Hayfield
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District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HIGH PEAK
Postcode district	SK22
Dialling code	01663
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	High Peak
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

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Hayfield (SK037870) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of High Peak, in the county of Derbyshire, England. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

The civil parish includes Hayfield village itself, along with Little Hayfield and part of Birch Vale. Little Hayfield is a hamlet in the Peak District National Park, in England. ... Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, and just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, and near New Mills and Hayfield. ...

Location and geography

The village is located in a valley on the River Sett between the towns of Glossop, New Mills and Chapel-en-le-Frith. Anecdotally it is often described as being "at the foot of Kinder Scout". Thirty of the 33 sq km of the parish are within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park, as is also the hamlet of Little Hayfield. The village's centre is surrounded by the National Park, as is the Sett Valley Trail, but not within it. The area is within the more loosely defined geographical area referred to as the Peak District. The River Sett is a river which flows through the High Peak borough of Derbyshire , in north western England . ... Glossop is a market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. ... New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Stockport. ... , Chapel-en-le-Frith or Chapel is a small Derbyshire town on the edge of the Peak District, part of the Pennine Range, near the border of Cheshire, in northern England. ... Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. ... The Peak District National Park is a national park in the north of England. ... The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire. ...

Today the village is split into roughly two halves, intersected by the A624 bypass (Glossop/Chapel Road). One half contains the traditional village centre, including several shops, businesses, and St. Matthew's Parish Church, while the other half contains mostly dwellings along with a handful of businesses and St. John's Methodist Church. The bypass was built to ease heavy traffic that once travelled through the narrow main streets of the village. A bypass is a road or highway that avoids (bypasses) a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. ... Matthew the Evangelist (מתי Gift of the LORD, Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew Mattay; Septuagint Greek Ματθαιος, Matthaios) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Matthew. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...

North east of the village lies Kinder Reservoir, located within a short distance of Kinder plateau. This controls the flow of the River Sett, thereby avoiding the risk of flooding that had previously been a serious problem within Hayfield village, and which necessitated raising the height of the main street (the original road level can still be seen outside the Bulls Head pub and the Golden Galleon fish & chip shop).

The village has a cricket field where Hayfield Cricket Club (established 1859) play. The ground is located next to the Royal Hotel, and was purchased by the club in 1976 after famous ex-resident Arthur Lowe helped raise the necessary £5,000^[1]. Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 — 15 April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. ...

There are several natural springs located within Hayfield village, some of which once supplied part of the village's water supply. These are no longer in active use, although are 'dressed' yearly in Well Dressing ceremonies. Well dressing in Youlgreave Well dressing is a custom practised in the Peak District of England, in which wells are decorated with designs created from flower petals. ...

Although classed as being in the East Midlands, Hayfield is at the northern extremity of the region and falls more within the influence of Manchester and Stockport in North West England. The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... -1...

History

Some kind of settlement has been in existence in Hayfield since Roman times, and possibly before. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Early history

The area was once woodland but this was largely cleared, allowing for sheep farming, although the soil was not good enough for arable farming ^[2].

The village lies on the line of a Roman road from Buxton (Aqua Arnemetia) to Glossop^[3] (Ardotalia). It is also on an important former packhorse route between Cheshire and Yorkshire ^[2]. The village provided refuge for traders travelling from Castleton and Edale to Marple, Glossop, and Stockport^[2]. Not to be confused with Romans road. ... This article is on the town in the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Glossop is a market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. ... Ardotalia (also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle) is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. ... A packhorse, pack horse or pack pony is a horse or pony used for carrying goods in sidebags or panniers. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England. ... This article is about the English village. ... Central Edale, at the start of the Pennine Way. ... Marple is a village close to Stockport, Greater Manchester in England. ... Glossop is a market town within the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ...

