Hassop

Hassop
Derbyshire
The Eyre Arms, Hassop
Location
Grid reference:	SK223722
Location:	53°14’49"N, 1°40’1"W
Data
Post town:	Bakewell
Postcode:	DE45
Dialling code:	01629
Local Government
Council:	Derbyshire Dales
Parliamentary constituency:	Derbyshire Dales

Hassop is a village in Derbyshire, close by Great Longstone.

The village developed around a number of lead mines, with such names as "The Brightside", "Backdale", "Harry Bruce", "Waterhole" and "Whitecoe", which lasted until the mid-nineteenth century.

The local landowners were the Eyre family of Padley, who built Hassop Hall. In 1643 the Civil War came this way and the family defended the house against the Parliamentarians. Manholes in the floor of the cellar are reputed to allow entrance to a former lead-mine under the Hall. Hassop Hall was extensively rebuilt in classical style between 1827 and 1833. It is now a private hotel.

The parish church, the Church of All Saints, was built in 1816-18 for the Eyre family.

Hassop railway station was about two miles south of the village, built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway in 1863. It closed in 1964 and the station building has since been converted to a bookshop and cafe. The trackbed through the station is part of the eight and a half mile Monsal Trail, a walk and cycleway.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hassop)

• Countrybookshop at Hassop Station
• Hassop Station