Dinting Vale is a village in
Glossopdale,
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 a ...
, England.
The Vale falls within the
Simmondley ward of the High Peak Council. Dinting Vale lies near to
Higher Dinting,
Dinting, Brookfield and
Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak (borough), High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Mancheste ...
.
Dinting Vale Printworks became renowned through the Potter family which included
Edmund Potter and his brother
Rupert Potter, the father of
Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...
who often visited her father and uncle at the Print Works. The street names in a housing estate in nearby Brookfield carry the memory with Potter Road and Beatrix Drive.
External links
Glossop Heritage Centre's webpage on the Potter family
See also
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List of places in Derbyshire
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See also
* List of settlements in Derbyshire by population
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References
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Villages in Derbyshire
High Peak, Derbyshire
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