The village appears in the Domesday Book as "Hedfelt" ^[4][5] (some sources state the village was recorded as Hedfeld), and Kinder was recorded separately as Chendre^[6]. It was included in the Royal Forest of the Peak in medieval times, but was not a parish until it was created perpetual curacy by Richard II^[2]. The forest was popular amongst Norman rulers for hunting, for which it was well noted. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. ... Norman conquests in red. ...

Hayfield's location and nearby geography made it an isolated and practically self-sufficient village until the Industrial Revolution; unlike other areas, Hayfield lacked a feudal lord or stately home^[7], although tithes were paid to the Abbot of Basingwerke in North Wales^[8]. A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a religious organization. ...

Other than St Matthew's Church, Fox Hall (dated 1625) and an adjoining barn (possibly earlier) are the earliest surviving buildings in the village. Both buildings are located near the bottom of Kinder Road and are visible from the car park of the Royal Hotel.

There is some dispute as to which is the oldest pub in the village, and both the Bulls Head [sic] (believed to be established circa 1396^[9]) and the George Hotel (believed to be established circa 1575^[10]) vying for the title. Both are located in the heart of the village.

The Industrial Revolution — present day

Eventually woollen manufacturing became a main industry within the village, and the propensity toward three-storied terraced houses within the village reflects this—the top floor, with its better light conditions, was where the loom was operated. In Descriptions of the Country from 30-40 Miles Around Manchester (1795), John Aikten wrote: "The inhabitants [of Hayfield] are principally clothiers, though the cotton branch of late has gained a small footing."^[11] For other uses, see Loom (disambiguation). ...

As with most northern English villages, the Industrial Revolution brought rapid expansion, chiefly the creation of several cotton mills within Hayfield, along with numerous fabric printing and dyeing businesses, as well as paper manufacture. Hayfield became known for spinning, weaving and calico printing.^[12] A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... Calico is a textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. ...

Other local industries included stone quarrying and millstone manufacturing. Some quarrying still takes place within the area, and the remains of old quarries can easily be seen within Hayfield and its surroundings. Clog making, charcoal burning and domestic implement manufacture also took place in the village^[13]. During the 16th century, Cutler's Green (now a camp site, and formerly the site of Kinder Printworks Mill) was known for cutlery trade, before nearby Sheffield became dominant in that area.^[14] Hayfield and surrounding areas were also home to several paper mills.^[2] For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...

In 1868 a railway line was built linking Hayfield to Manchester. Initially built to carry fuel to power the mills, the railway line also bought passengers to Hayfield. It was estimated that around 5,000 people each weekend would travel from Manchester in 1920-1930, in order to enjoy the countryside around Kinder Scout.

A short-lived continuation to the line was built in the early 20th century to convey materials and workmen during the construction of Kinder Reservoir. A famous photograph shows a locomotive crossing Church Street (the main street through the old village centre)[1]; the line skirted the cricket field and continued up the Sett Valley, and its course can still be traced in places.

During World War II, the village was home to evacuees from all over the country. However, on July 3, 1942, a stray bomb intended for Manchester was dropped on a row of terraced houses in Watery Hey. Six people died ^[15]. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

As late as 1937, the book The King's England: Derbyshire stated that Hayfield "is busy making paper and printing calico"^[16]. But with industrial decline in the mid-to-late 20th century, Hayfield returned to its original status of a quiet rural village. Whereas once the village had 17 public houses and dozens of small shops^[17], along with a gas works, it now has six pubs and only a handful of shops (there are eight pubs if the parish is taken as a whole). Only one mill is still standing, in the Little Hayfield area, and it has since been converted to luxury flats. Despite this decline, several new housing developments (both local authority and private) were built in the village across the latter part of the 20th century, increasing the village's population substantially, and the village remains a popular area in which to live^[18].

The railway line to Hayfield closed in 1970 as part of the Beeching Cuts, but with increasing car use and good road links with Manchester, Hayfield remains a magnet for those who enjoy outdoor pursuits. The dismantled trackbed of the railway line now forms a popular 2½-mile linear recreational route, the Sett Valley Trail. Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ... The River Sett is a river which flows through the High Peak borough of Derbyshire , in north western England . ...

