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HISTORY There is evidence of human settlement in this area as early as 6000 BC . Treeton is referred to as ''Trectone'' or ''Tretone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086 , which also mentions that the village had a church and two mills. The present Parish Church of Saint Helen was originally built in 1175 , it was expanded in the 14th Century and extensively restored in the 19th Century . The North Midland Railway Company built a Railway through the village in 1840 , this later became the Midland Railway . There was a station at Treeton until 1951 . A Colliery was built at Treeton starting in 1875 , this operated until it was forced to close in 1990 . EXTERNAL LINK |
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