Editing Hathersage

{{short description |Village in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
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|official_name= Hathersage
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|population= 1,433
|population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])
|shire_district=[[Derbyshire Dales]]
|shire_county=[[Derbyshire]]
|region=East Midlands
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|post_town= HOPE VALLEY
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'''Hathersage''' ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˈ|h|æ|ð|ə|s|ɪ|dʒ}} {{respell|HATHə|sidge}}) is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Peak District]] in [[Derbyshire]], England. It lies slightly to the north of the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]], approximately {{convert|10|mi|1}} south-west of [[Sheffield]].

==Toponymy==
The origin of its name is disputed, although it is generally accepted that the second half derives from the Old English word ''ecg'' meaning "edge". In 1086, it was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Hereseige'' and, around 1220, as ''Hauersegg''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXucAQAAQBAJ&q=hathersage+dictionary+british+place+names+mills&pg=PA229 |title=A Dictionary of British Place Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780199609086 |editor-last=Mills |editor-first=David |page=229}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Stone circle on Bamford Moor - geograph.org.uk - 1371262.jpg|right|thumb|Bronze Age stone circle on Bamford Moor, above Hathersage looking towards Stanage Edge, where Mesolithic microliths were found]]

=== Pre-history ===
[[Mesolithic]] [[microlith]]s have been found below [[Stanage Edge]], indicating ancient occupation of the area.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=312389|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref>

In the Outseats area, there is evidence of [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] field system, settlement and [[Cairn|burial cairn]] at Dennis Knoll.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=965336|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=312379|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref> Close to a now recumbent 2.3m high boundary marker on Bamford Moor is an embanked stone circle or possibly a ring cairn between 11m and 10m diameter.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=312474|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref>

=== Roman period ===
There are remains of a [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] settlement, possibly a farmstead at a location known as the Warren in the Outseats area. Finds from this site include Roman period pottery and a gritstone [[Quern-stone|quern]].<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=607895|mname= THE WARREN|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref> An early [[lead smelting]] site, variously interpreted as Roman or early [[Middle Ages|Medieval]], has been found at Bole Hill.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=312497|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref>

=== Medieval period ===
[[Image:St Michael's of Hathersage 14-04-06.jpg|upright=0.8|left|thumb|[[St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hathersage|St Michael's Church]]]]
The [[Domesday Book]] records that, in 1066, Hathersage was held by Leofric and his brother Leofnoth. By 1086, Ralph son of Hubert is listed as both Lord and Tenant-in-chief. The population in 1086 was 8 villagers and 2 smallholders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell-Smith |first=Anna |title=Hathersage {{!}} Domesday Book |url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SK2381/hathersage/ |access-date=2017-12-19 |website=opendomesday.org |language=en}}</ref>

The earliest recorded church was built by [[Richard Basset (royal justice)|Richard Bassett]], son of [[Ralph Basset]]t, Chancellor of England in the reign of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]. The present Grade-I-listed<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1109793 |desc=Church of St Michael and All Angels |grade=I |access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref> structure dates mainly from the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The church, [[St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hathersage|St Michael and All Angels']], has a [[Stained glass|stained-glass window]] by [[Charles Eamer Kempe|Charles Kempe]], which was removed from [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] Chapel before it was submerged under the [[Ladybower Reservoir]]. Near the church is an earthwork called Camp Green, thought to have been constructed during the [[Danelaw|Danish occupation]]. It is also scheduled as a Norman ringwork castle of the 11th/12th century.<ref name="NHLE2">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1011200 |desc=Camp Green ringwork |access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref> In the graveyard lies the base and lower shaft of a plain early Saxon [[cross]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharpe |first=Neville T. |title=Crosses of the Peak District |date=2002 |publisher=Landmark Collectors Library |isbn=1843060442}}</ref>

In 1566, [[Christopher Schutz]], a [[Germany|German]] immigrant, who invented a process for drawing wire, set up a works in Hathersage. This became important in sieves used by miners and later developed into pin and needle production. This led to one of the first [[Factory Acts]], because inhalation of grinding dust resulted in a life expectancy of only thirty years. In the mid-18th century, Hathersage became famous for its [[brass]] buttons. Some of the mill buildings from this era have been converted into flats.

