Knowledge (XXG)

Buxworth

Source 📝

511:, also originally called Bugsworth, renamed on 4 June 1930, seven weeks after the village was renamed. This closed on 15 September 1958, but the building and parts of the platforms remain to this day. All through the station's existence it has experienced a peculiar anomaly in that reconstructing the collapsed viaduct also involved realigning the railway line a little way to the north. As a result, the tracks have always run past the "wrong side" of the station building, where the approach road was originally intended to be, with a new approach road hastily laid where the tracks were originally supposed to be. The old station house is owned by Burnage School For Boys in Manchester and is opened for visits frequently. 500: 54: 38: 61: 413:("Bucga's Enclosure"), but in the early 20th century some residents began to dislike the name of their village; their cause was championed by the local vicar, Dr J R Towers, and the village school headmaster, Mr W T Prescott. As a result of the efforts of these two residents, Bugsworth officially became Buxworth on 16 April 1930. 233: 495:
destroyed the viaduct. Some four hundred men made drainage channels and built a new timber viaduct, which served until 1885 when the present one was built. A tunnel to the north of the station collapsed during building, trapping a gang of navvies, who were close to death by the time they were
546:
Buxworth Primary School, founded in 1884, is the only school remaining in Buxworth. The school is currently headed by Paul Bertram and was previously co-headed by Jennifer Rackstraw and Louise Moore. Their current Ofsted rating is 'Good'.
420:
spent £350 to organise a ballot of the 600 members of the local population. The result was 233 to 139 to keep the name as Buxworth. However, the village is still generally referred to as 'Buggy' by locals.
480: 582:
Brierley Green adjoins Buxworth and in the early 19th century it was the home of the Clayton family. The eldest son, Joel Henry Clayton, emigrated to the US to live with an uncle at
273: 137: 615: 574:
Buxworth Football Club, nicknamed the Canal Men, play in the Premier division of the Hope Valley Amateur League with Buxworth Reserves competing in the Premier Division.
713: 1583: 257: 92: 982: 219: 1516: 281: 437:(the renaming of the village had no effect on the name of the canal basin), which was re-opened on 26 March 2005 having been restored by the 843: 317: 1038: 438: 245: 1356: 250: 53: 1371: 299: 1578: 484: 262: 207: 173: 109: 1588: 564: 538:
in 1898, murdered his wife in Bugsworth basin after drinking heavily in the Rose & Crown (now demolished) at Bugsworth.
769: 1524: 1503: 1376: 657: 85: 743: 603: 309: 1284: 1484: 721: 665: 456:– a distance of some six miles. Its trackbed can still be discerned in places (e.g. at Whitehough, close to 1279: 417: 304: 894: 499: 1552: 1366: 1135: 868: 583: 508: 441:, and, once again, the canal now ends at its original terminus. It is used entirely for recreational purposes. 187: 1361: 1031: 238: 1351: 586:. Other members of the Clayton family followed him and eventually they settled in a valley at the foot of 559:
team, which was founded around 1848, play in the Derbyshire & Cheshire League. Former Buxworth player
1324: 1130: 1049: 986: 560: 354: 127: 1225: 1185: 1079: 119: 496:
rescued. In 1903, when the line upgraded to four tracks, the tunnel was opened out into a cutting.
