Hayfield

Hayfield ({{gbmappingsmall|SK037870}}) is a village and civil parish in the borough of High Peak, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

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Civil parish - High Peak - Derbyshire - England

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It is located on the River Sett between the towns of Glossop, New Mills and Chapel-en-le-Frith. The village appears in the Domesday Book as Hedfeld and lies on the line of a Roman road from Buxton to Melandra Castle, and on an important former packhorse route between Cheshire and Yorkshire.

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River Sett - Glossop - New Mills - Chapel-en-le-Frith - Domesday Book - Roman road - Buxton - Melandra Castle - Cheshire - Yorkshire

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The civil parish includes Hayfield village itself, along with Little Hayfield, Rowarth and Birch Vale.

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Little Hayfield - Rowarth - Birch Vale

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A mile east of the village is the confluence of the rivers Sett and Kinder at Bowden Bridge (a packhorse bridge), from where rights of way lead past Kinder Reservoir (built 1911) and on to the Kinder Scout plateau. The Mass trespass of Kinder Scout started from Bowden Bridge Quarry in 1932. The village is a popular walking centre; it lies on the Pennine Bridleway long-distance route and is the home of the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team. A 19th-century railway line from New Mills closed in 1970 and the dismantled trackbed now forms a popular 2½ mile recreational route, the Sett Valley Trail.

Related Topics:
Kinder - Packhorse bridge - Rights of way - Kinder Scout - Mass trespass of Kinder Scout - 1932 - Walking - Pennine Bridleway - Mountain Rescue

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Hayfield church (the Parish Church of St. Matthew) was founded in the 14th century but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century.

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