An 8m circular walk in August 2005 from Staunton Harold Reservoir

Derbyshire Walks, Staunton Harold Reservoir

Folder: Derbyshire Walks
An 8m circular walk in August 2005 from the Car Park at the southern end of Staunton Harold Reservoir, through the Nature Reserve to White Leys, taking the upper path along Broardstone Holt to the Old Windmill, and on to Melbourne. From Melbourne along the B587 to the Church of St George at Ticknall, back to the tree-lined avenue from Ticknall to Calke Abbey.

Weather warm and sunny.

04 Aug 2005

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Approaching the Church of St. George at Ticknall

A Grade II Listed Building

04 Aug 2005

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Church of St. George at Ticknall, a Grade II Listed Building

"The ruins of the original church resisted the best efforts of Victorian contractors in the pay of Sir George Crewe armed with gunpowder in the 1840's to demolish it after the church we see today had been built. The old church was built in the style of architecture known as decorated gothic with elaborate pointed arches and in 1271 was put in the charge of the Priory (monastery) at Repton. The fragments that remain are of the tower at the west end and the three-light window at the opposite east end.
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04 Aug 2005

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Church of St. George at Ticknall, a Grade II Listed Building

"The ruins of the original church resisted the best efforts of Victorian contractors in the pay of Sir George Crewe armed with gunpowder in the 1840's to demolish it after the church we see today had been built. The old church was built in the style of architecture known as decorated gothic with elaborate pointed arches and in 1271 was put in the charge of the Priory (monastery) at Repton. The fragments that remain are of the tower at the west end and the three-light window at the opposite east end.
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04 Aug 2005

96 visits

Church of St. George at Ticknall, a Grade II Listed Building

"The ruins of the original church resisted the best efforts of Victorian contractors in the pay of Sir George Crewe armed with gunpowder in the 1840's to demolish it after the church we see today had been built. The old church was built in the style of architecture known as decorated gothic with elaborate pointed arches and in 1271 was put in the charge of the Priory (monastery) at Repton. The fragments that remain are of the tower at the west end and the three-light window at the opposite east end.


04 Aug 2005

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Staunton Harold Reservoir

The entrance the Drive leading to Calke Abbey from the A514 at Ticknall. The trees line the avenue for nearly a kilometre, and the leads about the same distance to the Abbey.

04 Aug 2005

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Calke Abbey, a Grade I Listed Building

Acquired by the National Trust in 1985

04 Aug 2005

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The Church of St. Giles at Calke Abbey, a Grade I Listed Building

The gate to the churchyard was locked! "It is now a private manorial chapel, owned by the National Trust along with Calke Abbey, yet it is still a consecrated church, so it can still hold marriages and sermons." The Church St Giles lies in the grounds of Calke Abbey. The earliest reference to a church on this site is in 1129 when it was seized from Calke Priory by the Abbot of Chester. It was rebuilt in 1826 with a narrow tower and embattled nave. It contains a fine monument to the builder of Calke Abbey, Sir John Harpur, who died in 1741, and his wife.
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