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 below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, 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 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 also a pub and a post office.
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 British breed of draught horse. It is usually black, bay, or grey. It is a tall breed, and Shires have at various times held world records both for the largest horse and for the tallest horse. The Shire has a great capacity for ...
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
* Beeley – 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 dece ...
– also a Chatsworth estate village
References
External links
Illustrated Pilsley page from Discover DerbyshireOfsted report on Pilsley School, 1999
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Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Derbyshire Dales