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HADDON, Derbyshire

"HADDON, (Over and Nether Haddon) townships in the parish of Bakewell, county Derby, 2 miles S.E. of Bakewell. They are situated on the river Wye, and contain several good houses. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1806. At this place is Haddon Hall, the old baronial seat of the Vernons, one of whom, Sir George Vernon, is celebrated in story as "King of the Peak". The whole building, which is still nearly perfect, is situated on a limestone rock overlooking the river Wye."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Cemeteries

• Photograph of War Memorial, Over Haddon, from Alf Beard.

Census

• Transcription of the Census for Over Haddon of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901, with information about the Over Haddon Censuses, 1841 - 1901, kindly provided by Carolyn Pearce.

Church History

• Old Postcard of Haddon Hall Chapel Interior, Haddon.
  (Contributed by an anonymous donor).

• Photograph of Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1861), Over Haddon, from Alf Beard.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Haddon (includes Nether Haddon, Over Haddon and Harthill) by Ann Andrews. Added 6 May 2006.

Gazetteers

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

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Over- and Nether-Haddon by Barbarann Ayars.

Manors

• Old Postcard of Haddon Hall Courtyard, Haddon from Andrew McCann. Added 26 Oct 2007.

• Various modern photographs of the Hall are available in our Haddon Photo Gallery. Added 28 May 2005.

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

Nobility

• Haddon Hall is the family home of the Dukes of Rutland.

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