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Curbar

Village in Derbyshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	Curbar well and horse trough - geograph.org.uk - 51299.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Old well, horse trough and millstones at junction in centre of village
coordinates
map_type	Derbyshire
official_name	Curbar
population	417
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	Derbyshire Dales
shire_county	Derbyshire
region	East Midlands
post_town	HOPE VALLEY
postcode_district	S32
postcode_area	S
dial_code	01433
os_grid_reference	SK251746

Curbar is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The population based on the 2011 Census was 417. Curbar is situated a mile north of Baslow, close to Calver on the A623.

The village has a street (Bar Road) with the highest average house value in Derbyshire. Close to the east are the popular rock-climbing escarpments of Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge. To the west of the village is the River Derwent. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints. Immediately to the south of the church stands Curbar Primary School, which serves the three villages of Curbar, Calver and Froggatt. The school is the custodian of an old May custom known as the Maybough. On the first of May, or as soon as possible thereafter, a tree-branch is brought into school and decorated with flowers by the children. The Maybough is taken to various points in Curbar and Calver, where it is displayed to the accompaniment of songs and a dance. Several attempts have been made to ascertain the origin of the Maybough. The event was originally performed by the villagers rather than the school, the switchover taking place around the time of the First World War.

References

(2012). "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 ''Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale)''". Ordnance Survey.
(1 January 2016). "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer". Ordnance Survey.
"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National statistics.

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