https://baslowhistory.co.uk/articles-dd-s/2026-03-27T10:52:27+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/the-church-yard/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/c-y-map-main.jpgC-Y Map main2026-03-15T23:57:23+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/layout/2026-02-24T00:00:25+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/ann-hall/2026-01-26T10:05:47+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/family-trees/2025-12-11T14:45:24+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/6-2-family-notes/2024-11-01T00:28:45+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/churchyard/2024-08-13T07:15:14+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/dwellings/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/church-ter-sch-ln-2021-03-1.jpgchurch-ter-sch-ln-2021-03-1https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1927-longshaw-sale-south.jpg200-2https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1927-longshaw-sale-north.jpg200-2https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.4d-1920-rut-r-hood-559-563.jpg1920 Rut R-hood 559 - 563https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.4d-1920-rut-par-456-497.jpg1920 Rut Par 456 - 497https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.4d-1920-rut-bas-vill-498-558.jpg1920 Rut Bas Vill 498-558https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.3d-maps-house-names-nether-end.jpg7.3d Maps House names Nether-endhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.3c-maps-house-names-over-end-bar-rd.jpg7.3c Maps House names Over-end & Bar Rdhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.3b-maps-house-names-bubell-north.jpg7.3b Maps House names Bubell & Northhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7.3a-maps-house-names-west-end-central.jpg7.3a Maps House names West-end & Central2024-05-27T11:02:37+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/contributions/2024-03-16T00:04:22+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/tithe-etc/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1848-bas-vil-1.jpg1848 Bas Villagehttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bubnell-tithe-map.jpgBubnell Tithe maphttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/baslow-tithe-mapred.jpgBaslow Tithe mapred2023-04-16T11:14:02+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/7-houses-streets-sales/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7.1aa-streets-map-baslow.jpg7.1aa-streets-map-baslow2023-04-04T22:09:04+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/7-3-sales/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/baslow-arial-photo-1937-1.jpgBaslow 1937https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/moorstones-1884a-1.jpgMoorstones 1884https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/baslow-arial-photo-1937.jpgBaslow 1937https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hydropathic-hotel-1.jpgHydrohttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/baslow-hall.jpgbaslow-hall2023-04-04T13:10:40+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/6-families/2023-03-30T23:20:48+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/7-2-streets-maps/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/arial-baslow-c2015-1.jpgUntitledhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/arial-baslow-c2015.jpgUntitledhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/to-baslow-fr-wheatlands-lane-inc-poppies-2019-06-1.jpgto-baslow-fr-wheatlands-lane-inc-poppies-2019-06-12023-03-22T11:57:13+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/misc/2023-03-22T11:42:29+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/my-articles/2023-03-22T11:33:08+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/c-r-allcock/2023-03-21T00:06:36+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/2719-2/2023-03-21T00:04:39+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/the-war-memorial/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1.1l-church-bells-info-1.jpg1.1l Church Bells infohttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1.1l-church-bells-info.jpg1.1l Church Bells info2023-02-04T08:42:07+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/dds2-village-development/2023-01-28T08:04:52+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/photos-coal-mining-in-baslow/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/robin-hood-inn.jpgRobin Hood InnThe north Derbyshire coal field extends as far as the edges above Baslow. A small outcrop at Robin Hood has been mined since mediaeval times.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/14-nether-cottage.jpgNether CottageNether Cottage, Baslow. Receipts that still exist show that Robert Marples paid his half yearly rent on 22 Oct for 1735 - £6 11s 10p, and 5 (loads) of coal. Perhaps he dug it himself.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/13-robin-hood-parkgate.jpgView from Birchens to ParkgateChatsworth's Emperor Lake is beyond the trees in the distance. In 1760 an adit (a tunnel) was dug to provide drainage allow deep coal mines in the area. They are now all filled in By 1800 all the coal had been taken, and mining at Robin Hood gradually faded away.