Links of Interest
The History Project - Exploring Kiveton & Wales
A history of Kiveton Park and Wales presented by the local History Society. The challenge it faces is that it must continue to update on a regular basis as it has a large world wide audience of those born in Kiveton Park or Wales who have moved to sunnier climes. Long may its hard working members toil on behalf of all those who love the villages, and may those who now live around the world remember to email their thanks for a job really well done.
J31
Covers 50 square miles east of Sheffield, south or Rotherham and west of Worksop. Very informative and gives information on the places I knew when growing up. Oh, yes, I am still growing, but now, I'm growing out.
Picture Sheffield
Picture Sheffield, Sheffield Library, has 6,000 images of Sheffield 'as it was', with photos of the Sheffield flood in the 1870s, damage caused from bombing in WWII, and images of the City centre and suburbs through the years. A great way to relive the past.
Chesterfield Canal Trust - Official Site
This is the body which has single-handedly browbeaten government agencies and others into a great job of revival of the Chesterfield Canal. It has recently had its latest 'victory' by safe-guarding the future of the Norwood Tunnel, and its biggest challenge coming up is the opening of the Tunnel, part of which collapsed in October 1907. This will be done by leaving a tunnel at each end of about 500 yards each, one of which, at the western end, passes underneath the M1, with the remainder opened up for fishing, wildlife and a marina. Great things to come. Well worth being a member, at £9 per annum, to show support.
Herbert Chapman, Arsenal Football Club
Arsenal F.C's greatest manager was local lad Herbert Chapman, born 19th January 1878, died 1934. He was born in Kiveton Park, played for local teams, later to manage Huddersfield Town in it's hey day, moving to make a struggling Arsenal F.C. into one of England's and the World's best known teams.
VMRAQ
The state body of Marine Rescue in Queensland. The main part of this, in my hightly biased opinion, is Volunteer Marine Rescue Southport, based on the Broadwater, Gold Coast, Queensland. VMRAQ, as the State Body, meets, discusses and organises, while the 25 squadrons do all the actual rescue work. I seem to spend a little time at VMR Southport.
Other Links of Interest
Public Record Office | The National ArchiveFamilyRecords.gov.uk
FreeCEN : UK Census Online Project
National Statistics Online
Cemeteries and Cemetery Records
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service (Latter Day Saints)
If you have any other links to share about Kiveton Park and/or Wales (England) [personal or official sites], please send us a message on the contact page and we'll happily add it to this page.
We have travelled from Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire, England to Australia where we lived in the Dandenong area in the South East of Melbourne, Victoria for 37 years. We now call the Gold Coast, Queensland home as do our daughters and my youngest brother Peter.
On each page you will find small snap shots of what we have around where we live, from fauna and flora, the ocean and waterways and anything else that reflects where we live, we hope you enjoy them.
