Bamford

Bamford

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.3485
longitude= -1.6894
static_

static_image_caption= Bamford Mill.
official_name= Bamford
map_type= Derbyshire
population = 1184
shire_district= High Peak
shire_county = Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= High Peak
post_town= HOPE VALLEY
postcode_district =S33
postcode_area= S
dial_code= 01433
os_grid_reference= SK207835

Bamford is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, close to the River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the south-east the location of the water treatment works covering the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,184 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793391&c=Bamford&d=16&e=15&g=434875&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208028123250&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 "Area: Bamford CP (Parish)"] ] .

The village is served by Bamford railway station on the Hope Valley Line.

The parish church of St John the Baptist was built c. 1860 [Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. "The Buildings of England:Derbyshire". page 81. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.] . There are also Methodist and Catholic churches in the village. Bamford water mill has been turned into flats but some of the original machinery still remains. The village also has a sculpture trail and, in mid-July, there is a well-dressing festival.

Bamford has 4 public houses, the Derwent Hotel (now permanently closed), the Anglers Rest, the Ladybower Inn and the Yorkshire Bridge Inn. Across the valley is Thornhill Hall, once the seat of the Eyres who were a large family of landed gentry in this part of Derbyshire.Futher up the valley are the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Dams

Nearby are the villages of Shatton, Bradwell (well-known for its ice cream), Hope, Hathersage, Eyam and Castleton, famous for its Blue John stone.

References

External links

* [http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/hopev/bamford.htm Bamford in "Hope Valley and Edale"]


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