Little Hucklow
| Little Hucklow | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 The former Olde Bull's Head, Little Hucklow | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK163785 |
| Location: | 53°17’49"N, 1°44’6"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Buxton |
| Postcode: | SK17 |
| Dialling code: | 01298 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Little Hucklow is a village in Derbyshire, within the Peak District National Park]], under Hucklow Edge.
The wider parish consists of the village of Little Hucklow and the hamlets of Coplow Dale and Windmill: its population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census.
The neighbouring villages are Bradwell, Derbyshire to the north, Great Hucklow to the east and Tideswell to the south. The village lies just west of the B6049 about a mile and a half north of where it crosses the A623 at the Anchor Inn. The village is linear and is aligned east–west.
The sole public house in Little Hucklow village, the Old Bulls Head, closed in the 2000s but reopened as the Blind Bull in 2020.[1] Adjoining the pub is the Manor House, a Grade II* listed building dating from 1661.[2]
The parish is highly rural with current farming activity being mainly livestock rearing. There was formerly considerable lead mining activity in the parish, including a shaft 600 feet deep at High Rake mine. The mine is situated on a large vein about a quarter of a mile west of the hamlet of Windmill in the Liberty of Little Hucklow. This vein is known under different titles as it ranges from the Sir William Hill to the east to beyond Tideslow Top to the west. At High Rake shaft it is called the High Rake, but immediately west of the old Tideswell to Castleton road it is known as Tideslow Rake and beyond Tideslow Top as White Rake. Eastward beyond Windmill it is known as the Hucklow Edge Vein. The foundations of the mine buildings at High Rake have been excavated by the Peak District Historical Mines Society.[3] High Rake Mine is a Scheduled Monument[4] as is Tideslow Rake to the west;[5] the latter is also a designated 'Site of Special Scientific Interest'.[6]
Windmill is a small hamlet in the parish of Little Hucklow, consisting of fifteen houses, and several farms. It is on the lane that runs west from Windmill Triangle to the Old Castleton Road. There are a number of old houses, one a former public house and the other the village shop and café.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Little Hucklow) |
- Hucklow: Derbyshire UK
- Historical Account of High Rake
- The excavations at High Rake
- Guide to English Place-names (English Placenames Society)@
References
- ↑ The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow
- ↑ National Heritage List 1334904: The Manor House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "High Rake Mine, Windmill". Peak District Historical Mines Society. n.d.. https://pdmhs.co.uk/high-rake-mine-windmill/. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1412940: High Rake Mine (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1014591: Tideslow Rake lead rake and lime kiln (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Tideslow Rake
