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OS grid reference
  
SK125721

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BUXTON

Local time
  
Saturday 6:14 PM

District
  
Derbyshire Dales

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
SK17

Shire county
  
Derbyshire

Blackwell in the Peak

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 85% Humidity

Blackwell is a village in the Derbyshire Dales local government district of Derbyshire, England, on the A6 main road between Bakewell and Buxton.

Map of Blackwell in the Peak, UK

It is sometimes referred to as "Blackwell-in-the-Peak" to distinguish it from Blackwell near Alfreton.

It lies on the River Wye on the edge of the carboniferous limestone of the White Peak. Nearby is Blackwell Hall in the grounds of which have been found neolithic remains, including a flint resharpening flake for tranchet axes. There are also the remnants of a Romano-British field system, dating from around the year 400. The name is said to derive from the Norman Blacheuuelle or King's land. Jedediah Strutt had a farm there.

About a mile (1.6 km) to the north west is Blackwell Mill, with the remains of the Midland Railway line from Millers Dale.

References

Blackwell in the Peak Wikipedia


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