MANCHESTER How to get here M67 M1 The village of Hartington is set in magnificent By car: Hartington lies 1.5 SHEFFIELD Peak District Village Trails miles to the west of the A515, M56 White Peak limestone scenery, close to the take the B5054 just north River Dove, which marks the county boundary of Newhaven or east from BUXTON of Derbyshire with Staffordshire. Hartington Warslow and Hulme End. BAKEWELL Please park considerately. There is a village full of interest to its many visitors HARTINGTON M1 Hartington is a public car park on the south throughout the year. The influence of the side of the village. LEEK A515 M6 5 mi Dukes of Devonshire can be seen in many By bicycle: From the south: A523 10 km in the Peak District National Park of the buildings and events. To this day the A52 Leave the Tissington Trail ASHBOURNE STOKE-ON-TRENT Sam Wright Duke’s eldest son has the courtesy title of the (National Cycle Route 68) J15 A515 A52 at the east of Biggin Village Marquess of Hartington. and cycle quiet lanes and part J25 of National Cycle Route 54. From the north: Leave the Did you enjoy the Tissington Trail south of Sparklow on Cycle route 54 Village Trail and your visit to Hartington? Please through Pilsbury or at Parsley Hay (Cycle Hire & car park) How many mischievous mice tell us about it at and follow Hyde Lane which comes into the village. www.hartingtonvillage. are hiding in this leaflet? _____ By public transport: Buses run from Buxton, Ashbourne, com/feedback George Wigham Bakewell and Chesterfield. For further information visit www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/peakconnections. Further information about Hartington and the surrounding areas can be found in the Information hub at Beresford Tearooms. For information about the Peak District National Park including local events, recreation activities, accommodation & places to visit go to: Bakewell Visitor Centre, Tel: 01629 816558 or www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/villagetrails www.visitpeakdistrict.com www.hartingtonvillage.com Katie Broadley Peak District National Park Authority, Hartington Community Group, Hartington Town Quarter Parish Council, Sustainable Development Fund, Derbyshire Dales District Council, local businesses. Designed & produced by Peak District National Park Authority Use this leaflet to guide you Design & Photography Team ©2013. T:01629 816305 Map & school illustration © Thomas Eccles. Drawings by pupils at Hartington School 2012. around Hartington and help Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained ‘Detective Duck’ discover that Toby Wigham within this guide, Peak District Village Trails cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions which may have occurred. Supported by the Sustainable Development Fund there is more than meets the eye You should have found 6 mischievous mice! mischievous 6 found have should You 1902. VI, Edward King 11) breakfast/accommodation. & Bed 10) door. door. 3064/10ppA5leaflet/ofset150gsm/RR/5m/0213 in this historic market village! Above the main main the Above 9) Church. The 8) 2000. 7) arches. and pillars The 6) arch. stone A 5) as you find them, do not pick wild flowers. flowers. wild pick not do them, find you as main illustration - Courtney Slack Josh Wright 1 Keep dogs under control, keep to the path, leave gates gates leave path, the to keep control, under dogs Keep 4) sign. pub The 3) country. in live cows milk, 2) drinking. animals 1) Answers: Village Map 11 The Village Pump Q...Whose coronation does Visit the points on the the pump commemorate and Hartington first grew around its central pond or map to find your way mere. The people who lived here in the past had what year? around the village (less many stories to tell of how precious their water _______________________ than a mile). supply was. The pump lifted water from a well before there was mains water to the village. Read the leaflet to find out more and answer Now look at the nearby village information panel where you can read about sea creatures and limestone. the questions. TO WARSLOW P Stonewell Lane The panel is mounted on limestone which is the main rock type Cope Jake Answers on the Dig Street found in this area of the Peak District. last page. PC 4 Mill Lane 3 2 See if you can find any fossils below the panel and have a go at drawing them just like Toby did. 1 11 5 Beresford Dale 1 The Market Place 6 10 2 Cheese Shop Hyde Lane 3 Charles Cotton Hotel War Memorial The Rook & Footpath 4 to Beresford Dale Reynards Lane 9 5 Devonshire Arms 8 The Dale 6 The Village Stores Hall Bank Hartington Hall 7 (Youth Hostel) 8 Hartington School 9 St Giles Church Sennilow Farm 10 & Hayloft 7 Well Dressings are an ancient tradition in 11 The Village Pump TO BIGGIN Derbyshire - pictures are created in beds