Rowsley
Village in Derbyshire, England
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::summary Village in Derbyshire, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| static_image_name | Peacock Rowsley Geograph-3434237-by-Graham-Horn.jpg |
| static_image_caption | The Peacock Hotel |
| coordinates | |
| map_type | Derbyshire |
| official_name | Rowsley |
| population | 507 |
| population_ref | (2011) |
| shire_district | Derbyshire Dales |
| shire_county | Derbyshire |
| region | East Midlands |
| constituency_westminster | Derbyshire Dales |
| post_town | MATLOCK |
| postcode_district | DE4 |
| postcode_area | DE |
| os_grid_reference | SK258659 |
| :: |
| country = England | static_image_name = Peacock Rowsley Geograph-3434237-by-Graham-Horn.jpg | static_image_caption = The Peacock Hotel | coordinates = | map_type = Derbyshire | official_name = Rowsley | population = 507 | population_ref = (2011) | shire_district = Derbyshire Dales | shire_county = Derbyshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = Derbyshire Dales | post_town = MATLOCK | postcode_district = DE4 | postcode_area = DE | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK258659 Rowsley () is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as at the 2011 census was 507.
It is at the point where the River Wye flows into the River Derwent and prospered from mills on both. The border of the Peak District National Park runs through the village west of the River Wye and immediately to the north of Chatsworth Road. The Peak District Boundary Walk goes through the village.
Overview
Notable features are the bridge over the River Derwent, St Katherine's Church, Rowsley and the Grade-II*-listed Peacock hotel, originally built in 1652 as a manor house by John Stevenson, agent to Lady Manners, whose family crest bearing a peacock gives it its name. Both Longfellow and Landseer are said to have stayed there. Nearby is Chatsworth House, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.
It was the site of an extensive motive power depot and marshalling yard, the first being built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway with a railway station designed by Joseph Paxton in 1849. This was replaced by a new station when the line was extended northwards in 1862. It was frequently used by King Edward VII when he visited Chatsworth House. The original station became a goods depot until 1968, when it was used as a contractor's yard. It then became the centrepiece of a shopping development known as Peak Village.
Railway stations
Rowsley South
Rowsley South is the northern terminus of the preserved heritage railway Peak Rail; it is about a quarter of a mile south of the village itself. The line currently runs for a length of four miles from .
Rowsley
Peak Rail are close to securing a 99-year lease with the local council on the disused trackbed from Rowsley South to the A6 road, at the site of the former Rowsley station site. The former station, which is still extant, will have to be rebuilt.[[File:Rowsley Railway Station.jpg|thumb|left|The original Rowsley railway station]]
Notable residents
- Phillip Whitehead, MP, MEP, author and Emmy Award-winning television producer, was brought up here.
References
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
- McCloy, Andrew. (2017). "Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park". Friends of the Peak District.
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- Bestwick, Alex. (30 September 2022). "Bakewell and beyond?".
- [https://archive.today/20070313002048/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article784650.ece Philip Whitehead's obituary in ''The Times'']
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