1508: 1155: 1150: 599: 568: 453: 1434: 1120: 1069: 1024: 519: 155: 1392: 1248: 523: 430: 375: 370: 37: 1557: 1547: 1479: 1190: 919: 488: 212: 1534: 1444: 1439: 1429: 1304: 476: 434: 366: 1459: 1572: 1529: 1319: 1289: 1089: 591: 515: 387: 163: 821: 1449: 1299: 1264: 1170: 924: 587: 101: 1011: 1542: 1454: 1269: 1200: 777: 445: 407: 380: 1401: 1314: 1294: 1274: 1220: 1215: 1160: 1115: 960: 747: 595: 535: 472: 449: 391: 358: 145: 74: 686: 332: 319: 1474: 1469: 1407: 1309: 1205: 1180: 1145: 1084: 468: 362: 197: 799: 1397: 1195: 1175: 1105: 492: 1464: 1210: 1140: 1110: 1074: 1016: 556: 457: 179: 479:'s main line to London, built in 1867 as part of the extension of its 1064: 898: 461: 872: 938: 452:
was, between 1796 and 1922, transported to the basin by way of the
1165: 635: 498: 361:, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the 1020: 475:) passes north of the village. The railway was originally the 460:, and just beyond the end of the bypass on the way south to 481:
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
567:
for over fourteen seasons, scoring more than 12,000
1493: 1420: 1385: 1344: 1337: 1257: 1241: 1234: 1098: 1057: 616:
Listed buildings in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
386:The village lies almost 2 miles (3.2 km) from 272: 256: 244: 232: 218: 206: 196: 186: 172: 154: 136: 118: 100: 84: 23: 897:. Derbyshire & Cheshire League. Archived from 373:. Its pub, the Navigation Inn, was once owned by 483:, and in 1894 the Midland built the line from 1032: 390:and about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of 8: 844:"Buxworth Primary School: Inspection report" 1341: 1238: 1039: 1025: 1017: 770:"John Cotton: The Bugsworth Wife Murderer" 534:John Cotton, the last man to be hanged in 20: 1584:Towns and villages of the Peak District 871:. Buxworth Cricket Club. Archived from 627: 271: 227: 195: 171: 83: 34: 514:The village is split into two by the 255: 243: 231: 217: 205: 185: 153: 135: 117: 42:Buxworth showing the 'Navigation Inn' 7: 687:"Little Bugsworth improves its name" 658:"Chinley, Buxworth & Brownside" 503:Buxworth station seen from the road 491:. Almost as soon as it was built a 439:Inland Waterways Protection Society 1357:Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station 824:. Buxworth Primary School. 2015–16 776:. 21 December 1898. Archived from 402:The village was originally called 14: 1372:New Mills Central railway station 985:. City of Clayton. Archived from 693:. Boston, Mass: 7. 20 August 1930 448:but limestone from quarries near 60: 59: 52: 36: 746:. Buxton.uk.net. Archived from 602:. Buxworth and Clayton are now 110:Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside 1: 1525:Mass trespass of Kinder Scout 1475:Millennium Walkway, New Mills 1377:Whaley Bridge railway station 571:runs at an average of 30.89. 526:), constructed in the 1980s. 963:. Hope Valley Amateur League 712:Bunyan, Nigel (8 May 1999). 578:Links with the United States 714:"Buxworth result no change" 86:OS grid reference 18:Human settlement in England 1605: 961:"Premier Division (Adult)" 666:English Place Name Society 662:Key To English Place Names 928:. Retrieved 25 June 2017. 