Pilsley is a small village and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was 152. It is close to
Chatsworth and most of it belongs to the
Chatsworth House estate.
The village
The village has a primary school which was built by
Joseph Paxton
Sir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London, Hyde ...
and extended in 1950 (kitchen), 1969, 1998 and 2002. Many of the pupils are the children of Chatsworth estate employees. The
Wesleyan
Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charle ...
Chapel was converted into a computer room for the school in 2004. There is a pub with accommodation.
Pilsley is also the location of the Chatsworth Farm Shop, a business selling estate and British produce, which was established in the former
shire horse
The Shire is a breed of draft horse, draught horse originally from England. The Shire has a great capacity for weight-pulling; it was used for agriculture, farm work, to tow barges at a time when the Canals of the United Kingdom, canal system ...
stables in 1977 and was employing more than 100 people in 2005. A 90-seat restaurant was added in 2004.
Chatsworth Farm Shop
See also
* Listed buildings in Pilsley, Derbyshire Dales
*Beeley
Beeley is a village and civil parish in northern Derbyshire, England. Located near Bakewell in the Derbyshire Dales, it is situated on the B6012 road, between Rowsley and Edensor. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 195.
It i ...
– another Chatsworth estate village
*Edensor
Edensor (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 145.
Much of the village is privately owned, by the Dukes of Devonshire, the Cavendish family. Most of the dec ...
– also a Chatsworth estate village
References
External links
*
Ofsted report on Pilsley School, 1999
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Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Derbyshire Dales