Edensor

Edensor
Edensor
	Edensor
	Edensor Location within Derbyshire
Population	145 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK251700
District	Derbyshire Dales;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BAKEWELL
Postcode district	DE45
Dialling code	01629
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales;
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°13′37″N 1°37′30″W / 53.227°N 1.625°W

Edensor (pronounced /ˈɛnzər/ ^ⓘ) is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 145.^[1] It is the closest village to Chatsworth House. Much of it belongs to the Dukes of Devonshire, most of whom are buried in the churchyard of St Peter's Church.

Location

Originally the village was close to the River Derwent immediately below Chatsworth, but between 1838 and 1842 William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire had it moved out of sight^[2] over a hill, apart from one cottage whose tenant did not want to move, which still stands in Chatsworth Park. The planning of the new village was overseen by Joseph Paxton (later Sir Joseph Paxton); in 1840 he was joined in designing houses by John Robertson.

The Chatsworth Estate office occupies a "fine brick building"^[2] which was built as an inn for visitors to Chatsworth in the 18th century and attributed to James Paine. Many of the buildings in the village are listed buildings,^[3] a few at the higher Grade II*, and the church at Grade I.

St Peter's Church

Dunsa

The hamlet of Dunsa lies to the northwest of Edensor at grid reference SK245704.

Gallery

Approaching from Chatsworth
Village scene
Devonshire building
St Peter's Church
Cavendish family plot with the graves of the Dukes of Devonshire
Grave of the 6th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1858), founder of modern-day Edensor

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1978). The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. revised Elizabeth Williamson. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 205–207. ISBN 0-14-071008-6.
^ "Listed Buildings in Edensor, Derbyshire, England". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

External links

Edensor at genuki.co.uk

[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[pevsner-2] Pevsner, Nikolaus (1978). The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. revised Elizabeth Williamson. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 205–207. ISBN 0-14-071008-6.

[listed-3] "Listed Buildings in Edensor, Derbyshire, England". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

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