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Baslow is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, lying between Sheffield and Bakewell. It is on the River Derwent just north of Chatsworth House. A seventeenth century bridge spans the river in the village, alongside which is a contemporary guardhouse. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, and boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ...
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, mainly spanning Derbyshire, but also covering bits of Cheshire, Staffordshire and South and West Yorkshire. ...
For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...
Location within the British Isles Bakewell is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from Badecas Well. It is the only town in the Peak District. ...
The Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. ...
A view of Chatsworth from the south-west circa 1880. ...
(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ...
The village divides into three main sections. Bridge End is the original settlement, clustered around the church and the ancient bridge and ford across the Derwent. The church has a Saxon coffin lid in the porch entrance but the oldest part of the current building (the north aisle) dates from about 1200. The tower was constructed in the 13th century but the rest of the church is newer and it was heavily restored in the 19th century. The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ...
Just behind the church lies the old bridge. Built in 1603, this is the only bridge across the Derwent which has never been destroyed by floods.
 The village green in Nether End. The modern centre of the village is the eastern end, called Nether End, around the entrance to Chatsworth park. This is a bit of a tourist resort, with hotels, restaurants, tea rooms, caravan site and the pedestrian entrance to Chatsworth Park. Continuing out of the village you come to the so-called Golden Gates, a set of gates dating from the 1st Duke's rebuilding of Chatsworth which was moved here by Sir Joseph Paxton for the William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire in the 19th century to make a new entrance to park, which was extended northwards towards Baslow in the 1830s. They are now rarely used. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 368 KB) Description or title: Village green, Baslow. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 368 KB) Description or title: Village green, Baslow. ...
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (25 January 1640 - 18 August 1707) was a soldier and statesman. ...
Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865) was an English gardener and architect of The Crystal Palace. ...
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858), was known as the Bachelor Duke. In 1811, at the age of 21, he inherited eight stately homes and 200,000 acres (809 km²) of land. ...
The third area of Baslow is called Over End and is a residential area on the hillside to the north of the rest of the village. Its only feature of interest is Baslow Hall, which was once occupied by Sebastian de Ferranti, the radio and electrical pioneer and inventor. There was once a large Hydropathic Hotel here too, but this was demolished in 1936.
The edges around Baslow offer fine walking with splendid views over the Derwent valley. Baslow Edge to the north of the village was once quarried for gritstone and features the Eagle Rock, an isolated 6 metre high block of gritstone. Tradition has it that the local men had to climb this rock before they were worthy of marriage! It's not particularly easy, so there must have been quite a few bachelors around. Just behind it there is a monument to Wellington, raised in 1866 by a local worthy, Dr Lieutenant Colonel E M Wrench.
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