Little Longstone Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Little Longstone Congregational Chapel, near Monsal Head - geograph.org.uk - 1590060.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Little Longstone Congregational Chapel
Coordinates:53.243°N -1.715°W
Official Name:Little Longstone
Population:103
Population Ref:(2001 census)
Shire District:Derbyshire Dales
Shire County:Derbyshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Derbyshire Dales
Post Town:BAKEWELL
Postcode District:DE45
Postcode Area:SK
Dial Code:01629
Os Grid Reference:SK191718

Little Longstone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The village is on a minor road west of Great Longstone, just off the B6465 road from Wardlow to Ashford-in-the-Water.[1] There is a Grade-II-listed Congregational Chapel and a public house, the Packhorse Inn,[2] in the village. As in many small parishes, there is no parish council and local democracy is administered via a parish meeting.[3] In 2001 the parish had a population of 103.

The parish includes parts of Monsal Dale and the hamlet of Monsal Head, and lies wholly within the Peak District National Park. The Monsal Trail, a popular cycleway and footpath following a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway,[4] runs just south of the village.

Listed buildings and scheduled monuments

There are nine listed buildings in the parish (all listed at Grade II):

See main article: Listed buildings in Little Longstone.

and four scheduled monuments, comprising one disused lead mine and a series of bowl barrows:

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey . OL24 White Peak area . 1:25000 . Explorer .
  2. Web site: Home Page . Packhorse Inn . 5 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Little Longstone . Derbyshire Dales District Council . 5 September 2020.
  4. Book: Lofthouse, A.W.G. . Monsal Trail Then and Now . 2007 . 2nd . ALD Design & Print . 1901587312.