Heanor today is a medium sized market town, located in the East Midlands. Situated in Derbyshire, almost midway between Derby and Nottingham, it has good access to both centres for shopping and night-life. The focal point of any market town is, understandably, its market. Think of Heanor, and you will think of the Market Place as being the centre of the town, the traditional hub of commercial activity. However, prior to the 1890's, the market was held in the more densely populated parts of town, at Tag Hill (near the Jolly Colliers), and at Commonside.
"Taghill" is a small area of the old town of Heanor, and the 1865 map is the only one that has Tag Hill marked as a seperate area. There are varied accounts of its name:-
Being at the top of a steep hill from most directions, it required another horse to be ' tagged ' onto coal wagons being pulled from the local collieries. It is the last hill ' tagged' onto the southern end of the Pennines. In the 1800's, it was well know for bare-knuckle ' tag fighting '.