Stanton in Peak
| Stanton in Peak | |
| Derbyshire | |
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 Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak | |
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| Grid reference: | SK241642 |
| Location: | 53°10’31"N, 1°38’27"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
Stanton in Peak (also written as Stanton-in-Peak) is a village in Derbyshire, about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover. The nearest village, Birchover, is around a mile to the south.
The parish population recorded at the 2011 census was 365.
There is a fine 19th century parish church here, and many fine stone houses, with mullion windows. There is also a stately home, Stanton Park, a combination of the Classical style, and later Palladian alterations, which is a private house.
History
The village appears in the Domesday Book and is of Anglo-Saxon origin. From earlier ages are several prehistoric monuments, including Doll Tor and Nine Ladies Bronze Age stone circles and numerous Bronze Age burial cairns on Stanton Moor.
The landscape hereabouts has much evidence of ancient and modern sandstone quarrying. 19th century lead mines are evident lower down the village. Also of the 19th century is the Earl Grey Tower, raised as a monument to the passing of the 1832 Electoral Reform Act.
The Thornhill family, which owns Stanton Hall, was responsible for the construction of the majority of buildings in the village, most of which date from the 17th and 18th centuries.[1] William Pole Thornhill represented the constituency of North Derbyshire in Parliament for a time.[2] Thornhill and his wife were considerable benefactors to the village, building the parish church in 1833, the reading rooms and "The Stand", originally known as "The Belvedere", a viewing platform giving panoramic views over the Wye Valley. Many of the houses in the village carry the initials "WPT".[3]
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