Burbage, Derbyshire

Last updated

Burbage
Burbage bridge.jpg
Disused railway bridge, Burbage,which carried the old Macclesfield Road over the line. Viewed looking NE over Burbage and Buxton. The bridge is completely filled some 15 yards in. To the north lies the 500 yd Burbage Tunnel which took the line into the Goyt Valley.
Derbyshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Burbage
Location within Derbyshire
Population2,540 (Ward. 2011)
OS grid reference SK047728
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUXTON
Postcode district SK17
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°15′11″N1°55′48″W / 53.253°N 1.930°W / 53.253; -1.930

Burbage is a village in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census Burbage was a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. The population taken at this Census was 2,540. [1]

Contents

Burbage is well known for its brass band, the Burbage Band (Buxton).

Burbage backs onto Grinlow Woods to the south and provides access to Solomon's Temple. Burbage Edge overlooks the settlement from the west. [2]

Burbage Tunnel (now blocked) is a remnant of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, which operated from 1831 to 1967, although the section near Burbage was abandoned in the 1890s in favour of a new alignment via Buxton.

Christchurch at Burbage was designed by Henry Currey (architect for the Duke of Devonshire's estate) and was built in 1861. [3] The Public Hall at Burbage was opened in July 1894 by Lady Cavendish and Lady Goring. It was built opposite Christchurch at the junction of Leek Road and Old Macclesfield Road. The hall held 400 people and was used for all the public events in Burbage for decades. The Burbage war memorial was erected beside it. Later it became Worth’s garage and car showroom. At the eastern end of the building were four shops, occupied amongst others by Thomas’s Grocers, Bonsall’s butchers and Edward’s newsagents. The building was demolished in 2007. [4] [5]

Burbage Golf Club (now defunct) first appeared in 1899. It continued until the 1920s. [6]

The Duke pub (formerly the Duke of York Inn) on St John's Road is a free house. The Red Lion on Holmfield was built in 1842 but it is no longer a pub. [3]

Photographs of Burbage can be found at GENUKI.

Governance

Burbage was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Hartington, [7] on 31 December 1894 Burbage became a separate civil parish, [8] being formed from the part of Hartington Upper Quarter in Buxton Urban District, on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and became part of Buxton unparished area. [9] In 1951 the parish had a population of 4780. [10]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buxton</span> Town in Derbyshire, England

Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. In 1974, the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disley</span> Village in Cheshire, England

Disley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,294. To the north, the River Goyt and the Peak Forest Canal, which opened in 1800, pass along the edge of the village. Today, it is a dormitory village retaining a semi-rural character.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edale</span> Village and parish in the Peak District, England

Edale is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, whose population was 353 at the 2011 Census. Edale, with an area of 7,030 acres (2,840 ha), is in the Borough of High Peak.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bakewell</span> Market town in Derbyshire, England

Bakewell is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, known for Bakewell pudding. It lies on the River Wye, 15 miles (23 km) south-west of Sheffield. It is the largest settlement and only town within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park. At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 3,949. It was estimated at 3,695 in 2019. The town is close to the tourist attractions of Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derbyshire Dales</span> Non-metropolitan district in England

Derbyshire Dales is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district was created in 1974 as West Derbyshire; the name was changed to Derbyshire Dales in 1987. The council is based in the town of Matlock, and the district also includes the towns of Ashbourne, Bakewell, Darley Dale and Wirksworth, as well as numerous villages and extensive rural areas. Much of the district is within the Peak District National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hartington, Derbyshire</span> Human settlement in England

Hartington is a village in the centre of the White Peak area of the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on the River Dove which is the Staffordshire border. According to the 2001 census, the parish of Hartington Town Quarter, which also includes Pilsbury, had a population of 345 reducing to 332 at the 2011 Census. Formerly known for cheese-making and the mining of ironstone, limestone and lead, the village is now popular with tourists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dronfield Woodhouse</span> Human settlement in England

Dronfield Woodhouse is a district of Dronfield, in the North East Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The area has been inhabited since at least the 11th century and its main road, Carr Lane, features a 13th-century house, formerly Hall Farm. The 19th-century former primary school on Holmesfield Road is now an elderly care home.

