Charlesworth is a village and civil parish near
Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak (borough), High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Mancheste ...
,
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. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 2,449.
It is south-west of Glossop town centre and close to the borders of
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...
with the nearby village of
Broadbottom in
Tameside
Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Greater Manchester, Denton, D ...
. The parish church of St John the Baptist was built in 1848–49. The Congregational Chapel was rebuilt from an earlier chapel in 1797. The Baptist Chapel was built in 1835. Broadbottom Bridge, one end of which is in Cheshire, was built in 1683.
Charlesworth holds an annual carnival on the second Saturday in July on its recreation ground on Marple Road, which includes
fell races and other events.
The village is at the foot of the "Monks' Road", which was used by the
monk
A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...
s of
Basingwerk Abbey in
North Wales
North Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdon ...
. At the top of the road is the
Abbot's Chair, the base of a monastic cross also known as the Charlesworth Cross.
Sport
Charlesworth Cricket ClubCharlesworth Football Club
See also
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Listed buildings in Charlesworth, Derbyshire
References
External links
Charlesworth Carnival
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Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
High Peak, Derbyshire