of clay using flower petals and natural materials and displayed near Wigham Toby wells or springs to give thanks for a fresh water supply. Q...Do you know all about They are displayed in Hartington each September (one at Hartington? _____ Map not to scale N The Village Pump) linking in with Hartington Wakes and TO BUXTON & BAKEWELL the march of the “Grand Order of Oddfellows”. See back cover for further information on local events. ©Thomas Eccles - map illustration. For a more accurate map please refer to Ordnance Survey Map OL24. Katie Broadley 6 Thomas Wager 1 9 St Giles Church The Market Place Hartington was the first village in Derbyshire (1203) to be granted a Market Charter The church has been here for many years. Parts date back to the 1200’s. (permission from the King to hold a weekly market & fair). William de Ferrers, Lord of the It is an important place for visitors and locals. Look up and you will Manor of Hartington, received the Charter and the market was held for almost 700 years see gargoyles (carved stone monsters) watching over the village. Some trading locally made goods and farm animals! of these are about 600 years old! Rainwater used to pour out of their mouths from the church roof so it didn’t run down the building and Look at all the roads here. These would once have been used as packhorse routes and damage the stonework. later by stagecoaches for tradesmen and farmers trading in the village or staying at the coaching inns, on the way to other places. If the Church is open have a look inside for: a) A large drum - used by the Duke of Devonshire’s Rifle Volunteers Q...What do you think the duck pond could have been used for during the which was an early version of the Territorial Army. The Dukes owned a weekly market? __________________________________________________ lot of the land around Hartington. (Hint: the drum is way out of reach!) Bradley Slack Bradley b) Old paintings high up on the bare walls, including a possible coat of arms, dating back to the 15th or 16th century. The Church is named after Saint Giles. Legend says he was shot by an arrow that was meant for his pet deer. James Galloway Booth James Galloway Q...Look outside the church. Where is the sculpture of St Giles with his arrow and deer? ____________________________________________ 2 Cheese Shop Alice Wager Q...What is cheese made The Old Creamery which was down from?__________ Q... Why is it Stonewell Lane was established by the Duke made in the countryside? _________ 10 Sennilow Q...Many farmers now bring in extra money of Devonshire (who lived at Chatsworth from people visiting the villages and countryside. House). It used to make ¼ of the world’s Farm & Hayloft How do they do this? Stilton cheese, including Stilton for King George V, and employed many locals. Only 3 counties in England – Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire - can produce Blue _________________________________ The village was originally Stilton. There is now a new Hartington Creamery in the nearby hamlet of Pikehall which is centred around seven farms. continuing this tradition and cheese is sold in the shop here in Hartington. Sennilow Farm was one of these. Many farmers rear 3 sheep and cattle in the fields Charles Cotton Hotel around the village, producing The hotel was originally a large farmhouse, later becoming the Sleigh Arms Hotel when the milk, beef and lamb. Farming Sleigh family built the dining room wing. It is now named after Charles Cotton who lived can be difficult in the Peak at Beresford Hall (now demolished) to the south of the village. Charles and his friend James Galloway Booth James Galloway District where the weather Izaak Walton fished in nearby Beresford Dale and wrote and soils can be poor and the famous book ‘The Compleat Angler’ , first published in the costs of looking after the 1653 and still in print today. land and animals are rising. Q...Where can you see Charles Cotton hanging around today? ________________ Courtney Slack 5 2 Archie Morson 4 The Rook & Footpath to 6 The Village Stores to Beresford Dale This building may have been used in the past as an apothecary (chemists) and was known as the Hartington Beef Fair The building which is now ‘The Rook’ was built Market Hall. It was later the site of between the wars by brothers Walter and Bert Hartingon Beef Fair. Ellis. It was a haulage depot, mainly for the transport of stone from The Quarry at Hartshead (near Q...What would you do Q...What parts of the front of the building makes it Heathcote). After World War 2 it was taken over if you set off along this by BRS - British Road Service, (a government look different to other buildings in the village? path to help care for the owned company for transporting goods around the ________________________________________ country).