Grindlow is a farming hamletGrindlow, Derbyshire Dales - area information, map, walks and more
Retrieved 2018-03-27. of a dozen or so houses that nestles under Hucklow Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. Although it is a separate civil parish in the

Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire Dales ( ) is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district was created in 1974 as West Derbyshire; the name was changed to Derbyshire Dales in 1987. The council is based in the town of Matl ...

District, the Parish Council is joint with

Great Hucklow Great Hucklow (Old English ''Hucca's burial mound'') is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District which is under Hucklow Edge between the villages of Tideswell and Bradwell. It has a population of about 100, including Foolow, ...

, its near neighbour, and Little Hucklow. The village lies north of the A623 road as it crosses Wardlow Mires. It is a familiar stop for groups of walkers passing through from

Foolow Foolow (Old English possibly for "bird hill" or "colourful hill") is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District. Village centre The village green contains an ornate Grade II listed medieval cross, similar to the one at Wheston but possibly of ...

, Wardlow and Abney. At its centre lies Grind Low, a small

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

knoll surmounted by a few trees. There are also two Bronze Age burial mounds near the footpath to Foolow. Grindlow was a mining village for many centuries. After the demise of mining, agriculture remained as the principal form of income.

References

The Grindlow page on the Hucklow web site
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