Old Bolsover
{{Short description|Civil parish in Derbyshire, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Old Bolsover
| civil_parish = Old Bolsover
| country = England
| region = East Midlands
| coordinates = {{coord|53.2280|-1.2923|display=inline,title}}
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| shire_district = Bolsover
| shire_county = Derbyshire
| hide_services = Yes
| population = 11673
| population_ref = (2011 census)
| area_total_km2 = 18.30
| static_image = Bolsover - St Mary ^ St Lawrence Church - geograph.org.uk - 3700441.jpg
| static_image_caption = Bolsover
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| module = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=11|width=240}} Parish map
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Old Bolsover is a civil parish in Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It includes the town of Bolsover and the villages of Carr Vale, Shuttlewood, Stanfree, Bentinck and Whaley.{{cite web |title=Old Bolsover Town Council |url=https://www.oldbolsovertowncouncil.gov.uk/ |website=www.oldbolsovertowncouncil.gov.uk |access-date=5 February 2024}}
The parish has an area of {{cvt|18.30|sqkm|sqmi}}.
At the 2011 United Kingdom census the parish had a population of 11,673.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002704 |title=Old Bolsover Parish | access-date=5 February 2024}}
Old Bolsover Town Council
Old Bolsover Town Council is the parish council for the civil parish of Old Bolsover.
Other local government functions are the responsibility of Bolsover District Council and Derbyshire County Council.
The Town Council was formed on 1 April 1974 when the civil parish of Old Bolsover was created as a successor parish to the former Bolsover Urban District Council. The new parish council exercised its right to designate itself a town council.{{cite web|url=http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/items/local-governance-what-do-we-mean-bolsover|title=From Poor Law Union to District Council|author=Philip Riden|date=2008|publisher=Victoria County History|accessdate=14 October 2015}} The previous civil parish was called Bolsover but was reformed as Old Bolsover with the same boundaries.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/chesterfield.html|title=Chesterfield Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=6 February 2024}}
The Town Council has been meeting in the Town Hall on Cotton Street since 1976.{{cn|date=December 2024}}