Over Haddon

Over Haddon is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Nether Haddon) at the 2011 Census was 255.[1] It is near the small town of Bakewell, south of the B5055 road.

Over Haddon

Over Haddon
Over Haddon
Location within Derbyshire
Population255 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK204664
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBAKEWELL
Postcode districtDE45
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

Over Haddon overlooks Lathkill Dale and the River Lathkill, which may be crossed by a clapper bridge on a footpath running south from the village. The bridge may be medieval.[2] The village has two churches, a public house, and a car park. Around the year 1667 Over Haddon was home to Martha Taylor, one of the earliest documented examples of a fasting girl, who claimed to be able to survive for months without food.[3]

The name "Haddon" means "Heath Hill", the "Over" referring to being above "Nether Haddon" (Haddon Hall).[4]

The site of a deserted medieval village, Conksbury, is on the south bank of the River Lathkill, between Over Haddon and Youlgreave.

Over Haddon is the birthplace of Maurice Oldfield, a former head of MI6 and reputedly the inspiration for both John le Carré's George Smiley[5] and 'M' in the James Bond books.[6][7] He died in 1981[7] is buried in the village.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. https://www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk/walks/walk-lathkill-bradford-dales/. Retrieved 25 Jan 2019.
  3. Robinson, Joseph Barlow (1866). Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight for the Antiquary, the Historian... London: J. R. Smith. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. Richards, Mark (1985). White Peak Walks: The Northern Dales. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. ISBN 0-902363-53-0.
  5. Shute, Joe (24 August 2016). "Clearing the name of my uncle: the Spymaster". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. "Unknown title". Derbyshire Telegraph.
  7. "Sir Maurice Oldfield dead at 65: famed ex-chief of Britain's MI6". New York Times. 12 March 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2018.


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