In 1728, [[Daniel Defoe]] recorded how the moors around Hathersage were the source of building stones and millstones.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Day-working area, Burbage Moor |url=https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA178635 |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=National Trust}}</ref> Millstones were used in wood-pulping industries in the area and were also exported to North America, Russia and Scandinavia for the same purpose. Locally, the millstones were also used for crushing lead ore and the ingredients for paint. In Dorset, Peak stones were used for farm meal and barley crushing. The local gritstone tended to discolour bread, so were not generally used to grind wheat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Bill |date=2006 |title=From Cairns to Craters: Conservation Heritage Assessment of Burbage |url=http://www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/MFF%20RR08%20Bevan%20B%202006%20From%20cairns%20to%20craters%3B%20conservation%20heritage%20assessment%20of%20Burbage.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003642/http://www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/MFF%20RR08%20Bevan%20B%202006%20From%20cairns%20to%20craters;%20conservation%20heritage%20assessment%20of%20Burbage.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=8 August 2018 |website=Moors for the future}}</ref>
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=== Industrial Revolution ===
There is evidence of a post-medieval [[lime kiln]], possibly constructed 1830s in the Outseats area.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=607893|mname=|accessdate=2017-12-08}}</ref> In the 18th century, the village was connected to Sheffield by the [[Sheffield to Hathersage Turnpike]].

== Economy ==
[[File:Hathersage - Catholic Church - geograph.org.uk - 633121.jpg|thumb|Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Hathersage]]

Hathersage is a tourist destination because of the scenery of the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope]] and [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] valleys, its literary connections and easy access by train or road from Sheffield and [[Manchester]]. Its visitors come to swim (open-air heated swimming pool, with cafe open all year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official website |url=http://www.hathersageswimmingpool.co.uk/ |access-date=24 February 2015 |publisher=Hathersage Swimming Pool}}</ref>), climb ([[Stanage Edge]], which with other nearby edges have been the nursery for many famous British rock and mountain climbers) or ramble in its river valleys or hillwalk on its open moors. Hathersage Moor is the site of the [[Carl Wark]] [[hillfort]] and [[Higger Tor]]; both are now within the Sheffield boundary.

In 1990, the [[cutlery|cutler]] [[David Mellor (cutler)|David Mellor]] opened the Round Building built on the site of a former [[Gas holder|gasometer]] as a cutlery factory in the village. The building was designed by architect [[Michael Hopkins (architect)|Sir Michael Hopkins]]. In 2007, an extension to the old retort house on the site was opened as a [[design]] museum. Mellor's wife, [[Fiona MacCarthy]], continued to live in Hathersage.

Hathersage has two business parks: Hathersage Business Park and Hathersage Hall Business Centre.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why businesses are moving to Hathersage |language=en |work=Derbyshire Life and Countryside |url=http://www.derbyshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/why-businesses-are-moving-to-hathersage-1-3101711 |access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>

Hathersage has three churches, one school and numerous community organisations. There is an annual gala, scarecrow building competition and [[well dressing]] in July.<ref name="HPC">{{Cite web |title=Hathersage in the Peak District |url=http://www.hathersageparishcouncil.gov.uk/ |access-date=2017-12-19 |website=www.hathersageparishcouncil.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 1 April 2015, Hathersage and Outseats, the two parishes that comprised the village, were replaced by a single new parish council, called Hathersage Parish Council. The population recorded at the 2011 Census was 1,433,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124323&c=Hathersage&d=16&e=62&g=6413687&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458924867317&enc=1 |access-date=25 March 2016 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> although the parish council website says the village has a population of 2,000.<ref name="HPC" />

==Transport==
The village is served by [[Hathersage railway station]] on the trans-Pennine [[Hope Valley Line]]. Services run generally hourly in both directions between [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]] and [[Manchester Piccadilly]], operated mainly by [[Northern Trains]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train - Sheffield - Hathersage - Manchester |url=https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/timetabledetails/9e76ea2a-6e73-46d4-b738-6409ce85b16a |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=Travel South Yorkshire}}</ref>