Churches in the area

The parish church of St. Matthew has existed in its present location since 1386, having previously stood at Kirksteads, the name given to the area where the rivers Kinder and Sett meet near Bowden Bridge. However, the church was not completed until 1405^[19]. It was largely rebuilt in 1817–18 and remnants of the earlier building are visible in the crypt. The tower was built in 1793 and raised (and a clock added) in 1894. The interior is galleried on three sides and contains a notable monument of 1786 to Joseph Hague, moved there from Glossop church^[20]. Matthew the Evangelist (מתי, Gift of the LORD, Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay; Septuagint Greek: Ματθαίος, Matthaios), most often called Saint Matthew, is an important Christian figure, and one of Jesus Twelve Apostles. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ...

St John's Methodist Church dates from 1782. It claims to be the 13th Methodist church built^[21] and was visited by John Wesley, who may well have opened the church personally ^[22] (Wesley's diaries show he took particular interest in Hayfield, declaring in his diary that he found "uncommon liberty in preaching" when holding a service before the church was built). Although the building has been added to since construction, the four walls of the main church are entirely original^[23]. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... For other persons named John Wesley, see John Wesley (disambiguation). ...

Methodism was prominent in the area and lead to the building of several other chapels. Hugh Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel was built on Jumble Lane (now Kinder Road) in 1867 and deconsecrated in 1969, its congregation merging into St John's. The building now houses Hayfield Library. Bethel Methodist Church was founded in 1836 and a dedicated church built on Walk Mill in 1867. The church was founded largely to provide Sunday School facilities. It was deconsecrated in 1956. Little Hayfield Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1851 and deconsecrated in 1975. Primitive Methodism was a major separate movement in English Methodism in the first part of the nineteenth century. ...

The Mass Trespass

A mile east of the village is the confluence of the rivers Sett and Kinder at Bowden Bridge (a packhorse bridge), from where rights-of-way lead past Kinder Reservoir (built 1911) and on to the Kinder Scout plateau. The Mass trespass of Kinder Scout started from Bowden Bridge Quarry in 1932. The River Sett is a river which flows through the High Peak borough of Derbyshire , in north western England . ... The River Kinder above Kinder Reservoir The River Kinder is a small river, only about 3 miles long, in northwestern Derbyshire, England. ... A packhorse bridge is typically very narrow and was only designed to take a horse (often loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a waterway. ... Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. ... Commemorative plaque at Bowden Bridge Quarry The mass trespass of Kinder Scout was a notable act of willful trespass by ramblers. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Modern Hayfield

A Well Dressing at the bottom of Kinder Road, Hayfield.

Hayfield is no longer an industrial town and nowadays is considered a thriving Peak District village with a strong community spirit. In the 2001 Census, the parish had 2,852 residents, across 1,205 households^[24][25] (2,164 of those residents living in the village itself^[26]). Many residents work outside of Hayfield in nearby Stockport and Manchester, or in neighbouring towns and villages, although there are a handful of local businesses providing employment, including farms. Image File history File links Welldressing_Hayfield. ... Image File history File links Welldressing_Hayfield. ...

Hayfield is considered a desirable place to live within the High Peak and this is reflected in relatively higher property prices compared to neighbouring towns and villages^[27]. An increasing number of residents have moved from nearby Manchester and Stockport in order to experience a better quality of life, and it is possible to argue that Hayfield is undergoing gentrification. High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... In San Francisco, during the mid-1960s, the bohemian center of the city shifted from the old Beat enclave of North Beach to Haight-Ashbury (pictured) as a response to gentrification. ...

