Edensor(pronounced/ˈɛnzər/) is a village andcivil parishinDerbyshire,England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 145.[1]
| Edensor | |
|---|---|
 Edensor | |
  Edensor Location withinDerbyshire | |
| Population | 145 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK251700 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BAKEWELL |
| Postcode district | DE45 |
| Dialling code | 01629 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Much of the village is privately owned, by theDukes of Devonshire,theCavendish family.Most of the deceased of the family are buried in the churchyard ofSt Peter's Church.
History
editA village near this location was included in theDomesday Bookof 1086. At that time, it was owned byHenry de Ferrersand included ten villagers plus seven "smallholders".[2]One report describes the area in the early 1700s as: "it straggled across towards the river Derwent in front of Chatsworth, skirting the hill opposite the village known as 'The Crobbs'."[3]
In 1762 the 4th Duke of Devonshire ofChatsworth Housearranged for the demolition of several buildings because they intruded on his view of the parkland that had been created byCapability Brown.In the 1800s, a new road was being built and the Duke arranged to have the rest of the village removed. A new village was constructed in a project managed by SirJoseph Paxton;the earlier vicarage and an existing 18th-century inn were moved to the new site. One building of the old village, Park Cottage, was not removed. A church existed here in the 1100s but it was rebuilt and increased in size in the mid-1800s.[4][5][6]
A report published in 1870 stated that the village was "a pretty place of villa-cottages" and had a post office and an inn, as well as 123 houses ". The population of the township, including the village, was 592.[7]
In 2019 some 575 people worked on the Chatsworth Estate which included the village.[8]This area has been the home of the Cavendish family since 1549.[9]
By the mid-1800s, Edensor was considered to be a "model village"; "rules were being enforced to preserve the appearance of the settlement".[4]The Chatsworth Estate office occupies a "fine brick building"[10]which was built as an inn for visitors to Chatsworth in the 18th century and attributed toJames Paine.As of 2021, 50 of the buildings in the village arelisted buildings,all Grade II (with a few at Grade II*) except for the Church of St Peter which is Grade I Listed.[11]
The village forms part of theChatsworth Estate;the ownership is held by The Chatsworth House Trust on behalf of the Cavendish family.[12]
St Peter's Church
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St Peter's is theparish churchin theChurch of England.It is in a joint parish with St Anne's Church, Beeley. SirJoseph Paxton(d. 1865) is buried in St Peter'schurchyard,[10]as are mostDukes of Devonshireand their families.
A 2020 report states that the current church with its 166-foot-high (51 m) spire, designed byGeorge Gilbert Scott,was not built until about 25 years after the village was completed. It was a "replacement for the original squat-towered church that had occupied the site previously".[4]Derbyshire Council states that "Edensor Church was taken down and rebuilt in 1867, incorporating some of the old Norman" church.[13]Another source specifies that "very little remains of the Norman church".[14]
The historic listing summary for the Church of St Peter provides less of an explanation. It simply states that St Peter's was built in the 12th century, modified in the 15th and "rebuilt in 1867".[15]
Dunsa
editThehamletofDunsalies to the northwest of Edensor atgrid referenceSK245704.
Gallery
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Edensor Mill, Grade II listed, built in 1762 -
Edensor, Chatsworth Estate -
Approaching from Chatsworth -
Village scene -
Devonshire building -
St Peter's Church -
Cavendish family plot with the graves of the Dukes of Devonshire -
Grave of the 6th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1858), founder of modern-day Edensor -
See also
edit- Listed buildings in Edensor
- Beeley—another Chatsworth estate village
- Pilsley—also a Chatsworth estate village
- Milton Abbas—a village inDorsetthat was moved by a landowner
References
edit- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved23 March2016.
- ^"Land of Henry of Ferrers".Open Domesday.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"St Peter's Church".St Peters Edensor.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^abc"Exploring the idyllic Chatsworth village of Edensor".Great British Life.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Edensor".Let's Go Peak District.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Edensor, Derbyshire".Let's Go Peak District.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Parish History The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870".Parish Mouse.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"CHATSWORTH HOUSE".Historic England.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"EDENSOR AND THE CHATSWORTH ESTATE".Chatsworth Estate.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^abPevsner, Nikolaus(1978).The Buildings of England: Derbyshire.revised Elizabeth Williamson. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 205–207.ISBN0-14-071008-6.
- ^"Listed Buildings in Edensor, Derbyshire, England".britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.Retrieved7 October2013.
- ^"The Chatsworth House Trust".Peak District Online.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Building record MDR3634 - St Peter's Church, Jap Lane, Edensor".Derbyshire County Council.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Edensor, St Peter's Church".Britain Express Life.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Church of St Peter A Grade I Listed Building in Edensor, Derbyshire".BritishListedBuildings.Retrieved14 April2021.
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