{"id":4992,"date":"2022-04-06T18:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2022-04-06T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:29:00","slug":"history-in-leek-buxton-bakewell-derbyshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=4992","title":{"rendered":"History in Leek, Buxton & Bakewell Derbyshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve taken Bessy away from Peterborough for a while, doing a little tour up to Derbyshire and the edge of the Peak District before heading south into the Welsh borders and Ross-on-Wye. During our stay in Derbyshire, one day it was brilliant blue skies and 15c then the next it was -2c and snowing! Typically British! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stayed in a campsite outside Leek, Blackshaw Moor caravan park was once home to a group of displaced Polish soldiers and their families from 1946 to 1964, the transit camp was originally built in 1943 for the U.S. Army. A strong community developed but by the time the camp closed in March 1964 there were only 50 families left, now living in houses locally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Roaches (rocky outcrop) were visible from the camp, one clear day we managed to climb to the top! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was hanging on for dear life!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unlike David!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We took a day trip to Bakewell for a traditional afternoon tea! And scrummy it was!! We did purchase a Bakewell Tart but had to eat it at once…….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bakewell ‘s River Wye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way to Bakewell we passed a tiny hillside village called Longnor, the first recorded settlement was in the Middle Ages and it’s mentioned in the Doomsday Book as being an important market town on the roads between Buxton, Leek, Macclesfield and Bakewell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Buxton, we just had to try the mineral water, a naturally heated warming 27c rediscovered in 2005, and captured in the original Victorian spa baths. SO beautiful and so relaxing!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just me and the bubbles! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the town’s original Victorian spas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Leek itself were beautiful old buildings, one (currently an antiques shop) was used by Bonnie Prince Charles in 1745 whilst on his march towards Derby during his efforts to restore the Stuart dynasty to the thrones of England and Scotland. He stopped here twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leek Parish contains 143 Listed buildings, one is Grade 1, the highest listing possible. Several mills were used for spinning, dyeing and weaving silk, now used as a hotel or restaurant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leek Wootton Viaduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Square’s Clock Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Old mill buildings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grade II listed building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This grade II listed, timber-framed building is said to be Leek\u2019s oldest inn. According to A History Of the County of Stafford, the public house has been in \u201cexistence since the 1560s\u201d. The public house was known as The\u00a0Green Dragon<\/strong>\u00a0between 1693 and 1783, renamed in 1979. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where Bonnie Prince Charles stopped (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grade II Listed building in the old market square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1894 Sanders Building, built for a local family who were florists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next stop, Ross-on-Wye, near the Welsh border. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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