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Peak Dale
Peak Dale is a small village in Derbyshire, England, northeast of Buxton and southeast of Dove Holes. The population falls within the civil parish of Wormhill. The village is between Dove Holes Quarry (to the north) and Tunstead Quarry (to the south), with other smaller quarries in the vicinity. It was built to house quarry workers and their families, but some of the original houses have now been demolished. The village has a club (Great Rocks Club), a playground and a primary school. Great Rocks Dale lies immediately south of the village. Railway The village previously had a railway station called Peak Forest railway station, on the Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ... line, which closed when passenger services were withdrawn. However, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Peak, Derbyshire
High Peak is a Local authority district, local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England, covering a high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to Sterndale Moor in the south, and from Hague Bar in the west to Bamford in the east. The population of the borough taken at the 2011 Census was 90,892. The borough is unusual in having two administrative centres for its council, High Peak Borough Council; the offices are in Buxton and Glossop. Other towns include Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hadfield, Derbyshire, Hadfield, New Mills and Whaley Bridge. High Peak was the name of a Hundred (county division), hundred of the Historic counties of England, ancient county of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area as the current district. It may have derived its name from the ancient Forest of High Peak, a royal hunting reserve administered by William Peverel, a favourite of William I of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. The north and centre of Derbyshire are hilly and contain the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regular market. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District, Peak District National Park. In 1974, the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs, including Glossop, to form the Non-metropolitan district, local government district and borough of High Peak. The town population was 22,115 at the 2011 Census. Sights include Poole's Cavern, a limestone cavern; St Ann's Well (Buxton), St Ann's Well, fed by a geothermal spring bottled by Buxton Mineral Water Company; and many historic buildings, including John Carr (architect), John Carr's restored Buxton Crescent, Henry Currey (architect), Henry Currey's Buxton Baths and Frank Matcham's Buxton Opera House. The Devonshire Campus of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dove Holes
Dove Holes is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It has a population of about 1,200 (2001), shown in the 2011 Census as being included in the population of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It straddles the A6 road, approximately three miles north of Buxton and three miles south of Chapel-en-le-Frith. History Evidence of human occupation at Dove Holes can be traced back to the Neolithic period (late Stone Age) because of the existence of a henge, known locally as '' The Bull Ring'', and an adjoining tumulus. In the Middle Ages, the area was used as the royal hunting Forest of High Peak (now known as '' Peak Forest''), an area set aside as a royal hunting forest. The village's name is believed to derive from the Celtic word ''dwfr'' (dŵr in modern Welsh), which means water, hence Water Holes or Dove Holes. The same word is the origin of the name ''Dover'' for the famous Channel ferry port. In 1650, a General Survey of the Manor of High Peak was made to assess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, which for centuries were the principal unit of secular and religious administration in most of England and Wales. Civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in excess of 100,000. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, unlike their continental Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wormhill
Wormhill is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, situated east by north of Buxton. The population of the civil parish including Peak Dale was 1,020 at the 2011 Census. Wormhill was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number manors in Derbyshire including Aston-on-Trent, Breaston, Duffield and Swarkestone. and containing of meadow.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.749 The name is said by the English Place-Name Society to be derived from the Old English 'Wyrma's hyll'. There was a tradition of wolf hunting in Wormhill in the fourteenth century. It was said that a living was made by some and that an annual tribute of wolfheads was shown. It has been reported that the last wolf killed in England was at Wormhill Hall in the 15th century. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunstead Quarry
Great Rocks Dale is a dry valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, known for its extensive quarrying. Geography and geology The valley runs from Peak Dale down to Blackwell Mill at Chee Dale on the River Wye. The scenery is of limestone, which extends to a depth of around 380 metres. It contains the only dikes in the White Peak. Boreholes have enabled the extraction of significant amounts of water, used by local industry. Before the quarrying, the southern part of the valley was described as "narrow, flat-bottomed, rocky... ithalmost perpendicular cliffs of limestone on either side...", whereas the northern part was broader and grassy. History The dale fell within the bounds of the mediaeval Forest of High Peak. The surrounding land was first farmed in about 1250, by people connected with the nearby hamlet of Tunstead. In 1867, an extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway was opened, running through the valley between Peak Forest and Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Rocks Dale
Great Rocks Dale is a dry valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, known for its extensive quarrying. Geography and geology The valley runs from Peak Dale down to Blackwell Mill at Chee Dale on the River Wye. The scenery is of limestone, which extends to a depth of around 380 metres. It contains the only dikes in the White Peak. Boreholes have enabled the extraction of significant amounts of water, used by local industry. Before the quarrying, the southern part of the valley was described as "narrow, flat-bottomed, rocky... ithalmost perpendicular cliffs of limestone on either side...", whereas the northern part was broader and grassy. History The dale fell within the bounds of the mediaeval Forest of High Peak. The surrounding land was first farmed in about 1250, by people connected with the nearby hamlet of Tunstead. In 1867, an extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway was opened, running through the valley between Peak Forest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peak Forest Railway Station
Peak Forest railway station served the small villages of Peak Dale, Smalldale and Peak Forest, in Derbyshire, England. History Peak Forest station was opened in 1867 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from ; it was part of the main Midland Line from Manchester London Road to London St Pancras. It was also the northern junction for the line from and marked the summit of the line before it dropped through Dove Holes Tunnel to . It closed in 1967 and the platforms were demolished shortly afterwards. The site today This section of route is still open for stone freight trains serving the Buxton lime industry; it is known as the '' Great Rocks Line''. The northbound station building still survives, as offices which support the large quarry terminal close by. A short section of one platform has been reinstated for railway staff use. It is easily visible from the nearby road at Dove Holes Dove Holes is a vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Railways Act 1921, grouping in 1923. The Midland had a large network of lines emanating from Derby, stretching to St Pancras railway station, London St Pancras, Manchester Central railway station, Manchester, Carlisle railway station, Carlisle, Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966), Birmingham, and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, Bristol. It expanded as much through acquisitions as by building its own lines. It also operated ships from Heysham in Lancashire to Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas and Belfast. A large amount of the Midland's infrastructure remains in use and visible, such as the Midland Main Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Rocks Line
The Great Rocks Line is a freight railway line in Derbyshire, England, that runs between the Hope Valley Line at Chapel Milton and the stone quarries and sidings at Peak Dale and Peak Forest, before looping around to the town of Buxton. It takes its name from the Great Rocks Dale through which it runs. It was opened in 1867 as an extension to the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, allowing the passenger trains of the Midland Railway a connection the whole way from London to Manchester for the first time. However, the rest of the former MBM&MJR was closed in June 1968 by the Labour Minister for Transport, Barbara Castle, leaving the northern section now known as the Great Rocks Line open only for stone freight trains and as an emergency diversionary route for the passenger Buxton line. The most notable structure on the line is the bifurcated Chapel Milton Viaduct, just below the junction with the main line between Sheffield and Manchester. It also passes thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Derbyshire
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''villa''). Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
