- Litton, Derbyshire
Infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption=June 2000 - The Well Dressing
latitude = 53.274
longitude = -1.756
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Litton
population =
shire_district =Derbyshire Dales
shire_county =Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = BUXTON
postcode_district = SK17
postcode_area = SK
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK163752Litton is a village in the
Derbyshire Peak District ofEngland . It is one mile fromTideswell and six miles fromBakewell .The locals will tell you "It's 1000 feet up - minus a boy scout". It has a village hall, a village shop, a small primary school and a post office run by a co-operative of villagers and the "Red Lion" pub. There are two churches, one at the east end of the village, and one at the west, at the outskirts of the village on the road to
Tideswell , the next village along.Litton has one of the Derbyshire
Well dressing s that take place each summer. The display is set on a base of moist clay and the patterns formed from petals, seeds, mosses and lichens. Each village has its own distinctive style of decoration.An obelisk-style
cross shaft lies atop steps on thevillage green . [Neville T. Sharpe, "Crosses of the Peak District" (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)]Notable residents
This was the birth-place in 1628 of
William Bagshaw , the celebrated Nonconformist divine called the “Apostle of the Peak”." [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Litton/index.html The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)] retrieved19 April 2008 ]References
External links
* [http://www.littonvillage.co.uk Litton Village Website ]
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