Higher Dinting is a village in

Glossopdale Glossopdale is the area around Glossop, Derbyshire, England, the valley of the Glossop Brook. It includes Glossop, Hadfield, Charlesworth, Dinting, Dinting Vale, Higher Dinting, Padfield, Old Glossop, Whitfield and Gamesley See also *List of ...

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 village is near

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 Dinting is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is situated near the towns of Glossop and Hadfield. There is a small primary school, Dinting C of E, located near the viaduct. The 1st Dinting Scout Group has been activ ...

, and

Dinting Vale Dinting Vale is a village in Glossopdale, Derbyshire, England. The Vale falls within the Simmondley ward of the High Peak Council. Dinting Vale lies near to Higher Dinting, Dinting, Brookfield and Glossop. Dinting Vale Printworks became reno ...

; the village falls within the Simmondley ward of the High Peak Council. Higher Dinting was the site of the Dinting Railway Museum.

Nicholas Garlick Nicholas Garlick (c. 1555 – 24 July 1588) was an English Catholic priest, martyred in Derby in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Early life He was born around 1555, near Dinting in Glossop, within the county of Derby. In January 1575 he ...

was born in Higher Dinting in 1555 and was executed at

Derby Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original co ...

in July 1588 for being a Catholic priest. The Padley Martyrs are still commemorated every July at Padley chapel. A memorial was placed in the vicarage garden in Higher Dinting.

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