802:. Buxworth Primary School 691:Christian Science Monitor 418:High Peak Borough Council 290: 268: 228: 47: 35: 1553:Glossop North End A.F.C. 1517:High Peak (constituency) 1367:Hadfield railway station 584:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 444:The canal never reached 1362:Glossop railway station 1579:Villages in Derbyshire 1352:Buxton railway station 1012:Parish council website 504: 208:Postcode district 1589:High Peak, Derbyshire 774:Derby Daily Telegraph 590:, some 30 miles from 502: 487:, which today is the 467:A main railway line ( 365:industry, became the 1509:University of Buxton 563:went on to play for 353:is a village in the 188:Sovereign state 983:"Meet Joel Clayton" 849:. Ofsted. June 2012 598:where they founded 509:station at Buxworth 454:Peak Forest Tramway 433:terminates here at 329: /  1435:Buxton Opera House 1121:Brough and Shatton 1070:Chapel-en-le-Frith 875:on 2 February 2016 780:on 6 February 2012 520:Chapel-en-le-Frith 505: 416:In 1999 the local 274:UK Parliament 220:Dialling code 1566: 1565: 1416: 1415: 1333: 1332: 1249:Peak Forest Canal 1058:Major settlements 744:"Bugsworth Basin" 431:Peak Forest Canal 376:Coronation Street 371:Peak Forest Canal 348: 347: 138:Shire county 1596: 1558:New Mills A.F.C. 1548:Chapel Town F.C. 1494:Related articles 1485:Solomon's Temple 1480:Speedwell Cavern 1421:Culture, leisure 1342: 1239: 1052: 1041: 1034: 1027: 1018: 999: 998: 996: 994: 979: 973: 972: 970: 968: 957: 951: 950: 948: 946: 939:"League Website" 935: 929: 917: 911: 910: 908: 906: 891: 885: 884: 882: 880: 865: 859: 858: 856: 854: 848: 840: 834: 833: 831: 829: 818: 812: 811: 809: 807: 796: 790: 789: 787: 785: 766: 760: 759: 757: 755: 740: 734: 733: 731: 729: 724:on 18 March 2005 720:. Archived from 709: 703: 702: 700: 698: 683: 677: 676: 674: 672: 654: 648: 647: 645: 643: 638:. Navigation Inn 632: 489:Hope Valley line 344: 343: 341: 340: 339: 334: 333:53.337°N 1.970°W 330: 327: 326: 325: 322: 296: 182: 96: 95: 73:Location within 63: 62: 56: 40: 28:Bugsworth, Buggy 21: 1604: 1603: 1599: 1598: 1597: 1595: 1594: 1593: 1569: 1568: 1567: 1562: 1535:Woodhead Tunnel 1489: 1445:High Peak Trail 1440:Devonshire Dome 1430:Buxton Crescent 1422: 1412: 1381: 1329: 1305:Peakshole Water 1253: 1230: 1094: 1053: 1048: 1045: 1008: 1003: 1002: 992: 990: 989:on 23 July 2017 981: 980: 976: 966: 964: 959: 958: 954: 944: 942: 937: 936: 932: 918: 914: 904: 902: 893: 892: 888: 878: 876: 867: 866: 862: 852: 850: 846: 842: 841: 837: 827: 825: 820: 819: 815: 805: 803: 798: 797: 793: 783: 781: 768: 767: 763: 753: 751: 742: 741: 737: 727: 725: 718:Daily Telegraph 711: 710: 706: 696: 694: 685: 684: 680: 670: 668: 656: 655: 651: 641: 639: 634: 633: 629: 624: 612: 580: 561:Alan (Bud) Hill 553: 544: 532: 477:Midland Railway 435:Bugsworth Basin 427: 400: 337: 335: 331: 328: 323: 320: 318: 316: 315: 314: 294: 286: 178: 168: 150: 132: 114: 91: 90: 80: 79: 78: 77: 71: 70: 69: 68: 64: 43: 31: 19: 12: 11: 5: 1602: 1600: 1592: 1591: 1586: 1581: 1571: 1570: 1564: 1563: 1561: 1560: 1555: 1550: 1545: 1540: 1537: 1532: 1527: 1522: 1519: 1514: 1511: 1506: 1501: 1497: 1495: 1491: 1490: 1488: 1487: 1482: 1477: 1472: 1467: 1462: 1460:Peveril Castle 1457: 1452: 1447: 1442: 1437: 1432: 1426: 1424: 1418: 1417: 1414: 1413: 1411: 1410: 1405: 1395: 1389: 1387: 1383: 1382: 1380: 1379: 1374: 1369: 1364: 1359: 1354: 1348: 1346: 1339: 1335: 1334: 1331: 1330: 1328: 1327: 1322: 1317: 1312: 1307: 1302: 1297: 1292: 1287: 1282: 1277: 1272: 1267: 1261: 1259: 1255: 1254: 1252: 1251: 1245: 1243: 1236: 1232: 1231: 1229: 1228: 1223: 1218: 1213: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1193: 