Stanton-in-Peak
History
The village, mentioned in the Domesday Book and of probable Saxon origin, is close to several prehistoric monuments, including Doll Tor and Nine Ladies Bronze Age stone circles and numerous Bronze Age burial cairns on Stanton Moor. They have no connection to Druids, who were an Iron Age culture. There is also the Earl Grey Tower, raised as a monument to the passing of the 1832 Electoral Reform Act and much evidence of ancient and modern sandstone quarrying. Nineteenth-century lead mines are evident lower down the village. There is also a school on School Lane (Victorian).
The Thornhill family, which owns Stanton Hall, was responsible for the construction of the majority of buildings in the village, most of which date from the 17th and 18th centuries. William Pole Thornhill represented the constituency of North Derbyshire, Thornhill and his wife were considerable benefactors to the village, building the parish church in 1833, the reading rooms and "The Stand", originally known as "The Belvedere", a viewing platform giving panoramic views over the Wye Valley. Many of the houses in the village carry the initials "WPT".
Geography
The nearest village is Birchover, around a mile to the south.
As of 2001, the population was 200–210.
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Derbyshire Peak District site
- ^ Joseph Tilley Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire Volume I, The High Peak Hundred - Stanton Old Hall
- ^ Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District