Hartington Upper Quarter is a civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. The civil parish was created following the division of the ancient parish of Hartington into four. The parish had a population of 451 according to the 2001 census reducing to 438 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kettleshulme</span> Village and civil parish in England

Kettleshulme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is close to the border with Derbyshire, on the B5470 road from Whaley Bridge to Macclesfield in the valley of the Todd Brook, a tributary of the River Goyt. In 2001 the parish had a population of 353.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newtown, Derbyshire</span> Human settlement in England

Newtown is an area of the town of New Mills in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It is situated west of New Mills proper, on the road to Disley. The county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire divides the area between the two counties. It entirely originally formed part of the parish of Disley and the county of Cheshire, and most of it became part of Derbyshire under the Local Government Act 1888 and on 31 December 1894 Newtown became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with New Mills. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1421.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parsley Hay railway station</span> Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

Parsley Hay railway station served Parsley Hay, a hamlet within Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, about 9.3 miles (15 km) south east of Buxton, Derbyshire, on the LNWR line to Ashbourne. The nearest large settlement is the village of Hartington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canford Magna</span> Village in Dorset, England

Canford Magna is a village in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village has a mixture of thatch and brick buildings, mostly serving as residences for teaching staff. The western edge of the village merges with the residential suburb of Merley and the village community of Oakley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elmton with Creswell</span> Human settlement in England

Elmton with Creswell is a civil parish in the Bolsover district in Derbyshire, England. It covers the villages of Elmton, Creswell and Creswell Model Village. According to Census data in 2001, Elmton with Creswell parish had a population of 4,755, and in 2011 had a population of 5,550. The town lies on the border with Nottinghamshire.

The Ashbourne line was a 33+1⁄2 mi (53.9 km) railway from Buxton via Ashbourne to Uttoxeter. It was built by the London and North Western Railway using a section of the Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) and it joined the North Staffordshire Railway at Ashbourne, proceeding to Uttoxeter with a junction onto the main line at Rocester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fenny Bentley</span> Human settlement in England

Fenny Bentley is a small village and civil parish located close to Dovedale in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The population in 2009 was 305 reducing to 183 at the 2011 Census. It lies two miles north of Ashbourne, on the A515 Buxton to Ashbourne Road. It is one of the most southerly villages in the Peak District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairfield, Derbyshire</span> Human settlement in England

Fairfield is a district of Buxton, in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The historic medieval village of Fairfield was centred around a village green.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lost buildings of Buxton</span> List of former notable buildings in Buxton, Derbyshire

This is a partial list of prominent buildings in Buxton, Derbyshire which have been demolished or ruined.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buxton and High Peak Golf Club</span> Golf course in Derbyshire, England

Buxton and High Peak Golf Club at Fairfield near Buxton in Derbyshire opened in 1887. The course is 5,993 yards (5,480 m) long with a par of 69. It is the oldest golf course in Buxton and one of the oldest in Derbyshire.

William Radford Bryden was an English architect and surveyor who designed various prominent Victorian buildings in Buxton, Derbyshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hartington Middle Quarter</span> Civil parish in Derbyshire, England

Hartington Middle Quarter is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Formerly a part of Hartington parish, for which it is named, it has a mix of a number of villages and hamlets amongst a mainly rural and undulating landscape, and is wholly within the Peak District National Park. It had a population of 379 residents in 2011. The parish is 130 miles (210 km) north west of London, 20 miles (32 km) north west of the county city of Derby, and 5 miles (8.0 km) south east of the nearest market town of Buxton. Being on the edge of the county border, it shares a boundary with the parishes of Chelmorton, Flagg, Hartington Town Quarter, Hartington Upper Quarter, Middleton and Smerrill, Monyash in Derbyshire, as well as Hollinsclough, Longnor and Sheen in Staffordshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
  3. 1 2 Leach, John (1987). The Book of Buxton. Baracuda Books Limited. pp. 95, 126. ISBN   0-86023-286-7.
  4. ↑ "Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1899 - Page 77". University of Leicester - Special Collections Online. 1899. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Owen, David (2007). Under Grin Low: A Burbage History.
  6. ↑ “Burbage Golf Club”, “Golf’s Missing Links”.
  7. ↑ "History of Burbage, in High Peak and Derbyshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Relationships and changes Burbage CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Chapel-en-le-Frith Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Population statistics Burbage CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Burbage, Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.