Tunstead Milton

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Tunstead Milton
Derbyshire
Tunstead Milton, Derbyshire 2007 (geograph 435210).jpg
Tunstead Milton
Location
Grid reference: SK031797
Location: 53°18’54"N, 1°57’14"W
Data
Post town: High Peak
Postcode: SK23
Local Government
Council: High Peak

Tunstead Milton is a village in Derbyshire, on the B5470 road west of, and in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, near the northern edge of the Combs Reservoir.

The name Tunstead is likely derived from hundred homestead and Milton from mill town.

The hamlet had in the past a post office, a garage and two public houses, all of which have now closed.

It should not be confused with Tunstead, which is roughly five miles to the south-east, near Wormhill.

Legend

There is a local legend here of 'Tunstead Dickey', a "Screaming Skull",[1] a legend mentioned in numerous guidebooks. The skull remained on display in a farmhouse and various versions of the legend was that it could not be moved for fear of supernatural revenge.

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