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/12-coal-pits2.jpgCoal pits A group of bell pits across the valley from Robin Hood which cis visible in the foregroundhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/11-coal-pits1.jpgCoal Pitshttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/10-coal-pit-birchen-path.jpgCoal Pit A bell pit by the path from Robin Hood to Nelson's Monument. The miners dug a hole then extracted the coal undermining the edges as they did so.2023-01-28T00:20:31+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/photos-lead-smelting-around-baslow/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/backdale-hassop-av.jpgLongstone EdgeLead has been mined in the White Peak for millenia. The nearest mines to Baslow are at Longstone Edge. Surface remains can be seen across the centre of the photograph.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/28-smelter-fggt-wood1.jpgFroggatt Wood 3The pit for the waterwheel, which provided power for the bellows and forced air supply needed to smelt the lead orehttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/27-smelter-fggt-wood5.jpgFroggatt Wood 2The leat carrying water to the waterwheelhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/26-smelter-fggt-wood6.jpgFroggatt Wood 1Another smelter in Froggatt Wood, just north of Baslow. The remains of the millpondhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/25-bellanded.jpgBellandedSoil badly contaminated with lead is bellanded (poisonous) https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/24-smelter-barbrook-r-end.jpgSmelter barbrookThe lower lead smelting site at Barbrook. The mill pond is hidden in the backgroundhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/23-leat-barbrook-smelter-r-end.jpgLeat and PathLeading from this upper smelting site, there is a path and a leat (water channel) leading to another site 300 metres downstream. The photo shows the bridge where the path crosses over the leat.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/21-old-mill-r-end-07.jpgMill BarBrookhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/20-old-mill-r-end-07-1.jpgBarbrook millpondWood for smelting became scarce in the white peak, so ore was taken to areas such as Baslow where supplies were more accessible. The site off the Owler Bar road was established in the late 1500s befoe it became a flour mill in the late 1700s.2023-01-28T00:19:39+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/photos-millstones-in-baslow/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/curbar-edge1.jpg6 Curbar EdgeThe screes under Curbar Edge were made by the masons who tipped unwanted debris down the slope. They also made many oft he rock faces while extracting blocks of stone.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/on-gardoms-edge.jpgon Gardoms EdgeThis photo of Gardoms's Edge shows a line of millstone quarries partly hidden by trees. They could well have been run by the Gardom family, who for centuries lived at Yeld farm in Baslow. Even today the quarries remain within the perimeter of the farm. https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/baslow-edge.jpg1 Baslow EdgeThe stone from the "Edges" in the Derwent Valley has in the past been use for making millstones. They were exported long distances, often by sea, from the ports on the river Trent. Baslow and Hathersage were the main centres of production.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/07-bar-quarry.jpg7 Bar Quarry, BaslowThe millstone industry declined from the 1700s, mainly because better and cheaper stones became available. But some quarrying continued. The Bar quarry above Baslow provided stone for local buildings well into toe 1900s.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/06-spoil-heap-millstone.jpg5 Winter quarryThe winter sunset lights up this flat millstone lying in front of a old oak tree and a spoil heap. https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/05-millstone-under-construction.jpg3 Millstone propped upA millstone propped up by the stonemason but left as useless because part of the rim broke off.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/04-millstone-gardoms-edge.jpg4 Round topped MillstoneA millstone with an incomplete edge, lying infront of an old spoil heaphttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/03-millstone-quarry.jpg4 Millstone and QuarryAnother nearly completed millstone. The round top suggests that it was made earlier than the one with a flat top shown in the next picturehttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/02-quarry-gardoms-edge.jpg2 Quarry Gardoms EdgeOne of the millstone quarries on Gardoms edge, overgrown with oak trees and showing the discarded stones covered with moss. It might have been abandoned when the industry collapsed 200 - 300 years ago and has remained untouched ever since.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/01-gardoms-edge.jpgGardoms EdgeHidden under Gardoms Edge, and just visible in the photo are a series of ancient millstones quarries. They may well have been worked by the Gardom family, who lived for centuries at Yeld Farm underneath the edge. 2023-01-28T00:19:05+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/bridges/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bridge-stonelow.jpg6 Bridge StonelowMy favourite bridge. A new turnpike route was established in 1812, but further changes in 1824 left this bridge unused except for access to the moor. It has not been modified since.It is at Stonelow off the A629 above Robin hood.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/turnpile-bridge-nether-end.jpg5 Turnpile Bridge Nether EndThis bridge was built in 1759 as part of the new turnpike road. It came from Hassop, past the Cavendish Hotel and on up through the park to Robin Hood and Chesterfield.