Tideswell, Derbyshire

Description
Tideswell, a small market-town, a township, and a parish in Derbyshire. The town stands in a valley almost surrounded with bleak hills, 2 1/2 miles N of Millers Dale railway station, and 6 1/2 E by N of Buxton, is said to have got its name from a well which was intermittent, dates from very early times, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Buxton, a remarkably fine 14th-century church called the Cathedral of the Peak, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, an endowed grammar school with £300 a year, several charities, a weekly market on Wednesday, and five annual fairs. The staple industry is hand-loom weaving in silk dresses and handkerchiefs. There are also a velvet-cutting factory and a cotton mill. The township includes the town, and extends into the country. Acreage, 8232; population, 1936; of ecclesiastical parish, 2688. There is a parish council of seven members. The parish contains also the village of Cressbrook, part of Miller's Dale, and the townships of Litton and Wheston. Tideswell manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire, and Litton manor to Lord Scarsdale. Much of the surface exhibits romantic scenery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £370 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. The church is a cruciform building in the Decorated style with a large chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, and lofty tower, and was thoroughly restored during 1874-91.