Whaley is a small village in
Derbyshire, England, located one mile from
Whaley Thorns, 1½ miles from
Elmton, 1½ miles from
Langwith and 2½ miles from
Bolsover.
The village has a garage and a former watermill, now a home, of which the large mill pond still survives.
Set in arable farmland, the village was a farming settlement, and remains so to this day with several farming families living in the village. The Diocese of Derby archives record that there was an ancient chapel in the village, but no traces of that remain. A school, known as St Mary's Mission, and school house were built in the 1860s but both these are now residential.
There are three pre-historic
rock shelter
A rock shelter (also rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri) is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast to solutional caves (karst), which are often many miles long, rock shelters are almost alway ...
s behind the former school, on Magg Lane and opposite the pub, the Black Horse. These are linked to the
Creswell Crags.
Scarcliffe Park, an area of woodland to the south end of the village, has
Bronze Age and
Roman remains.
It is surrounded by a Pale ditch.
The village is a Conservation Area and has an active residents' association. The majority of the buildings are constructed from the local limestone.
The Waterworks on Whaley Moor featured in Channel 4 series, ''
Grand Designs
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The programme has been presented by Kevin McCloud since it first ...
''.
Etymology
Whaley most likely comes from the
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
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word ''Whallis'', meaning water. A tributary of the
River Poulter runs through the village, and there are a number of local springs. A well, now capped, was situated near Red Brick Cottage.
References
External links
Villages in Derbyshire
Bolsover District
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