Litton, Derbyshire

Litton

June 2000 - The Well Dressing
Litton
Litton shown within Derbyshire
Population 675 (2011)
OS grid reference SK163752
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUXTON
Postcode district SK17
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Litton is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 675 (including Cressbrook (within the parish) and the separate parish of Little Longstone).[1] It is one mile from Tideswell and six miles from Bakewell.[2]

The village has a primary school,[3] a public house (the Red Lion[4]) and a post office run by a co-operative of villagers.[5] There are two churches, one at the east end of the village, and one at the west, on the outskirts of the village on the road to Tideswell.

Litton has a well dressing each summer.[6] The display is set on a base of moist clay and the patterns formed from petals, seeds, mosses and lichens.

History

When it was first classed as a village in the late 18th century there were only a few houses on the outskirts of Tideswell. Later on, however, a lead mine was built near Peter's Rock. An obelisk-style cross shaft lies atop steps on the village green.[7]

Nearby Peter's Stone

Notable residents

This was the birthplace in 1628 of William Bagshaw, the celebrated Nonconformist divine called the “Apostle of the Peak”.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) retrieved 19 April 2008
  3. ↑ "Home page". Litton C of E Primary School. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Home page". Red Lion, Litton. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "About Litton Village Shop". Litton Village Shop. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Litton". welldressing.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)


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