Wormhill

Wormhill

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=Wormhill church.
latitude = 53.271
longitude = -1.820
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Wormhill
population =
shire_district = High Peak
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = BUXTON
postcode_district =SK17
postcode_area = SK
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK121749

Wormhill is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated north of Buxton. It has an annual Well dressing.

Wormhill was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Aston-on-Trent, Duffield, Breaston, Duffield and Swarkestone.] and containing 20 acres of meadow."Domesday Book: A Complete Translation". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.749]

It has memorials to James Brindley, pioneer builder of Britain's canals who was born in 1716 in the hamlet of Tunstead which is within Wormhill parish. The well in Wormhill is dedicated to Brindley and it is decorated each year. [ [http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/wormhill.php Cressbrook pages - Wormhill] ]

The lower part of a cross shaft and its stepped base lie in the village's churchyard. A sundial dated 1670 tops the broken shaft. [Neville T. Sharpe, "Crosses of the Peak District" (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)]

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