Hardstoft

Hardstoft

Toll Bar Cottage, Hardstoft.
Hardstoft
 Hardstoft shown within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK439631
Civil parishAult Hucknall
DistrictBolsover
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district S45
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°09′50″N 1°20′38″W / 53.164°N 1.344°W / 53.164; -1.344

Hardstoft is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located four miles east of Clay Cross, on the B6039 road.

The Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company found small quantities of oil near Hardstoft in 1919 under encouragement from the British government.[1]

References

  1. The History of the British Petroleum Company, R. W. Ferrier, accessed 28 December 2008


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