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History Society AGM tomorrow

Posted in History, Societies on Wednesday February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Annual General Meeting of the Parwich & District Local History Society will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th February 2012 in Parwich Memorial Hall

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Free Film at Wirksworth

Posted in Films, History, People on Tuesday January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Film – The Power of Good Saturday 21 January 10.30am to 1.30pm – Wirksworth Town Hall Speak Up Speak Out, Holocaust Memorial Derbyshire 2012 With guest Survivor speaker Iby Knill. Matej Minec’s gripping Emmy Award winning documentary about the courage and determination of Nicholas Winton who saved the lives of 669 children between March 13 [...]

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Parwich Ladies Football Team, 1960

Posted in History, People, Sport on Wednesday January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Derby Telegraph recently published this photo of the Parwich Ladies Football team in 1960 (click to enlarge). On the back row, from left: Christine Weston, Shirley Gibbs, Jean Calladine, Brenda Brownlee, Mary Edge, Hazel Calladine, Veronica Twigge. On the front row: Maud Evans, Evelyn Chadwick, Carol Allen, Phyllis Allsop. The “Little Sealed Packages” blog [...]

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Winster Guisers at the Sycamore

Posted in Arts, History, Pub on Thursday December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Guising or mumming is an ancient tradition of Christmas plays. The Winster Guisers are possibly one of the oldest groups performing, come and see them at 8pm Friday 9th December in the Sycamore Inn Note: the Parwich Mummers will also be on tour on the evening of the 10th December (click here for more details)

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Tonight – Old Parwich in Pictures

Posted in History, Memorial hall, Photography, Societies on Tuesday October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Cycle ride to celebrate Tissington Trail’s 40th anniversary

Posted in History, Peak Park, Walks & Rides on Tuesday August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Families, residents and holidaymakers are invited to join a guided cycle ride to celebrate 40 years of the Peak District National Park Authority’s Tissington Trail. This free event on Tuesday August 30th will explore the history of this popular traffic free trail – one of the first of its kind in the UK when it [...]

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For Teens interested in Drama/History

Posted in History, Peak Park, Young people on Thursday August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Although a bit of a distance from our area and not on a direct transport link from Parwich, the following press release from the Peak Park Authority might be of interest to some of our teens: 11 August 2011 – Keen teens needed to bring moorland lore to life Young people are invited to act [...]

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J. Charles Cox (1844-1919)

Posted in History, Local Links on Thursday May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The Rev. John Charles Cox (1844-1919) was perhaps one of the most influential English local historians of the nineteenth century. Anyone studying early modern Derbyshire quickly comes across his work. He published dozens of books, including calendars of local records, a four-volume history of Derbyshire churches, and a detailed study of All Saints, Derby. A [...]

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Iron Age Mass Grave found at Monsal Dale

Posted in History, Peak Park on Tuesday April 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Skeletons of women and children found buried during a 2 year community dig revealing crucial new evidence on Iron Age hill forts, the first discovery of its kind in Britain. This grisly discovery, which will be of interest to many history buffs in Parwich, has been made at Fin Cop and sheds new light on [...]

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Local & General Knowledge Quiz

Posted in History, Societies on Thursday December 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Suffering from ‘cabin fever’? Well come along to

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Painting of Parwich Featured On Antiques Roadshow

Posted in Arts, History on Sunday December 5, 2010 | 8 Comments »

A beautiful painting of Parwich was displayed this evening on the Antiques Roadshow! (Please click to enlarge) The programme was filmed at Chatsworth and there were many items brought along that had connections with the estate. This particular picture was painted in 1950 by Bert Broomhead, who was a gamekeeper at Chatsworth. The Duke and Duchess must [...]

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Hawley Society visit to Parwich

Posted in History on Monday September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On Saturday (11th September) some members of the Hawley Society are visiting Parwich as an addition to their 2010 European Conference. The American based Hawley Society are a single name family history society. The main American Hawley line descends from Joseph Hawley (1603 to 1690), who was originally from Parwich but emigrated to Connecticut in the first half of [...]

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Local History website back on-line

Posted in History, Societies on Wednesday July 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »

The Parwich & District Local History Society website is now back on-line. We had had problems with our previous host and are now trying out justhost.com. Their charges are impressively low. Our site has a new address www.parwichhistory.org and we hope to continue to develop it, so do let us know any thoughts or ideas you have. [...]

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Eaton Dale

Posted in History, Photography on Saturday July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few photos from today’s History Society walk in Eaton Dale. Although we seem to have hit the rush hour, this beautiful little valley is normally deserted.

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Today’s Walk

Posted in History, Societies on Saturday July 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »

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Eaton Dale Walk this Saturday

Posted in History, Societies on Tuesday July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Wakes through the years

Posted in History, People, Wakes on Friday July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

What an excellent idea and a great evening. Denis L showed a cine film from the 1960s of Wakes and a slide show of Wakes photos taken over the last 100 years or so on the Parwich Film digital projector now installed in the new Hall. I did not count the audience but there must have been [...]

