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EDENSOR, Derbyshire

"EDENSOR-WITH-CHATSWORTH and PILSLEY hamlet forming a parish, in the hundred of High Peak, is remarkable as containing one of the wonders of the Peak, viz. the splendid seat of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, which is situate about four miles N. E. of Bakewell. The house is built in the ionic order, with a flat roof, surrounded by a neat balustrade; its form is nearly a square, of about 190 feet surrounding a spacious quadrangular court, having a fountain in the centre, surmounted by a Statue of Orpheus. The principal entrance, on the west is by a noble flight of steps to a terrace, the whole length of the building; the fronts which form the quadrangle are decorated with rich sculptures, representing military trophies." [There is further information for Edensor]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Manors Names, Geographical Nobility Occupations

Bibliography

• Bunting, Julie, The Earls and Dukes of Devonshire. Derbyshire Heritage Series.
  • ISBN 1 874754 70 5.
  Read more About The Earls and Dukes of Devonshire.

• Naylor, Diane - The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley. Landmark, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley’
  (Peak Advertiser, 16th January 2006)

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Peter's Churchyard, Edensor, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard and others.

• There is a plan of the Graveyard inside St Peter's Church showing numbered graves, with a separate list showing who is buried in them. Whilst it doesn't show readable detail, here is a photograph of St Peter's Church Graveyard Plan, Edensor, from Godfrey Bowring.

• Inscriptions on the War Memorial, Photograph of 1914-18 War Memorial, and Photograph of 1939-45 War Memorial, in St Peter's Church Edensor, from Janet & Peter Kirk.

Church History

• Photograph of St Peter's Church, Edensor, from Andrew McCann.

• Photograph of St Peter's Church, Edensor, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St Peter's Church (Cavendish Chapel), Edensor, from Peter & Janet Kirk.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Peter's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.

• Here are some brief notes taken from the Edensor Parish Register (independently of the Neals!).

Description and Travel

• Don and Sheila Rimmington's Walk in Chatsworth Park, with some very attractive photographs.

Directories

• A Description of Edensor-with-Chatsworth and Directory for Bakewell, with the villages of Ashford, Baslow, Edensor - with Chatsworth, Youlgrave and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Edensor (includes Pilsley) by Ann Andrews.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Chatsworth by Ann Andrews. Added 2 Feb 2006.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Edensor from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Manors

• An account of Chatsworth House, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

Names, Geographical

• Most readers will know this already, but just in case not, this place-name is pronounced 'EnZer'!

Nobility

• The Lords of the Manor on the Edensor Estate were the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire. Details of Chatsworth House, their family home, and in particular, a Family Tree, with biographical detail, is available on the Chatsworth web site. To reach the Family Tree, choose the FAMILY entry, from the menu on the left of your screen. Please note, as I missed it the first time through - some of the entries have biographical details. For example, at the top of the tree you can learn more about Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, and builder of the original 16th century house - click on her Family Tree entry for information.

Occupations

• Many local craftsmen and artisans would have been employed at Chatsworth. One such was John GARDOM, an ironsmith of Baslow, who worked as an assistant to Jean Tijou, the French master ironsmith employed at Chatsworth. GARDOM is also believed to have been responsible for the garden gates at Beauchief Hall, and for the garden ironwork at Hassop Hall.
  (Ref: A History of Derbyshire, Gladwyn Turbutt, 1999)

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