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Dethick, Lea and Holloway

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722:£110, including 53 acres of glebe, in the patronage of the Rev. Brabazon Hallowes H.A. of Glapwell, near Mansfield, and held since 1860 by the Rev. Charles Holcombe Leacroft M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of and resides at Brackenfield. Gisborne's charity of £6 10S. yearly is for clothing. The Rev. Brabazon Hallowes M,A. is lord of the manor of Dethick and principal landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gritstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and about one-half the land is in pasture. The acreage is 1,826; rateable value, £4,748; the population in 1881 was 1,036." 561: 656: 717:(London; May, 1891), pp. 183-184: "DETHICK, LEA and HOLLOWAY form a chapelry, 11 miles south-east from Chesterfield, 2½ south-east-by-east from Matlock Town and 2½ north-by-east from Cromford, which is a station on the Midland railway, in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred and county court district, Matlock and Wirksworth petty sessional division, Belper union, rural deanery of Alfreton, 423: 275: 456: 414:. Lea is the location of a council owned youth activity centre called Lea Green, the house was built as a home by Joseph Wass Esq. a wealthy local lead smelter and miner, lately inhabited by the Marsden Smedley family. Lea also has a public house called the Jug & Glass. There is also a small park, with play equipment for the youth of the parish. 383: 187: 556:
Lea Gardens (also known as Lea Rhododendron Gardens for its extensive collection of this plant) is an open-air landscaped garden, open to the public during the summer months. At its entrance is a small café with indoor and outdoor seating, and a plant shop selling a wide variety of species (only open
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and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. John the Baptist is a small edifice of stone, dating from 1220, and consists of chancel, nave and a lofty western tower, dated 1535, containing one small bell: there are three memorial windows, and 60 sittings. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value
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The Coach House at Lea was formerly a collection of farm buildings, converted to house an ice cream parlour, gift shop, restaurant, tea rooms and a limited amount of guest accommodation. The Coach House was famous for its home-made Jersey ice cream, the Shaw family having made the ice cream in a
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for infringement of patents. Although Arkwright won the case, it attracted the attention of the Lancashire pirate spinners, who in the end succeeded in getting the patents revoked. The mills were later sold to Thomas Smedley, whose son founded
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The parish has one pub, a grocery, a butcher, a village hall, a church, a chapel, a Primary school and public toilets. The parish is able to receive ADSL Broadband, and since the digital switchover of the Bolehill transmitter in 2011,
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The largest of the settlements that compose this civil parish is Holloway, at grid reference SK326562. Holloway has a village shop serving the parish, called 'Mayfield Stores'. Additionally, it is home to a
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television. There is a once-hourly bus route (the 140/141/142) that stops in Lea Bridge, Holloway and Leashaw, connecting the Parish with Matlock, Belper, Ripley and Alfreton.
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Although extremely rural, the parish has remained a popular place to live thanks to its relatively strong accessibility for such a small place. The towns of
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stayed at Lea Hurst, and, during the 1880s, nursed her mother and rendered charitable work in the communities of Lea, Holloway and nearby
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and is, by population, the second biggest settlement in the parish. Unlike Dethick and Holloway, Lea is mentioned briefly in the
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The area's most notable family is the Nightingales, who were substantial landowners in the area and spent the summers there.
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historic clothing mill retains a factory-outlet shop, selling the clothing that it makes at discount prices.
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A cotton mill was built in 1784 at Holloway by Peter Nightingale (a great uncle of Florence). He was sued by
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Leashaw is the location of Lea Hurst, famous for being built by the Nightingale family as their summer home.
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Ralph fitzHubert held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the
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large range of flavours, but with changes of ownership, it is now a private home.
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Smallest of the settlements, but perhaps with the most interesting history, is
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lies in the valley to the west of Holloway and to the southwest of Lea at
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Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland
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The Doctors Surgery and Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall in Holloway
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The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama - An Encyclopedia
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The Groom farm was utilised in the 1978 BBC series production of
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are also nearby, with journey times of around 25 minutes.
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in Matlock. The mill was converted to spinning worsted.
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The parish is also very close to, but not linked with:
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Docherty, 430:Geographically lowest of the settlements, 38: 483:, from imprisonment by her cousin Queen 454: 410:when it was spelt Lede and was owned by 381: 273: 868:Towns and villages of the Peak District 676: 225: 181: 147: 123: 829:, British Film Institute, 2003, p. 113 732:Domesday Book: A Complete Translation 475:was executed for his leading role in 209: 197: 185: 171: 159: 137: 105: 87: 69: 7: 324:, as well as the younger village of 289:(and, since 1899, an ecclesiastical 386:Lea Main Road; the Jug & Glass 25: 654: 520:are all just 15 minutes away. 809:"The Queen is to visit Matlock" 685:"Civil Parish population 2011" 459:Dethick and surrounding fields 1: 863:Civil parishes in Derbyshire 637:List of places in Derbyshire 36:Human settlement in England 889: 843:Parish history & guide 397:lies north of Holloway at 26: 873:Geography of Amber Valley 734:. 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Lea Hurst
Dethick (disambiguation)
Civil parish
District
Amber Valley
Shire county
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
MATLOCK
Postcode district
DE4
Dialling code
Police
Derbyshire
Fire
Derbyshire
Ambulance
East Midlands
UK Parliament
Amber Valley
UK
England
Derbyshire

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