Earl Sterndale
| Earl Sterndale | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 From the southwest | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK090670 |
| Location: | 53°12’0"N, 1°51’58"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Buxton |
| Postcode: | SK17 |
| Dialling code: | 01298 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Earl Sterndale is a village in the Upper Dove Valley in the Peak District, in Derbyshire. It stands near the River Dove, five miles south of Buxton, and eight miles west of Bakewell, at 1,100 feet above sea level.
The farms surrounding the village were mediæval monastic granges in the care of the monks of Basingwerk Abbey, a monastery in Flintshire.
The village church, St Michael and All Angels, was built in 1828 on the site of an ancient chapel, and contains a Saxon font. It was substantially destroyed in 1941, when it was mistakenly bombed; the only church in Derbyshire to be hit by a German bomb. The church was restored in 1952.
Earl Sterndale is popular with walkers, as it stands close to the distinctive peaks of Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill, and is within walking distance of Hartington and the 'Gateway to Dovedale'.
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