1188: 1183: 1178: 1173: 1168: 1163: 1158: 1153: 1148: 1143: 1138: 1133: 1128: 1123: 1118: 1113: 1108: 1102: 1100: 1096: 1095: 1093: 1092: 1087: 1082: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1061: 1059: 1055: 1054: 1046: 1044: 1043: 1036: 1029: 1021: 1015: 1014: 1007: 1006:External links 1004: 1001: 1000: 974: 952: 941:. Buxworth F.C 930: 912: 901:on 20 May 2018 886: 860: 835: 813: 791: 761: 735: 704: 678: 649: 626: 625: 623: 620: 619: 618: 611: 608: 579: 576: 552: 549: 543: 540: 531: 528: 426: 423: 399: 396: 346: 345: 338:53.337; -1.970 313: 312: 307: 302: 297: 295:List of places 291: 288: 287: 285: 284: 278: 276: 270: 269: 266: 265: 260: 254: 253: 248: 242: 241: 236: 230: 229: 226: 225: 222: 216: 215: 210: 204: 203: 200: 194: 193: 192:United Kingdom 190: 184: 183: 176: 170: 169: 167: 166: 160: 158: 152: 151: 149: 148: 142: 140: 134: 133: 131: 130: 124: 122: 116: 115: 113: 112: 106: 104: 98: 97: 88: 82: 81: 72: 66: 65: 58: 57: 51: 50: 49: 48: 45: 44: 41: 33: 32: 30: 29: 25: 17: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1601: 1590: 1587: 1585: 1582: 1580: 1577: 1576: 1574: 1559: 1556: 1554: 1551: 1549: 1546: 1544: 1541: 1538: 1536: 1533: 1531: 1530:Well dressing 1528: 1526: 1523: 1520: 1518: 1515: 1512: 1510: 1507: 1505: 1502: 1499: 1498: 1496: 1492: 1486: 1483: 1481: 1478: 1476: 1473: 1471: 1468: 1466: 1463: 1461: 1458: 1456: 1453: 1451: 1448: 1446: 1443: 1441: 1438: 1436: 1433: 1431: 1428: 1427: 1425: 1419: 1409: 1406: 1403: 1399: 1396: 1394: 1391: 1390: 1388: 1384: 1378: 1375: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1349: 1347: 1343: 1340: 1336: 1326: 1323: 1321: 1318: 1316: 1313: 1311: 1308: 1306: 1303: 1301: 1298: 1296: 1293: 1291: 1288: 1286: 1283: 1281: 1278: 1276: 1273: 1271: 1268: 1266: 1263: 1262: 1260: 1256: 1250: 1247: 1246: 1244: 1240: 1237: 1233: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1182: 1179: 1177: 1174: 1172: 1169: 1167: 1164: 1162: 1159: 1157: 1154: 1152: 1149: 1147: 1144: 1142: 1139: 1137: 1134: 1132: 1129: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1107: 1104: 1103: 1101: 1097: 1091: 1090:Whaley Bridge 1088: 1086: 1083: 1081: 1078: 1076: 1073: 1071: 1068: 1066: 1063: 1062: 1060: 1056: 1051: 1042: 1037: 1035: 1030: 1028: 1023: 1022: 1019: 1013: 1010: 1009: 1005: 988: 984: 978: 975: 962: 956: 953: 940: 934: 931: 927: 926: 921: 916: 913: 900: 896: 890: 887: 874: 870: 864: 861: 845: 839: 836: 823: 817: 814: 801: 795: 792: 779: 775: 771: 765: 762: 750:on 9 May 2008 749: 745: 739: 736: 723: 719: 715: 708: 705: 692: 688: 682: 679: 667: 663: 659: 653: 650: 637: 631: 628: 621: 617: 614: 613: 609: 607: 605: 601: 597: 593: 592:San Francisco 589: 585: 577: 575: 572: 570: 566: 562: 558: 550: 548: 541: 539: 537: 529: 527: 525: 521: 517: 516:Whaley Bridge 512: 510: 501: 497: 494: 490: 486: 482: 478: 474: 470: 465: 463: 459: 455: 451: 447: 442: 440: 436: 432: 424: 422: 419: 414: 412: 411:Bucga's Worth 409: 405: 397: 395: 393: 389: 388:Whaley Bridge 384: 382: 378: 377: 372: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 342: 311: 308: 306: 303: 301: 298: 293: 292: 289: 283: 280: 279: 277: 275: 267: 264: 263:East Midlands 261: 259: 252: 249: 247: 240: 237: 235: 223: 221: 214: 211: 209: 201: 199: 191: 189: 181: 177: 175: 165: 164:East Midlands 162: 161: 159: 157: 147: 144: 143: 141: 139: 129: 126: 125: 123: 121: 111: 108: 107: 105: 103: 99: 94: 