Karen Lee's Pictures of Wormhill

Wormhill Farm

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Wormhill, Country Farms

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Village stocks, Wormhill

Don't know if there was a high crime rate in Wormhill, it is such a small village, or if these were here as a deterrent, at least the criminal got to sit down on the bench while in the stocks.

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Wormhill, Village Stocks, Derbyshire

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The Green, Wormhill

Wormhill is a beautiful little Villlage and is thought to have originally been named 'Wolfhill' as numerous wolves were known to roam in nearby woods in the 13th century.

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Wormhill

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Memorial, Wormhill

James Brindley was born in Tunstead in the Parish of Wormhill in 1716. He became one of the most famous civil engineers of his time. Brindley engineered much of the canal network across the country and built over 300 miles of canal, he died in 1772. The memorial is built over a natural spring and the water is piped down to the stone troughs for the working animals to drink from in recognition for all the hard work they do.

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Wormhill, Remembrance, Derbyshire

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Derbyshire stone cottage

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Wormhill

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Parish Church, Wormhill

The Parish Church of St Margaret's was rebuilt and enlarged in 1864.

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Wormhill, Churches, Cemeteries, Derbyshire

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Hargate Hall

Hargate Hall was built in about 1900 by Joseph Wainwright who was a Wormhill Quarry Owner

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Wormhill, Buildings and Structures, Derbyshire

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