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/turnpike-bridge-rock-end.jpg7 Turnpike Bridge Rock EndAnother 1759 turnpike bridge, at the junction of the Curbar Gap and Owler bar Roadshttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/slab-bridge-upper-barbrook.jpg1 Slab Bridge BarbrookI love bridges. This simple bridge is a single stone slab supported by stone abutments and marked by a way-post. It would have been used by packhorses carrying salt from Cheshire to Sheffield. https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/slab-bridge-rock-end.jpg2 Clapper Rock endAnother slab bridge across the Barbrook. In 1777 Holmesfield made the inscription to mark its parish boundary.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/packhorse-bridge-cupola.jpg4 Packhorse Bridge CupolaThis packhorse bridge is at Cupola close to the Owler Bar Road. It is well built and in good condition.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/old-bridge.jpg9 Old BridgeThe Old bridge over the Derwent. A date on the pier suggests that it was built in 1609, making it the oldest structure in Baslow.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/footbridge-barbrook.jpg8 Footbridge BarbrookA new footpath was created below the Peacock Hotel (now the Cavendish) about 1830, including this fine footbridgehttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/devonshire-bridge.jpg10 Devonshire BridgeThe 1925 Devonshire bridge now carries the traffic over the river Derwent to Chatsworth and Bakewell. https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clapper-yeld.jpg3 Clapper YeldThis clapper bridge, stone slabs supported by stone pier, is close to Baslow above the Wheatsheaf Inn. It is probably over 400 years old.2023-01-28T00:18:29+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/the-church/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/war-memorial.jpgWar Memorialhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lych-gate1.jpgLych GateThe Lych Gate is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Bodies used to be rested here before being accepted by the curate for burialhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/church-south-old-church-yard.jpgChurch south viewSt Anne's Church, Baslow. View from south showing porch and oldest part of the graveyardhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/church-porch-cross.jpgChurch porch & CrossThe Cross outside the entrance. The base and shaft are not as old as the plinth underneathhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/church-north-side.jpgChurch north sideThe tower is behind the north aisle which is the site of the original 12th century buildinghttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/burial-ground.jpgBurial GroundThe old church yard is full. This Burial Ground was opened by the Parish Council in 1960 https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bells.jpgChurch BellsThere is a full peal of bells in the tower. This treble bell, cast in 1839, lists the ringers at the time2023-01-28T00:17:40+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/pubs-and-inns/https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wheatsheaf.jpg3 Wheatsheaf hotelThe Wheatsheaf Hotel. Old, but rebuilt sometime in the 1800s. https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/the-alma.jpg7 The Almahttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rutland-arms.jpg4 Rutland Armshttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/devonshire-arms.jpg5 Devonshire ArmsThe Devonshire Arms started as The Barrel Inn around 1800. It was replaced by a grander building in 1851 to cater for the early tourist trade.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cavendish-snow1.jpg1 Peacock (Cavendish) HotelThe two old staging inns in the village were the Peacock shown here and the Wheatsheaf. Both were present by the early 1700s, perhaps much earlier and would have been a welcome sight, especially in bad weather.https://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cavendish-hotel2.jpg2 Cavendish HotelAnother view of the Cavendish Hotel, with recent extensions on the righthttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/baslow-hall-1.jpg8 Baslow Hall 2023-01-28T00:17:02+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/schools/2023-01-28T00:16:13+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/gallery/2023-01-28T00:15:20+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/2-6-map-series/2023-01-27T23:02:59+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/3-3-other-authors-pre-2000/2023-01-14T09:13:22+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/8-misc/2023-01-08T23:45:51+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/old-documents-2/2023-01-01T10:13:34+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/1-4-the-methodist-church/2022-12-31T10:09:21+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/1-3-the-baslow-charities/2022-12-18T14:10:58+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/dds3-village-schools-shops/2022-12-06T00:08:56+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/dds4-village-industry/2022-12-06T00:07:56+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/dds5-places-of-interest/2022-12-06T00:07:25+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.uk/2012/09/29/photographs/2018-11-07T00:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://baslowhistory.co.uk/posts-or-blogs/2012-12-22T19:46:01+00:00weekly0.6https://baslowhistory.co.ukdaily1.02026-03-27T10:52:27+00:00