AULT HUCKNALL PARISH COUNCIL
NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
THE next meeting of AULT HUCKNALL PARISH COUNCIL will be
the Annual Meeting and will be held on
TUESDAY 20th May 2025
immediately following the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at
Doe Lea Centre, Doe Lea, Chesterfield S44 5PD
EVERYONE WELCOME
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2023/2024
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31st March 2024
The audit of accounts of Ault Hucknall Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2024 has been completed and the closure documents can be viewed below by clicking on Audit Closure
This includes the
Notice of Conclusion of Audit,
Section 1 The Annual Governance Stament,
Section 2 The Accounting Statement and
Section 3 The External Auditors Report and Certificate
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2022/2023
The Audit of Accounts for 2022-2023 has now been completed and the Closure documents can be viewed below by clicking on 'Audit Closure'. This includes the
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Section 1 - The Annual Governance Statement
Section 2 - the Accounting Statement
Section 3 - the External Auditor's Report and Certificate
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF
UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (AGAR)
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
The Notice of Public Rights together with
Section 1 - The Annual Governance Statement,
Section 2 - the Accounting Statements and
the Annual Internal Audit Report
can be viewed by clicking on the links below
Ault Hucknall is a small village, which gives its name to the surrounding civil parish, in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It sits at the north end of the County of Derbyshire and is split into two halves by the M1 motorway
The parish also contains the hamlets of Rowthorne, Stainsby, Hardwick, Hardstoft, and Astwith and the two ex mining villages of Doe Lea and Bramley Vale
Local residents describe the settlement as the "smallest village in England", although as a village is not legally defined in England, this is not a provable claim – many would refer to it as a hamlet. The philosopher Thomas Hobbes was interred within Ault Hucknall’s St. John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679
In Ault Hucknall, as in most communities, the oldest surviving building is the parish church. St John’s is unusual among Derbyshire churches in retaining features that date from the 11th century when architecture was still influenced by Anglo-Saxon traditions. The church has three compartments – a nave with a north aisle, a former chancel under a crossing tower, and a sanctuary (now the chancel).
Ault Hucknall church played an important role in the Hardwick Estate. All parishioners would have been expected to attend services weekly at Ault Hucknall church, which lay some distance from any of the villages in the parish
Elizabeth dowager countess of Shrewsbury (c.1521–1608), best known to history as `Bess of Hardwick', is probably the third most famous Englishwoman of her age after Queen Elizabeth herself and Mary Queen of Scots, with both of whom Bess had close links.
She was married four times, firstly to Robert Barley, secondly to the courtier Sir William Cavendish, thirdly to Sir William St Loe and lastly to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury.
Bess amassed a large fortune from her four marriages which she invested in both re-building the Old Hall at and building the New Hall at Hardwick as well as acquiring substantial tracts of land in neighbouring regions.
Doe Lea was originally built for the growing mining community during the early part of the 20th century. The older terraced properties were demolished and have now been replaced by a large new housing development which has more than doubled the size of the original village.
The village is named after the River Doe Lea and has been described as a small linear village running alongside the A617 off Junction 29 of the M1 Motorway belonging to the District of Bolsover.
The residents of Bramley Vale and Doe Lea have seen major changes over the years particularly after the closure of local collieries.
There is now a large thriving industrial estate on the site of Glapwell Colliery
The re-invention of the Doe Lea Centre has been a major development and is at the hub of both the old village and the new housing development making it an ideal and welcoming place for old and new residents to get to know each other
The Parish of Ault Hucknall
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This council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
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We may have some scanned PDF documents on our website e.g. our Annual Governance and Accountability Returns (AGARs). Scanned PDF documents do not comply with the Accessibility Regulations 2018 but these documents can be provided in an alternative format or on alternative media, on request.
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The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they're not essential to providing our services.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was last reviewed on 9th October 2020.
We used the methodology described in "Website Accessibility Requirements" produced by NALC.
We last tested this website on 9th October 2020 by using a sample of pages and documents
Notice Boards - Notice Boards can be found around the parish at Doe Lea, Bramley Vale, Rowthorne, Stainsby, Astwith and Hardstoft. Notices of the Parish Council meetings and other parish news can be found here
Flower planters and Christmas Trees are provided throughout the year in Doe Lea, Bramley Vale, Astwith, Hardstoft, Ault Hucknall, Stainsby Mill and Stainsby. These are planted up throughout the year. At Christmas we provide solar trees as well as two real trees, lit by solar power, one at Bramley Vale and one at Doe Lea.
Elections - Parish Council Elections are held every four years. The next elections will be held in May 2027.
Accounts and Audit - The Parish Council's finances are audited yearly.The Accounts are audited both internally and externally following approval by full Council. You can view both last years and this years accounts on our documents page
The Parish Council have benefited from Section 106 monies as a result of the extensive development which took place in Doe Lea. Section 106 monies are monies provided by the developer to give something back to the community in the form of leisure and arts facilities. New play facilities on the recreation ground, and a much used and extensive bike track on the site of old Glapwell colliery land are just two of the projects in place, with the installation of a ramp, to provide access for pushchairs and people with disabilities, from the development at Doe Lea on to the recreation area, planned and in progress.
Another exciting project supported by S106 monies, was the development and installation of Doe Lea Dancing Flowers - a specially commissioned sculpture standing on the verge of the A617 at the entrance in to Doe Lea. This has won national awards and brought recognition to the area.
The Parish Council commissioned a memorial stone, engraved with the names of all those who lost their lives at Glapwell Colliery. This has been installed next to the colliery wheels and we will publicise it's official launch once the current restrictions have been lifted sufficiently to allow this.
