and Rachael Blake. Many scenes from the film were filmed on the Castle Estate, which is affectionately known by Bolsover's residents as "the Wimps" because it was built by George Wimpey, the construction company, in the 1950s. Other parts of the film were filmed in Whitwell, Bramley Vale and Shirebrook Community school, just a few miles from the town. The film was released on 5 December 2008.