Aldwark, Derbyshire

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Aldwark
Derbyshire
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The small village in 2006
Location
Grid reference: SK228573
Location: 53°6’47"N, 1°39’36"E
Data
Population: 189
Post town: Matlock
Postcode: DE4
Local Government
Council: Derbyshire Dales

Aldwark is a small upland village and parish in Derbyshire, about eight miles south-west of Matlock by road or five miles as the crow flies. Close by are a number of Neolithic burial sites, the most notable being tree-crowned Minninglow, visible for many miles around. The name is Old English meaning The Old Fortification.[1] The civil parish corresponds to the township in the ancient parish of Bradbourne.

The village is just within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park. The 2001 census recorded a population of just 39 for the parish; over 100 years ago, the township's inhabitants numbered 40.[2] At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 180.[3] In the eighteenth century Aldwark was probably busier, being a stopping point on the stagecoach route from Buxton to Derby.

References

  1. "Aldwark". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Aldwark. Retrieved 19 August 2013. 
  2. The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119910&c=Aldwark&d=16&e=62&g=6413618&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458406387094&enc=1. Retrieved 19 March 2016. 
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