Belph
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  Belph shown within Derbyshire |
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| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Belph is a village or hamlet in the District of Bolsover,Derbyshire, England. It is part of the Welbeck Abbey Estate, on the edge of Sherwood Forest. The village is located 1.5 miles south-east of Hodthorpe, 2.5 miles south-east of Whitwell and 3 miles south-west of Worksop.
The village has two parts, Belph Village, and Penny Green. Belph Village consists of about 30 houses either side of a single lane. A number were originally farmhouses; all except Springfield Farm are now private homes.
Penny Green consists of a row of 8 labourers cottages built in the 1900's on the Whitwell Station Road and a large stone cottage. The latter was once the Portland Arms (a pub). On the Cresswell Crags Road are Brook Cottages, 3 stone built cottages of the 19th century.
An area of the village known as the "Millash" was located where a stream flows from a natural fault. The ruins of two mills survive, the rest of the hamlet being buried under a waste Coal and Slag heap left by the now defunct Whitwell Colliery.
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