89: 87: 76: 55: 46: 39: 27: 26: 22: 16: 1450:Kinder Scout 1171:Furness Vale 1136:Charlesworth 1125: 991:. Retrieved 987:the original 977: 965:. Retrieved 955: 943:. Retrieved 933: 925:ESPNcricinfo 923: 915: 903:. Retrieved 899:the original 895:"Division 1" 889: 877:. Retrieved 873:the original 863: 851:. Retrieved 838: 826:. Retrieved 816: 804:. Retrieved 794: 782:. Retrieved 778:the original 773: 764: 752:. Retrieved 748:the original 738: 726:. Retrieved 722:the original 717: 707: 695:. Retrieved 690: 681: 669:. Retrieved 661: 652: 640:. Retrieved 630: 588:Mount Diablo 581: 573: 554: 545: 533: 530:Local murder 513: 507:There was a 506: 466: 443: 428: 415: 410: 403: 401: 385: 374: 350: 349: 102:Civil parish 15: 1543:Buxton F.C. 1455:Pennine Way 1423:and tourism 1201:Peak Forest 1047:Borough of 945:18 December 920:"Alan Hill" 822:"Who's Who" 800:"Home page" 636:"Home page" 569:first-class 446:Peak Forest 408:Old English 406:, from the 398:Name change 381:Pat Phoenix 336: / 1573:Categories 1513:Governance 1402:Snake Pass 1221:Tintwistle 1216:Sparrowpit 1161:Dove Holes 1116:Birch Vale 967:31 October 622:References 596:California 565:Derbyshire 536:Derby Gaol 473:Manchester 450:Dove Holes 392:Manchester 359:Derbyshire 321:53°20′13″N 310:Derbyshire 251:Derbyshire 239:Derbyshire 146:Derbyshire 75:Derbyshire 1500:Education 1338:Transport 1235:Waterways 1206:Peak Dale 1181:Hague Bar 1146:Chisworth 1131:Castleton 1085:New Mills 1050:High Peak 869:"History" 555:Buxworth 469:Sheffield 425:Transport 404:Bugsworth 363:limestone 355:High Peak 324:1°58′12″W 282:High Peak 258:Ambulance 202:HIGH PEAK 198:Post town 128:High Peak 1521:Historic 1470:Melandra 1226:Woodhead 1196:Padfield 1186:Hayfield 1176:Gamesley 1126:Buxworth 1106:Ashopton 1099:Villages 1080:Hadfield 610:See also 522:bypass ( 493:landslip 379:actress 367:terminus 351:Buxworth 120:District 67:Buxworth 24:Buxworth 1504:Schools 1465:Mam Tor 1320:Westend 1290:Etherow 1280:Derwent 1211:Rowarth 1156:Derwent 1151:Crowden 1141:Chinley 1111:Bamford 1075:Glossop 993:25 June 905:25 June 879:25 June 853:25 June 828:25 June 806:25 June 784:25 June 754:25 June 728:25 June 697:25 June 642:25 June 604:twinned 600:Clayton 557:cricket 518:– 458:Chinley 369:of the 305:England 180:England 174:Country 1300:Kinder 1265:Alport 1258:Rivers 1242:Canals 1065:Buxton 542:School 462:Buxton 234:Police 156:Region 93:SK0282 1539:Sport 1270:Ashop 1166:Edale 847:(PDF) 671:9 May 551:Sport 224:01663 1408:A624 1386:Road 1345:Rail 1315:Sett 1295:Goyt 1285:Dove 1275:Dane 1191:Hope 995:2017 969:2016 947:2018 907:2017 881:2017 855:2017 830:2017 808:2017 786:2017 756:2017 730:2017 699:2017 673:2012 644:2017 485:Dore 429:The 246:Fire 213:SK23 1398:A57 1325:Wye 1310:Noe 471:to 464:). 357:of 1575:: 1393:A6 922:. 772:. 716:. 689:. 664:. 660:. 606:. 594:, 524:A6 394:. 383:. 300:UK 1404:) 1400:( 1040:e 1033:t 1026:v 997:. 971:. 949:. 909:. 883:. 857:. 832:. 810:. 788:. 758:. 732:. 701:. 675:. 646:.

Index


Buxworth is located in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
OS grid reference
SK0282
Civil parish
Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
District
High Peak
Shire county
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SK23
Dialling code
Police
Derbyshire
Fire
Derbyshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
High Peak
UK
England

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.