# Chelmorton

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**Chelmorton** is a village and a civil parish in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), England. It is in the [Derbyshire Dales](/source/Derbyshire_Dales) district and the nearest towns are [Buxton](/source/Buxton) to the northwest and [Bakewell](/source/Bakewell) to the east. The name Chelmorton derives from [Old English](/source/Old_English) (a personal name + *dūn*) and probably means 'Ceolmaer's hill' (or 'Cēolmær's hill').[1][2] The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 322.[3]

Chelmorton village lines a long street in a high, shallow basin on a limestone plateau,[4] part of the [White Peak](/source/White_Peak) area of the [Peak District National Park](/source/Peak_District_National_Park). The village is surrounded by a regular pattern of rectangular fields that are bordered by limestone walls; the layout of these indicates that the village had one or possibly two medieval [open fields](/source/Open_field_system), before enclosure occurred at a subsequent unspecified time.[4]

In the 12th century the village was known as *Chelmerdon(e)*.[2] The parish church of [Saint John the Baptist](/source/Saint_John_the_Baptist) is 11th century.[5] At the opposite end of the village stands its oldest dwelling, Townend Farm, built originally by Isaiah Buxton in 1634. With its four Venetian windows and pedimented doorway it is also known locally as Chelmorton Hall. This ancestral home and family seat of the Marsden[6] family has an enclosed courtyard with elaborate outbuildings. The Church Inn is at the bottom of Chelmorton Low. Other sites of interest are the Rakes, and the source of the village's traditional water supply, Illy Willy Water.

Children from Chelmorton go to Harpur Hill Primary School, Buxton Community School, Monyash Primary School and Lady Manners School.

## See also

- [Listed buildings in Chelmorton](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Chelmorton)

## References

1. ["Chelmorton"](http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Chelmorton). *Key to English Place-names*. [English Place Name Society](/source/English_Place_Name_Society) at [University of Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham). Retrieved 18 August 2013.

1. Mills, David (2011). [*Dictionary of British Place Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VsgwDAAAQBAJ&dq=chelmorton+dictionary+british+place+names&pg=PT100). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-107894-1.

1. ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121850&c=Chelmorton&d=16&e=62&g=6413675&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458646407828&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Offuice for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

1. Millward, Roy & Robinson, Adrian (1975). *The Peak District*. Eyre Methuen. pp. 186–7. ISBN 0-413-31550-9.

1. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. *The Buildings of England: Derbyshire*. page 140. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.

1. Burke's Aristocractic Families of England. ["Burke's Peerage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120327081249/http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=9141). Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Archived from [the original](http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=9141) on March 27, 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2011.

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