Blore with Swinscoe is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
north-west of
Ashbourne, in the
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in Leek and is located between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the Peak District National Park. The ...
district of
Staffordshire, England, on the edge of the
Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It includes the Dark Peak, where moorla ...
National Park. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 123, apparently declining to less than 100 according to the 2011 census. The parish includes
Blore
Blore () is a small village and parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of England.
It is on an acclivity above Dovedale, three and a half miles north west of Ashbourne, including the hamlet of Swinscoe, one mile (1.6 km) to the s ...
and
Swinscoe
Swinscoe is a small hamlet within the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. Administratively, the hamlet is part of the civil parish of Blore with Swinscoe
Blore with Swinscoe is a civil parish north-west of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, ...
.
See also
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Listed buildings in Blore with Swinscoe
External links
Villages in Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands
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