Chelmorton
| Chelmorton | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Chelmorton from Midshires Way | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK112699 |
| Location: | 53°13’36"N, 1°49’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 322 (2011) |
| Post town: | Buxton |
| Postcode: | SK17 |
| Dialling code: | 01298 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Chelmorton is a village in Derbyshire, in the southern part of the Peak District: the nearest towns are Buxton to the northwest and Bakewell to the east.
The name Chelmorton derives from Old English, believed to be from Ceolmæres dun, meaning 'Ceolmaer's hill'.[1][2] The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 322.
Chelmorton village lines a long street in a high, shallow basin on a limestone plateau,[3] part of the White Peak area. The village is surrounded by a regular pattern of rectangular fields that are bordered by limestone walls; the layout of these indicates that the village had one or possibly two mediæval open fields, before enclosure occurred at a subsequent unspecified time.[3]
In the 12th century the village is recorded as Chelmerdon(e).[2]
The parish church of St John the Baptist, is of the 11th century.[4]
At the opposite end of the village stands its oldest dwelling, Townend Farm, built originally by Isaiah Buxton in 1634. With its four Venetian windows and pedimented doorway it is also known locally as Chelmorton Hall. This ancestral home and family seat of the Marsden family has an enclosed courtyard with elaborate outbuildings.
The Church Inn is at the bottom of Chelmorton Low. Other sites of interest are the Rakes, and the source of the village's traditional water supply, Illy Willy Water.
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References
- ↑ [http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Chelmorton Chelmorton on 'Key to English Place-names' (English Place Name Society)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Millward, Roy; Robinson, Adrian (1975). The Peak District. Eyre Methuen. pp. 186–7. ISBN 0-413-31550-9.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, 1953; 1978 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09591-3page 140
