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562:. It was financed by the two Bellamont sisters. Both had become engaged and were to throw a joint celebration; their fiancés, however, had to meet the local barons on the far side of the river. Following a storm the Trent became swollen; eager to return to their brides-to-be and their party, the men tried to ford the river on horseback: both were swept away and drowned. The Bellamont sisters commissioned the bridge so that no one else would suffer the tragedy they had. Neither sister married and both died in poverty having exhausted their fortune on building the bridge. They were buried in a single grave in 49: 355: 633: 645: 594: 31: 513: 56: 585:, three women's teams in the Derbyshire Cricket Foundation Competitions and an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the South Derbyshire Development Group. The club is a registered charity. They are the reigning Derbyshire Premier League Champions, having won the title on four occasions: 2013, 2016, 2022 and 2023. 234: 704: 496:, the advance party of his army reached here to gain control of the crossing of the Trent. Finding no reports of support from the south, they turned back to Derby; the invading army then retreated to 796: 274: 138: 443:
living near Swarkestone was discovered in the 1950s. At that time it was estimated that people had lived near Swarkestone for at least 3,800 years. The only surviving
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club with a history of cricket in the village dating back to the 1930s. The club ground is on Barrow Turn in the village. Swarkestone field three senior teams in the
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Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a canal with a Georgian lock keepers cottage and moorings. It was mentioned twice in
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barrow cemetery in the Trent valley is at Swarkestone Lows near the A50. The barrow is a registered national monument.
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and walled area, formerly connected with Harpur Hall, where (it is believed, see Pevsner, loc. cit.), they used to
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and was for about 300 years the Midlands' main crossing of the Trent. The only crossing between
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was the next crossing north of the Swarkestone Bridge.
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St James’ Church, Swarkestone
Swarkestone is located in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
OS grid reference
SK372286
Civil parish
District
South Derbyshire
Shire county
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
DE73
Dialling code
Police
Derbyshire
Fire
Derbyshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
South Derbyshire
UK
England

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