IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Chesterfield Road North, MANSFIELD, NG19 7SP

Recreating this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/46832 . A new entrance has been created in the nearest wing.

Ye Olde Plough in Pleasley back in September 2007. The Plough, which dated back to the 1870s, was demolished in December 2019 to make way for a Co-op store.

Recreating this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/121559 . Rather more foliage than on the previous visit.

This footpath continues into the copse ahead and very quickly links to the top of a flight of steps descending down an embankment to reach the side of the A617 Road (Chesterfield Road North), opposite the junction with the 'old' Chesterfield Road junction and The White Swan pub. Behind the photographer the footpath continues across the ploughed field and a couple of minutes later it joins a track that connects the Pleasley end of Woburn Lane, Pleasley Hill with a private residence called Radmanthwaite Cottage at the termination of the lane. This arable land seems likely to belong to Wren Hill Farm, Lower Radmanthwaite. The name Radmanthwaite is derived from two words, a radman being a tenant owing his lord the duty of an armed escort + thwaite being a clearing in a wood or land reclaimed for arable purposes. In the distance is the former Pleasley Colliery that ceased to produce coal in the 1980s.

This unmade footpath, most of which is behind the photographer, continues into the copse and within 50 yards or so links to the top of a flight of concrete steps that drop down an embankment to reach the pavement at the side of the A617 (Chesterfield Road North) opposite the junction with the 'old' Chesterfield Road and The White Swan pub. To the rear of the photographer this footpath crosses a ploughed field and joins up with a track that connects the Pleasley end of Woburn Lane, Pleasley Hill with Radmanthwaite Cottage - a private residence - that is situated at its south-westerly termination. The word Radmanthwaite is derived from two words, a radman being a tenant owing his lord the duty of an armed escort + thwaite, being a clearing in a wood or land reclaimed for arable purposes.

The foot of this flight of steps is on the side of the A117 Road (Chesterfield Road North) opposite the 'old' Chesterfield Road junction (obliquely opposite The White Swan pub). Ahead is the start (or end) of a footpath that crosses a ploughed field and joins up with a track from the Pleasley end of Woburn Lane, Pleasley Hill, with a private residence called Radmanthwaite Cottage situated at the termination of the lane. The word Radmanthwaite seems to be derived from two words, a radman being a tenant who owed his lord the duty of an armed escort + thwaite being a clearing in a wood or land reclaimed for arable purposes.