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History Society Trip

Posted in History, Out & About on Monday June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There are still places available, so if you are interested in coming along contact John (tel 302) by Tuesday evening. For more on the museum click here.

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Parwich on Peak Advertiser cover

Posted in Church, History on Friday May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There is a photo of Dam Farm and Church Gates on the cover of the current issue of the Peak Advertiser. It accompanies an article on tympanum (carved stones over church doorways) in Derbyshire. The article opens with a description of the fine tympanum over the west door of St. Peter’s Church. The Peak Advertiser is [...]

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Visit to Bakewell Museum

Posted in History, Out & About on Tuesday May 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

For more on the museum click here.

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History: Parwich Buildings and People

Posted in Church, History on Sunday May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Do you want to find out a bit more about the history of your house in Parwich, and who used to live there? Are you researching the history of a Parwich family? If yes, then come along to the Skills Day in Parwich Church on Monday between 2 and 5pm. Brian F and Peter T will [...]

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Parwich Lees Cottage‏

Posted in Classified adverts, History on Sunday April 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Happy Easter! We’re just coming up to having been at Parwich Lees Cottage for a year now – and have not had much luck in finding out too much about the history of the property other than it was the Head Bailiff’s House for the Parwich Lees Estate. We were wondering if there’s anyone in [...]

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Alsop Hall – a historical query.

Posted in Alsop, History, People on Tuesday March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We have received the following enquiry from A. Jackson, regarding the history of Alsop Hall. I have a query about Alsop Hall and the family that resided there. I recently bought two books, both with inscriptions on the inside. The first (called Lost Gip by Hesba Stretton) has the following inside: “To John, from Mrs [...]

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Alsop Metal Detecting Finds

Posted in Alsop, Events, History on Tuesday March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Tonight at the Sycamore: History Society quiz.

Posted in Events, History, Pub on Thursday December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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History Society Quiz on Thursday

Posted in History, Pub on Saturday November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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History Society Christmas Quiz

Posted in History, Pub on Saturday November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Old bottles

Posted in History, Memorial hall, Photo Diary on Thursday November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some of the old bottles and jars that were found when clearing the Memorial Hall site are on display in the entrance hall at the Sycamore Inn. They were given to the Local History Society, but left at the pub so people can see them. There are not particularly old, probably the 1950s or more [...]

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Ecton Mine

Posted in History, Out & About on Sunday November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Martin C for sending in this post. I have just been down Ecton Copper Mine (near Hartington), on a trip organized by Alison from Parwich, for the Open University Geological Society. Ecton was a very profitable mine in the 18th century, and the then owner, the Duke of Devonshire, used the profits [...]

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New Sherwood Foresters Memorial

Posted in History, Out & About on Saturday October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This afternoon (2pm Central European Time, i.e. 1pm BST) sees the unveiling of a new Sherwood Foresters Memorial at the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. To see photographs of the stone being carved go to the WFR Museum website. This Project has been led by Major John Cotterill MBE Mercian Regiment, Mr Cliff Housley Regimental [...]

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History Society Trip to Wirksworth

Posted in History, Out & About on Friday October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday’s History Society trip to Wirksworth provided a fascinating afternoon. The Wirksworth Heritage Centre laid on a tour round the town, followed by time spent in the Hertiage Centre. Parwich and Alsop have had strong links to Wirksworth since at least the reign of King Canute, when our area was part of a large royal [...]

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Tonight – no need to book, just turn up.

Posted in History on Wednesday October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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History Society Visit Wirksworth

Posted in History, Out & About on Monday October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Heritage Centre advise that car parking is best found behind the Wheatsheaf pub (free), accessed from Wood Street, or in the car park by Millwards filling station on Harrison Drive (pay and display).

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Visit to Wirksworth

Posted in History, Out & About on Monday October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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The Carbide Shed

Posted in History, Memorial hall on Friday September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The demolition of the Carbide Shed prompted me to look through the History Society’s archives to see if there was any relevant information. I found it on the following two maps: The 1843 Tithe Map (held in the County Records Office, Matlock) shows there was a shed on the same site at that date.

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Services by gas light

Posted in Church, History, Memorial hall on Thursday September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Martin C for pointing out that there is still a memento of the carbide gaslights in Parwich Church, namely the gas meter. A meter suggests that the Church would have been charged for the gas they used. Does anyone have any information on who installed and maintained the carbide generator on the [...]

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Landscape Walk on Sunday

Posted in History on Thursday September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If the cancellation of Sunday’s Horticultural Show for this year has left you looking for something to do, come along on a walk following the route of the Parwich Panoramic Five fell race: click on poster to enlarge

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A walk following the Panoramic Five route

Posted in History on Thursday August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If the cancellation of the Parwich Horticultural Show for this year has left you looking for something to do, come along on a walk following the route of the Parwich Panoramic Five fell race: click on poster to enlarge

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