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Little Longstone
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Little Longstone
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK191718
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BAKEWELL
Postcode district DE45
Dialling code 01629
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53°14′35″N1°42′54″W / 53.243°N 1.715°W / 53.243; -1.715 Coordinates: 53°14′35″N1°42′54″W / 53.243°N 1.715°W / 53.243; -1.715

Little Longstone is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The village is on a minor road west of Great Longstone, just off the B6465 road from Wardlow to Ashford-in-the-Water. [1] There is a Grade-II-listed Congregational Chapel [2] and a public house, the Packhorse Inn, [3] in the village. As in many small parishes, there is no parish council and local democracy is administered via a parish meeting. [4]

The parish includes parts of Monsal Dale and the hamlet of Monsal Head, and lies wholly within the Peak District National Park. The Monsal Trail, a popular cycleway and footpath following a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, [5] runs just south of the village. [1]

Listed buildings and scheduled monuments

There are nine listed buildings in the parish (all listed at Grade II):

and four scheduled monuments, comprising one disused lead mine and a series of bowl barrows:

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Great Longstone is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 31 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Great Longstone and the surrounding area. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and farmhouses and associated structures. Part of the gardens of Thornbridge Hall are in the parish, and these contain a number of listed buildings. The other listed buildings include a church, a cross in the churchyard, the village cross, two public houses, a former guidepost used as a gatepost, a former railway station, a war memorial, and a telephone kiosk.

Little Longstone is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Little Longstone and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of houses and cottages, a public house, a set of village stocks, a barn, a chapel, a former stable range, and a railway viaduct.

References

  1. 1 2 OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "Congregational Chapel (Grade II) (1311405)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "Home Page". Packhorse Inn. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Little Longstone". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. Lofthouse, A.W.G. (2007). Monsal Trail Then and Now (2nd ed.). ALD Design & Print. ISBN   1901587312.
  6. Historic England. "Stocks (Grade II) (1109911)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. Historic England. "The Stocks (Grade II) (1311426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Manor House (Grade II) (1109912)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  9. Historic England. "Stable block to west of Manor House (Grade II) (1109913)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. Historic England. "Dutch barn belonging to The Manor (Grade II) (1311433)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  11. Historic England. "Pack Horse Inn (Grade II) (1109914)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  12. Historic England. "Monsal Dale Viaduct (Grade II) (1109915)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. Historic England. "Cosy Cottage and adjoining cottage (Grade II) (1311410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  14. Historic England. "White Cliff bowl barrow (1008783)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  15. Historic England. "Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane (1008789)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  16. Historic England. "Two bowl barrows east of Hay Dale (1008811)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  17. Historic England. "Putwell Hill Mine (1412909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.