Money to pay for goods was disinfected as it was passed through a hollowed stone filled with vinegar to the men who had locked themselves away in the church.

It is riddled with small holes made by, and providing a home for a large group of solitary bees.

Details of the Colston Bassett, Owthorpe and Cotgrave Great War Project, as far as they can be traced so far, appear on its website.

[9] The surnames of those noted lost in the First World War are Lacey, Hind, Middleton, Herapath, Simpson, Henson, Hayes, Harrison, Marshall, Moulds, Carrington, Woolley, Henstock.

There is a further memorial plaque, carved in oak, displayed to the right of the north door in All Saints' and a commemorative stained glass window to the east of the south aisle.

To the north at Cotgrave Place near the golf course is a memorial to a Vickers Wellington bomber that crashed on 8 February 1941.

The aircraft hit an oak tree just short of the still extant runway, next to where the golf club house stands.

Some four years later a similar scheme was introduced to attract miners from other worked-out mines in the North East of England, including Gateshead.

According to residents, special meetings were arranged so that workers already established could understand, for safety reasons, the dialect, and vice versa, of the newcomers.

[17] In a departure from traditional miners' working conditions, face workers had extensive modern changing and shower facilities, which meant they could leave as clean as they entered.

Like most Nottinghamshire mines, Cotgrave had continued working through the National Union of Mineworkers-declared 1984–85 miners' strike.

[18] Local residents, however, recount that the mine was shut because of geological faults, the encounter of a subterranean stream and subsequent flood problems, and the growing remoteness of the seam face from the shaft, which drastically increased the cost of bringing the coal to the surface.

The local economy has improved considerably as Cotgrave is surrounded by an affluent area with low unemployment.

Many of the mineworkers who hailed from the North East stayed in Cotgrave, built homes and raised families.

This was regenerated in 2017–2020, with the demolition of several old buildings, the erection of new facades on some shops, and construction of a multi-service centre that now holds the library, medical practice, pharmacy and police station, as well as office space.

The leisure centre has a large swimming pool, gymnasium and sports hall with playing fields.

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham, Capital East Midlands, Smooth East Midlands, and The Eye, a community based station which broadcast from Melton Mowbray[27] Across the road from the leisure centre is Cotgrave Club.

The extensive former mining area has been landscaped as a country park, with a long section of the Grantham Canal partially restored, including at least two locks.

Planted woodland is now beginning to mature and the country park is gradually acquiring a diverse population of wildlife.

Great crested newts are reported to be established in the lake, and hares, rabbits, foxes, bats and owls are present.

Fishing platforms have been built around the lake and reed beds established to protect the breeding waterfowl, including a variety of ducks, coots, swans and heron.

The area features woodland, lake and canal side walks, and takes a route along the old railway track, where a short section of original rails and sleepers has been left in place.

[32] The group in 2010–2012 helped to plan and build a swimming pool for dogs, away from the vulnerable wildlife in the country park's lake.