Chelmorton

Chelmorton

Coordinates: 53°13′N 1°50′W / 53.22°N 1.83°W / 53.22; -1.83

Chelmorton
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Chelmorton from Midshires way
Chelmorton is located in Derbyshire
Chelmorton

 Chelmorton shown within Derbyshire
District Derbyshire Dales
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUXTON
Postcode district SK17
Dialling code 01298
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Derbyshire Dales
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Chelmorton is a village situated in the Peak National Park, the Derbyshire Dales and the White Peak. The village is often described as linear with medieval strip fields radiating horizontally from a main street, rising up a gradual hill.

The parish church of Saint John the Baptist is 11th century.[1] At the opposite end of the village stands its oldest dwelling, Townend Farm, built originally by Isaiah Buxton in 1634. With its four Venetian windows and pedimented doorway it is also known locally as Chelmorton Hall. This ancestral home and family seat of the Marsden[2] family has an enclosed courtyard with elaborate outbuildings. The Church Inn is at the bottom of Chelmorton Low. Other sites of interest are the Rakes, and the source of the village's traditional water supply, Illy Willy Water.

The village is located between Bakewell and Buxton. Children from Chelmorton go to Harpur Hill Primary School, Buxton Community School, Monyash Primary School and Lady Manners School.

References

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. page 140. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
  2. ^ Burke's Aristocractic Families of England. "Burke's Peergage". Burke's Peerage and Gentry. http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=9141. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 

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