Snelston

Snelston

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=The lodge and church
latitude = 52.988
longitude = -1.776
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Snelston
population =
shire_district = Derbyshire Dales
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = ASHBOURNE
postcode_district =DE6
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK151434

Snelston is a village and civil parish three miles south-west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It includes Anacrehill. A tributary of the River Dove flows through its centre.

The building in the foreground of the photo above is Lower Lodge which stands at the entrance of Snelston Hall. Beyond the lodge is St Peter's church. Snelston Hall was built in 1827 and was demolished in 1951. The local squire, John Harrison had the village remodelled and a new school built in 1847. The village buildings were designed by the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham. This is now a model village.

The parish church of St Peter was substantially rebuilt (except for the tower) in 1825 [Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. "The Buildings of England:Derbyshire". pp 319-320. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071008-6] . It is one of the few churches to have had dances regularly held on the roof [Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. "The Ancient Parish of Norbury". Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock. Page 29.] .

Notable Residents

*Michael Sadler, MP, factory reformer, was born here in 1780. [ [http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9469125 Michael Sadler at biography.com] accessed June 2007] He reformed the laws for children working in factories.

Gallery

References

External links

[http://www.derbyshireuk.net/snelston.html Snelston at DerbyshireUK]


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