Over Haddon
| Over Haddon | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Over Haddon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK204664 |
| Location: | 53°11’42"N, 1°41’46"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 255 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bakewell |
| Postcode: | DE45 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
Over Haddon is a small village in Derbyshire, south of the B5055 road near the small town of Bakewell. The parish population (with Nether Haddon) at the 2011 Census was 255.
Over Haddon overlooks Lathkill Dale and the River Lathkill, which may be crossed by a clapper bridge on a footpath running south from the village. The bridge, Conksbury Bridge, may be mediæval.[1]
The village has two churches, a public house, and a car park.
The name "Haddon" means "Heath Hill" (hæð dun), the "Over" referring to being above "Nether Haddon" (the location of Haddon Hall).[2]
History
The site of a deserted mediæval village, Conksbury, is on the south bank of the River Lathkill, between Over Haddon and Youlgreave.
Around the year 1667 Over Haddon was home to Martha Taylor, one of the earliest documented examples of a 'fasting girl', who claimed to be able to survive for months without food.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Over Haddon) |
- Information on Over Haddon from GENUKI
- Over Haddon: Peak District On-line
References
- ↑ https://www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk/walks/walk-lathkill-bradford-dales/. Retrieved 25 Jan 2019.
- ↑ Richards, Mark (1985). White Peak Walks: The Northern Dales. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. ISBN 0-902363-53-0.
- ↑ Robinson, Joseph Barlow (1866). Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight for the Antiquary, the Historian.... London: J. R. Smith. https://archive.org/details/derbyshiregather00robi. Retrieved 18 January 2018.