An annual May Queen procession is held in the village each year, as are sheepdog trials at nearby Little Hayfield in September. Well dressing has recently been introduced. An annual jazz festival was discontinued in the late 1980s. May Queen is a term which has two distinct but related meanings. ... A Sheepdog trial (or simply dog trial) is a competitive dog sport in which herding dog breeds move sheep around a field, fences, gates, or enclosures as directed by their handlers. ... Little Hayfield is a hamlet in the Peak District National Park, in England. ... Well dressing in Youlgreave Well dressing is a custom practised in the Peak District of England, in which wells are decorated with designs created from flower petals. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Prior to the arrival of ADSL broadband in the village, Hayfield Development Trust[2] pioneered village-wide wi-fi, known as the Digital Parish, allowing broadband-like Internet access for most villagers[3]. The main up/downlink was initially provided via satellite, although it now utilises standard ADSL. The Digital Parish scheme remains the only method of Internet access for some remote villagers, and is preferred by many others. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... Wi-Fi (IPA: ) is the common name for a popular wireless technology used in home networks, mobile phones, video games and more. ...

Outdoor pursuits and sports

Hayfield is a popular walking and mountain biking centre; as well as being a traditional starting point for the ascent of Kinder Scout (traversed by the Pennine Way), the village lies directly on the Pennine Bridleway long-distance route (part of which follows the Sett Valley Trail). The village contains a high number of public rights-of-way, as well as bridleways, a legacy of the pre-industrial days, when they provided the only ways in and out of the area. Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... The Pennine Way is a long-distance footpath in England. ... The Pennine Bridleway is a new National Trail under designation in Northern England. ...

Hayfield is the home of the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team ^[28]. Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. ...

Other local destinations for walkers and mountain bikers include Lantern Pike (also accessible from Little Hayfield), a prominent hill to the north west of the village traversed by the Pennine Bridleway.

Fell running is also popular, and each year sees a championship held on nearby peaks ^[29]. Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. ...

The village is home to Hayfield Football Club[4], which plays in the Hope Valley Football League, and Hayfield Cricket Club[5].

Myths and legends

On the last day of August 1745, Dr James Clegg—the minister of a Presbyterian church at nearby Chapel-en-le-Frith—wrote to the Glossopdale Chronicle reporting that "hundreds of bodies rose out of the grave in the open air" from the graveyard of St Matthew's Church. They then proceeded to disappear, leaving Dr Clegg to remark: "... what is become of them or in what distant region of this vast system they have since fixed their residence no mortal can tell."^[30] , Chapel-en-le-Frith or Chapel is a small Derbyshire town on the edge of the Peak District, part of the Pennine Range, near the border of Cheshire, in northern England. ...

In 1760, Hayfield had its very own witch. Suzannah Huggin sold wooden weaving pins and also bewitching charms. An old sailor bought one of these and promptly vanished, although Huggin was subsequently found to be in possession of the charm again. The villagers then blamed her for the disappearance, and she was dragged before the George pub and pelted with rotten fruit and stones, almost killing her. Somebody from Tom Heys Farm then took the charm but, after a series of disasters — including milk not churning and animals not feeding — the charm was reluctantly exorcised by Reverend Baddeley^[31].

Famous residents

• Arthur Lowe, the actor most famed for his role as Captain George Mainwaring in the television show Dad's Army, was born and raised in Hayfield.^[32] Although born in Birmingham, Lowe's wife, the actress Joan Cooper, lived in Hayfield until her death in 1989^[33].
• Coronation Street creator and script-writer Tony Warren spent some time in nearby Little Hayfield, and has a particular connection with the Lantern Pike Inn, where some Coronation Street memorabilia can be found.
• Local sources suggest that Pat Phoenix, former Coronation Street actress, also lived in Little Hayfield at the same time as Tony Warren. The Lantern Pike Inn also displays memorabilia relating to her.

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External links

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Hayfield, Derbyshire

• Hayfield Parish website
• Hayfield Development Trust
• Hayfield Football Club website
• Hayfield Cricket Club website
• St Matthew's Church website
• St John's Church website
• Kinder Mountain Rescue Team
• New Mills Heritage Centre, publisher of Hayfield in the 19th Century (see References section)
• Hayfield Country Show and Sheepdog Trials

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