Dove Holes
| Dove Holes | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Dove Holes from Combs Moss | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK074781 |
| Location: | 53°18’-0"N, 1°53’20"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Buxton |
| Postcode: | SK17 |
| Dialling code: | 01298 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | High Peak |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
High Peak |
Dove Holes is a village in the north of Derbyshire, straddling the A6 road about three miles north of Buxton and three miles south of Chapel-en-le-Frith. Trains run from Dove Holes railway station into Manchester. The population of this place is about 1,200.
Residents of the village live either in the village or on outlying farms. There are around six farms in the village and many more within the boundaries of the parish. There are also large limestone quarries that, over the years, have made an important contribution to the development and economy of the village. Additionally, there are several businesses. There are two public houses, one of which offers accommodation. There is a daily milk delivery service and a mobile library every fortnight. There is a church, Methodist chapel and a community centre. The village lies on the fringe of the Peak District National Park.
The village's name is believed to derive from the British language word dwfr meaning 'water' (dŵr in modern Welsh).
History and prehistory
Evidence of Stone Age occupation at Dove Holes can be seen in a Neolithic henge, known locally as The Bull Ring, and an adjoining tumulus.
In the Middle Ages the area was used as the royal hunting Forest of High Peak (now known as Peak Forest), an area set aside as a royal hunting forest.
In 1650, a General Survey of the Manor of High Peak was made to assess the property of the late King Charles. This recorded that people were burning limestone around the village and that there were 14 kilns thereabouts, the burnt lime (quicklime) being slaked and used by farmers to condition the soil in their fields. At that time, lime kilns could be built and demolished without authority.
With the coming of the Industrial Revolution, and the opening of the Peak Forest Tramway in 1796, the limestone quarries were commercialised. The first of these was at nearby Loads Knowl and others quickly followed along Dove Holes Dale. Undoubtedly, the opening of the Peak Forest Tramway and the consequent expansion of commercial limestone quarries contributed greatly to the expansion of the village. For the first time, there was an outlet for limestone in Manchester on the Peak Forest Tramway, Bugsworth Basin, the Peak Forest Canal and the Ashton Canal.
Modernity
In 2001, the village was voted the ugliest village in Britain in a Radio 5 Live poll.[1] However Dove Holes railway station was chosen in 2019 to feature in the music video for the chart-topping single "Someone You Loved" by singer Lewis Capaldi.[2]
Cemex operate a quarry in Dove Holes.
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References
- ↑ "Village challenges 'ugly' tag". BBC News. 23 January 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1777292.stm.
- ↑ "Heartbreaking video for Lewis Capaldi hit song Someone You Loved filmed in Buxton - and features Doctor Who star" (in en). 19 February 2019. https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/heartbreaking-video-lewis-capaldi-hit-song-someone-you-loved-filmed-buxton-and-features-doctor-who-star-83785.