Hathersage is served by the 271 and 272 bus services on the Sheffield to [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]] route, which are operated by Hulley’s and First South Yorkshire,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus - 271 272 |url=https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/timetabledetails/7d8b8ca5-b94e-473f-ba88-4184a08d20c3 |access-date=30 August 2023 |website=Travel South Yorkshire}}</ref> and by service 257 run by Andrews of Tideswell and South Pennine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=257 Bus Timetable |url=https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/timetabledetails/a6180d29-c8a0-4aa5-8ee5-8582dc51cb1c |access-date=18 April 2025 |publisher=Travel South Yorkshire}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village is served by Hathersage St Michael's C of E (A) Primary School which offers education from Nursery up to Year 6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hathersage St Michael's C of E (A) Primary School - Home |url=http://www.st-michaels.derbyshire.sch.uk/ |access-date=2018-08-08 |website=www.st-michaels.derbyshire.sch.uk}}</ref> The school was rated as 'good' in its November 2016 [[Ofsted]] report.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ofsted Communications Team. |date=2010-11-05 |title=Find an inspection report |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/112885 |access-date=2018-08-08 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The nearest secondary school is [[Hope Valley College]].

==Cultural references==
[[File:North Lees - Hall.jpg|thumb|North Lees Hall]]
Stones in the churchyard mark what is known as the grave of [[Little John]], where in 1780 James Shuttleworth claims to have unearthed a thigh bone measuring {{convert|72.39|cm}}. This would have made Little John {{convert|8.08|ft}} in height. One claimant to Robin Hood "of Locksley" is the village of [[Loxley, South Yorkshire|Loxley]], only eight miles over the moors on the edge of Sheffield. A number of local landmarks are associated with Robin Hood, such as Robin Hood's Cross on Abney Moor, Robin Hood's Stoop on Offerton Moor, [[Hood Brook]] and [[Robin Hood Cave Horse|Robin Hood’s Cave]] on [[Stanage Edge]].

In 1845, [[Charlotte Brontë]] stayed at the Hathersage vicarage, visiting her friend [[Ellen Nussey]], whose brother was the vicar, while she was writing ''[[Jane Eyre]]''. Many of the locations mentioned in her novel match locations in Hathersage, the name Eyre being that of a family of the local gentry. Her "Thornfield Hall" is accepted as being based on North Lees Hall, on the outskirts of Hathersage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2011 |title=The Eyres, North Lees and "Jane Eyre", also "Little John" buried Hathersage Church |url=https://stubbsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/the-eyres-north-lees-and-jane-eyre-also-little-john-buried-hathersage-church/ |access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Eyre Hathersage Trail |url=https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/500633/Jane-Eyre-Hathersage-Trail.pdf |access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref>

Some of the scenes of the horror film ''[[Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (film)|Let Sleeping Corpses Lie]]'' (1974, directed by [[Jorge Grau]], also known as ''The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue'') were shot at St. Michael's Church in Hathersage.

==Sport==
Hathersage is home to [[Hathersage F.C.]] who currently compete in the Hope Valley Amateur League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hope Valley Amateur League |url=http://www.hopevalleyleague.co.uk/ |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=hopevalleyleague.co.uk |publisher=HVAL}}</ref>

[[Hathersage Cricket Club]] and ground is based on Baulk Lane, Hathersage. The club have three senior teams: a 1st and 2nd XI that compete in the [[Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League |url=https://yorksderby.play-cricket.com/ |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=yorksderby.play-cricket.com |publisher=YDCL}}</ref> and a Friendly Sunday XI. The club also have an active junior training section that play league cricket in the North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League |url=https://northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com/ |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com |publisher=NDYCL}}</ref>

The Fat Boys Stanage Struggle is a popular local [[fell running|fell race]] that starts in Hathersage, altitude {{convert|91|m|ft}}, and routes up to and along Stanage Edge to High Neb, {{convert|458|m|ft}}, before returning to the village {{convert|367|m|ft}} below.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fat Boys Stanage Struggle Fell Race |url=https://racecheck.com/races/fat-boys-stanage-struggle-fell-race/ |access-date=2021-09-20 |website=RaceCheck}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Hathersage]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040519065903/http://www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk/hathersage.htm "Discover Derbyshire"- Hathersage]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029231828/http://www.hathersage-outseats.org.uk/ Hathersage and Outseats parish council website]

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[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Derbyshire Dales]]