Wardlow is a

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and linear village in the

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two miles from

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, England. The population at the 2011 census was 118. The village contains the church of the Good Shepherd and the small hamlet of Wardlow Mires, which contains a notable pub, The Three Stags' Heads.

History

In 1755, two stone coffins were found when a

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was excavated, and surrounding these were seventeen other remains which spread out in a radial way, although another source says there were seventeen coffins, and gives the date that they were found during the construction of a turnpike road as 1759. Black Harry was a

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on the turnpike roads who troubled travellers on the moors around Wardlow and

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. In Stoney Middleton his name lives on in place names like Black Harry Gate and Black Harry House, but it was at Gibbet Field near Wardlow that he met his end when he was hanged and Gibbeted after being arrested by the Castleton Constables. In 1815, on Gibbet field, near Wardlow the last man to be gibbeted in Derbyshire was displayed. The tollkeeper, Hannah Oliver, had been strangled, and the vital clue was her missing red shoes. The local cobbler, Mr Marsden of Stoney Middleton, confirmed that shoes found at the house of 21-year-old Antony Lingard had been made for Hannah. This was the key evidence ardlow at Peak Experienceaccessed 13 May 2008 that led his to being hung in chains near the village.History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon
Samuel Bagshaw, p.445, 1846 accessed 13 May 2008 Lingard's body was displayed on April Fools' Day 1815, and remained there for some months. A poem by William Newton, which imagined the anguish of the murderer's father having to gaze on this sight, was given much of the creditPeakland Heritage
accessed 28 February 2008 for the abolition of gibbeting in 1834. A school was built in 1833, and was expanded in 1872 to serve 45 children. The school building still boasts a bell tower, and is used today as a village hall and Sunday school. In 1871 the census revealed the complexities of having a village in two parishes. The census returns show how the small number of inhabitants had to be divided into two different lists.
accessed 14 May 2008 The church of the Good Shepherd was built in 1873 to seat one hundred people, and consists of a chancel, a nave, and a turret between the chancel and nave.
May, 1891, p.323 accessed 28 February 2008 It is a Grade II listed building. It was not until 1937 that piped water came to Wardlow, so it is fitting that the village still celebrates with a well dressing each September.about Derbyshire.co.uk
accessed 14 May 2008

Wardlow Mires

Wardlow Mires is a small hamlet with a single public house. The Three Stags' Heads in Wardlow Mires is a Grade II listed building and listed on the

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. It is like a farmhouse might have been 200 years ago: a small stone flagged room with a cast-iron range, whitewashed walls, a small bar and a couple of rickety tables and chairs. For many years the mummified remains of a cat were exhibited in a glass case. The cat's remains were found during alterations to a

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and were thought to have been placed there for superstitious reasons. Above Wardlow Mires is an unusual large rocky outcrop known as Peter's Stone. The name is believed to come from its resemblance to St. Peter's in

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. The other more grisly name for Peter's Stone is Gibbet Rock, for it was here that Lingard's body was displayed for the entertainment of visitors for several months.PeakDistrictOnline
accessed 15 May 2008

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Wardlow Mires

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