Rowsley

Rowsley

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=The Peacock Hotel
latitude = 53.190
longitude = -1.614
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Rowsley
population =
shire_district = Derbyshire Dales

shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = MATLOCK
postcode_district = DE4
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK258659

Rowsley is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire.

It is at the point where the River Wye flows into the River Derwent and prospered from mills on both.

Notable features are the bridge over the River Derwent and the Peacock Hotel, originally built in 1652 as a manor house by John Stevenson, agent to Lady Manners, whose family crest bearing a peacock gives it its name. Both Longfellow and Landseer are said to have stayed there. Nearby is Chatsworth House home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

It was the site of an extensive motive power depot and marshalling yard, the first being built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway with a railway station designed by Joseph Paxton in 1849. This was replaced by a new station when the line was extended northwards in 1862. It was frequently used by King Edward VII when he visited Chatsworth House. The original station became a goods depot until 1968 when it was used as a contractor's yard. It then became the centrepiece of a shopping development.

Rowsley South

Rowsley South is the northern terminus of the preserved railway Peak Rail, and is located about a quarter-mile south of the village itself. Running for a length of five miles between Rowsley and Matlock, it is projected that the heritage railway will run into Rowsley proper in the near future. In the long term, the A6 presents the greatest challenge to the organisation, as a new bridge is required to be built over it in order to reach the viaduct which crosses the River Derwent and thence the trackbed that runs through the Duke of Rutland's estate to Bakewell.

Notable Residents

*Philip Whitehead, MP, MEP, Author and Emmy award winning Producer was brought up here [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article784650.ece Philip Whitehead's Obituary in the Times] ]

References

Further reading

* The Peacock at Rowsley,' London, 1869, 8vo, a gossiping book about fishing and country life with a descriptive of a well-known resort of anglers at the junction of the Wye and River Derwent by John Joseph Briggs

External links

* [http://www.thepeacockatrowsley.com Peakcock Inn, Rowsley Village]
* [http://www.peakrail.co.uk Peak Rail]
* [http://www.haddonhall.co.uk Haddon Hall]
* [http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/bakewell/rowsley.htm General Information]
* [http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/areas_p_z/rowsley.htm Local Photography]
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* [http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=zoomWindow&keywords=DMAG001367&prevUrl=ZnJvbnRlbmQucGhwPyZ1c2VyX2tleXdvcmRzPVBsZWFzZStlbnRlcit5b3VyK2tleXdvcmRzJm9wZXJhdG9yPUFORCZ0b3duX3ZpbGxhZ2U9Um93c2xleSZkYXRhYmFzZT0meD00NSZ5PTEwJmFjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2gma2V5d29yZHM9VG93bl9WaWxsYWdlJTNCTUFUQ0hFUyUzQiUyOCU1RSU3QyslMkIlMjlSb3dzbGV5JTI4JTI0JTdDKyUyQiUyOSUzQg= "Picture the Past" Rowsley station building in 1987]


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