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Hartington Middle Quarter
Hartington Middle Quarter is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Formerly a part of Hartington parish, for which it is named, it has a mix of a number of villages and hamlets amongst a mainly rural and undulating landscape, and is wholly within the Peak District National Park. It had a population of 379 residents in 2011. The parish is north west of London, north west of Derby, and south east of the nearest market town of Buxton. Being on the edge of the county border, it shares a boundary with the parishes of Chelmorton, Flagg, Hartington Town Quarter, Hartington Upper Quarter, Middleton and Smerrill, Monyash in Derbyshire, as well as Hollinsclough, Longnor and Sheen in Staffordshire. Geography Location Hartington Middle Quarter parish is surrounded by the following local locations: * Buxton, Chelmorton and Sterndale Moor to the north * Hartington and Pilsbury to the south * Flagg and Monyash to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkhouse Hill
Parkhouse Hill is a small but distinctive hill in the Peak District National Park of the Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, in the English county of Derbyshire. It lies on the north side of the River Dove, close to the border with Staffordshire. Geologically, the hill is the remains of an atoll (a 'reef knoll') which is believed to have existed during the Carboniferous period when what is now the Peak District was covered by a tropical sea. Together with its higher but less distinctive neighbour, Chrome Hill, it forms the Chrome and Parkhouse Hills SSSI, cited for their geology and limestone flora. The walk over Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill is known as the Dragon's Back ridge. For many years access to Parkhouse Hill was difficult, as there was no right of way to the summit. Access is now possible under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, as the hill is a designated access area. A double sunset can sometimes be seen against Parkhouse Hill from nearby Glutton Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartington Upper Quarter
Hartington Upper Quarter is a civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. The civil parish was created following the division of the ancient parish of Hartington into four. The parish had a population of 451 according to the 2001 census reducing to 438 at the 2011 Census. The parish is long and thin, extending from north-west of Buxton, taking in the Errwood Reservoir, to the south-east, and Ann Croft. The parish borders parishes in High Peak and Derbyshire Dales districts, and also some parishes in the Staffordshire Moorlands and Cheshire East Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilms ... districts. See also * Listed buildings in Hartington Upper Quarter References Civil parishes in Derbyshire {{Derbyshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Low Limestones
The Bee Low Limestones is a geological formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England England England is a Countr ... References * Carboniferous System of Europe Carboniferous England Limestone formations of the United Kingdom {{England-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Wheeldon
High Wheeldon is a dome-shaped hill near the Staffordshire border in Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, Derbyshire, in the Peak District valley of Upper Dovedale, overlooking the villages of Earl Sterndale, Longnor and Crowdecote. It is close to Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill. High Wheeldon has been in the care of the National Trust since 1946 when it was donated by the owner to the Trust as a war memorial. A plaque at the summit says that the hill was presented 'in honoured memory of the men of Derbyshire and Staffordshire who fell in the Second World War'. Slightly below the summit of the hill is a rock shelter called Fox Hole Cave, which is closed by an iron gate as it has archaeological significance. Items, including Peterborough ware, early Bronze Age pottery, a stone axe, flint microliths and animal bones, have been found in the cave, which is believed to have been used from the Upper Paleolithic The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrome Hill
Chrome Hill is a limestone reef knoll in Derbyshire, England, in the upper River Dove, Central England, Dove valley beside the border with Staffordshire, within the civil parish of Hartington Middle Quarter. It is adjacent to Parkhouse Hill, another reef knoll. The walk over Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill is known as the Dragon's Back ridge. Chrome Hill was declared open access land under the provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. However, the only access from the north west remains along a Rights of way in England and Wales#Permissive path, concessionary footpath. Chrome Hill contains good exposures of ''Gigantoproductus'' fossils; it is part of a designated List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, Site of Special Scientific Interest which makes it an offence for visitors to remove geological samples. A double sunset can sometimes be seen against Chrome Hill from the southern flank of Parkhouse Hill; and also from nearby Glutton Bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district in Derbyshire, England. Its population was measured at 8,377 in the 2011 census and was estimated to have grown to 9,163 by 2019. It has many historical buildings and independent shops. The town offers a historic annual Shrovetide football match. Its position near the southern edge of the Peak District makes it the closest town to Dovedale, to which Ashbourne is sometimes referred to as the gateway. The town is west of Derby, south-east of Buxton, east of Stoke-on-Trent, south-south-east of Manchester, south-west of Sheffield and north of Lichfield. Nearby towns include Matlock, Uttoxeter, Leek, Cheadle and Bakewell. History The town's name derives from the Old English ''æsc-burna'' meaning "stream with ash trees". Ashbourne was granted a market charter in 1257. In medieval times it was a frequent rest stop for pilgrims walking "St Non's Way" to the shrine of Saint Fremund at Dunstable in Bedfordshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilsbury
Pilsbury is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire, approximately 2 miles north of Hartington. It is on the side of the valley of the River Dove that, thereabouts, forms the border with the county of Staffordshire. History Pilsbury was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Normans, Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England. Origins He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and i ... and being worth ten shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.745 Just to the north of the hamlet is the site of Henry de Ferrers' Pilsbury Castle. References Hamlets in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Derbyshire Dales {{Derbyshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. Since 1 April 2015, the Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a state-owned enterprise, government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accountable to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. It was also a member of the Public Data Group. Paper maps represent only 5% of the company's annual revenue. It produces digital map data, online route planning and sharing services and mobile apps, plus many other location-based products for business, government and consumers. Ordnance Survey mapping is usually classified as either "Scale (map), lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The county has an area of and a population of 1,131,052. Stoke-on-Trent is located in the north and is immediately adjacent to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stafford is in the centre of the county, Burton upon Trent in the east, and the city of Lichfield and Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth in the south-east. For local government purposes Staffordshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with nine districts, and the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of Stoke-on-Trent. The county Historic counties of England, historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheen, Staffordshire
Sheen is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in north-east Staffordshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 234. The parish is about north to south and about east to west. The eastern boundary is the River Dove (the boundary with Derbyshire), and the western boundary is the River Manifold.A P Baggs, M F Cleverdon, D A Johnston and N J Tringham, "Sheen", in ''A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands, ed. C R J Currie and M W Greenslade (London, 1996), pp. 239-250'' British History Online. Accessed 7 June 2019. There is a north-west to south-east ridge forming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longnor, Staffordshire
Longnor is a village in the Staffordshire Peak District, England. The settlement dates from early times, the first recorded church building being in the Middle Ages. The village was named ''Longenalre'' in the Domesday Book. Located on a major crossroads, Longnor was a significant market town in the 18th century. It lies on the north bank of the River Manifold, on a limestone ridge between the Manifold and the River Dove. Location and geography Longnor is about south of Buxton on the B5053 main road from Cheadle to Buxton. It is at a crossroads with routes to Leek and Macclesfield to the west and Bakewell to the east. West of Longnor are the Staffordshire Moorlands, with a summit at Axe Edge Moor towards the north and Morridge further south. North and east of Longnor is the White Peak section of the Peak District, with the Dove flowing in a steep-sided limestone valley of which the famous Dovedale is a small part. Longnor looks towards the Manifold but lies on the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
