BLGFLTA Youlgreave 10.5.25

Youlgreave Trip on Saturday 10.5.25

Where is Youlgreave located?

Youlgreave or Youlgrave listen is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, on the River Bradford 2+1⁄2 miles south of Bakewell. The name possibly derives from "yellow grove", the ore mined locally being yellow in colour.

The population in 1991 was 1,256;^[6]it is one of the largest villages in the Peak District National Park

The village has three public houses (the George Hotel, Farmyard Inn and Bull's Head Hotel^[7]), and aBritish Legionclub.^[

The village is on theB5056and the parish has an area of 2,515 acres (3.93 sq mi; 1,020 ha). Youlgrave is at an altitude of 600 ft (183 m) located on the southwestern edge of aCarboniferousplateau. It stands on the hillside above the confluence ofLathkill DaleandBradford Dale. To the east, the geology is shale-like rather thanlimestone. The area is home to many mineral veins such asfluorspar,galena(lead ore) andcalamine(zinc ore).^[9]

Three long-distance paths, the Alternative Pennine Way, theLimestone Wayand theWhite Peak Way, pass through the village, swelling the number of walkers.

Because of its scenic location in thePeak District, Youlgreave is a popular destination for hikers.^[15]TheLimestone Waypasses throughBradford Dale, immediately south of the village.Langley Park School for Boysowns a building in the village, which is used forschool trips, students taking part in various local sporting activities and a visit to nearbyAlton Towers.

A Guinness World Records Certificate names Thimble Hall in Youlgreave as 'the world's smallest detached house' at 11 feet 10 inches (3.61 m) × 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) and 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) high.^[16]The property made national headlines in 1999 when sold at auction for £39,500. Each room is less than 8 feet square and there was a fixed ladder to the bedroom, a stone fireplace, exposed beams and exposed floorboards in the bedroom. It was home to a family of eight around a hundred years ago. It was last occupied as a dwelling in the early 1930s^[17]and is currently being converted into a craft gallery^{[needs update]}.^[16]It is a Grade II listed building.^[18]

The Youlgreave Festival, founded in 2001, offers local artists and musicians a chance to showcase their talents.^[19]

There are popular walking paths through the valley following the River Bradford.

Youlgreave was mentioned in theDomesday Bookas belonging toHenry de Ferrers^[10]and being worth sixteen shillings.^[11]

All Saints' Church, Youlgreave, has a 12th-centuryfont. The main round bowl is carved with decorative motifs, and it has a second small bowl, supported by a salamander corbel. The font was moved to Youlgreave in the 19th century, from the church atElton. The building isgrade I listed.^[12]

There are also a number of historic buildings in the village, such as Old Hall Farm (1630), Thimble Hall and The Old Hall (c.1650).

Most of the village's households get their water fromYoulgreave Waterworks Limited, one of very few private water companies in Britain. It came about when Youlgreave Friendly Society for Women helped to set up a fund to pipe water from Mawstone springs into the village, terminating at theGrade II listed"Conduit Head" of 1829, in Fountain Square.^[13]In the 1930s, as new houses were built and older ones were modernised with bathrooms and toilets, water often became short. In 1932 the main underground pipe cracked after an explosion in Mawstone lead mine. Springs atHarthillwere connected to the system in 1949 and other major improvements followed. Most homes in the village could be supplied with local water until there were just too many new houses to cope with. Extra supplies are purchased from larger water companies nowadays.

In 1932 five of six miners working on a ventilation fan at Mawstone Mine were killed after an explosion filled the gallery withcarbon monoxide. The sixth miner was able to reach the surface and raise the alarm. A rescue party of two workers and the mine manager descended into the mine, but were themselves killed by the fumes. Although Mawstone Mine was eventually closed, a water supply for the village is still obtained from this site.^[14]