Birchover

Birchover
Derbyshire
The Red Lion Inn, Birchover
Location
Grid reference:	SK239621
Location:	53°9’22"N, 1°38’37"W
Data
Population:	362
Post town:	Matlock
Postcode:	DE4
Dialling code:	01629
Local Government
Council:	Derbyshire Dales
Parliamentary constituency:	West Derbyshire

Birchover is a village in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, five miles north-west of Matlock. Its name is Old English, birc ofer meaning 'birch bank'.

At the 2001 Census, Birchover had a population of 362.

On the north -western edge of the parish is Eagle Tor, a small hamlet

Birchover is near a number of features of geologic and historic interest: a rock formation called Rowtor Rocks, consisting of numerous tunnels, carvings and caves; several prehistoric monuments, including Doll Tor; and a number of stone circles on Stanton Moor.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers, and as being worth eight shillings.

In popular culture

Bradley Rocks near Birchover features as the location of the farm in the 1987 film The Princess Bride.

The horror writer Joseph Freeman based a story here, 'A Room of his Own', in his first book Love Stories of the Undead, and has had articles published in Saccade magazine and a charity anthology called Dog Tales based on real-life eerie events in the area.

Outside links

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