Posted in Eating Out, Farming, Lost & Found on Tuesday May 14, 2019| 2 Comments »
Thanks to Caroline G for this –
Who owns the field which you walk through passed the toilets and up towards Littewood behind Stubley? There’s a break in the stone wall and several sheep and lambs are climbing over it through to that little hillock. Dogsdil is it called?
Posted in Farming, Roads on Saturday May 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We have been informed that the ewe and 2 lambs reported as being out on Thursday have now increased to 2 ewes and 4 lambs. Be careful as you leave the village towards the B5056.
Posted in Environment, Events, Farming, History, Services, Utilities on Wednesday April 24, 2019| 4 Comments »
Before mains water, local water sources and water management were essential for successful farming and ultimately survival. For example Parwich had an ‘ancient’ water meadow system designed to get grass growing as early as possible in the Spring to feed livestock as early as possible before the Winter feed stores were used up and the beasts had to be slaughtered.
The History Society hopes to undertake an archeology project investigating aspects of water management in our area. At this stage we are gathering what information we can about water usage in our area and also trying to find out what people are most interested in.
Domestic well found at Church Farm
A lot of houses had their own water supply and there was a system of wells and springs serving the community as a whole.
Communal water sources in Parwich, marked with green dots
The communal sources we know about are
There may have been other sources used communally such as the covered well behind West View or the step down well by Brook Cottage but we need confirmation of this.
Given mains water arrived here with in living memory, there is potential to gather what information and stories people have, in addition to studying the evidence of remaining features and of old maps.
Nether Green Farm itself has at least two wells, one of which a very unusual design for Derbyshire (so far the only parallels identified are in Cornwall), but also there are seasonal springs that fed the water meadow system and interesting but not yet understood underground water channels and sluices.
Come along on Sunday to perhaps find out where your house used to get its water from, help us map the water sources in Parwich and the surrounding area, share any information you might have, have a look around Nethergreen Farm or even participate in archeological investigations there.
Updated 26/4/19 Come for all or part of the day, 10am to 4pm Sunday 28th April, Nethergreen Farm.
Posted in Farming, Police on Tuesday March 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The current trend in livestock thefts has suddenly taken an alarming upward curve with a large scale theft last night.
A number of thefts – mostly sheep – have been reported lately, usually involving fewer than a dozen animals.
These are bad enough and pose a real threat to the livelihoods of the farmers, but last night 71 Texel ewes in lamb were taken from a field at Hartington.
This shows that we have a really serious problem in the area and we need your help.
First of all, if anybody saw some nocturnal activity on Hyde Lane at Hartington then please get in touch. 71 sheep take some shifting so we’re hoping someone will have seen something.
Secondly, please keep your eyes open and your mind set to inquisitive and don’t hesitate to ring the police if you see anything at all which gives rise to suspicion.
Finally, we need information. Someone knows who’s doing this or may at least have an inkling. There’s no honour in protecting a thief and any information will be treated with complete confidentiality.
Thanks in anticipation.
Message Sent By
James Shirley (Police,Sgt,Derbyshire Dales)
Posted in Farming on Friday November 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Would the owner of the sheep that are on the field opposite Mr Lees house and running along back lane please remove them as quickly as possible, thanks Terry P
Posted in Church, Farming on Tuesday August 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Apparently there are 5 sheep loose in the churchyard 14:10pm
Posted in Farming on Saturday August 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
We received the following information at 8.25 this morning (Saturday)….
Brown cow seen running down Monsal Lane towards Littlewood Farm, but last heard in the woods to the right hand side.
