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Foolow

Village in Derbyshire, England

Summary

Village in Derbyshire, England

Field	Value
static_image_name	Foolow.jpg
static_image_caption	The village pond
country	England
coordinates
map_type	Derbyshire
official_name	Foolow
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	SK191768

Foolow (Old English possibly for "bird hill" or "colourful hill") is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Village centre

The village green contains an ornate Grade II listed medieval cross, similar to the one at Wheston but possibly of later date. It has been suggested that it is 15th century. It is inscribed with the date 1868, when it was moved from the site of the Wesleyan Reform Chapel and its shaft was replaced. A former bull ring lies in front of the cross.

Lead mining

South of the village, the Watergrove Mine was active from the 18th century until 1853. Water was a problem over this period; both soughs and pumping engines were used. In 1837 a Fairbrother beam engine was installed. Its 80 ft (24 m) chimney stood until 1960. There are hillocks in the north of the parish that mark the sites of other mines. There are also sinkholes present- the most recent appeared in late 2013- believed to result from mine workings. It is probable that mining, whether for lead or other minerals, has been an occupation for the people of Foolow since at least the 15th century. Robert Roworth, of Folowe, a miner, appears as owing £4 to Thomas Calton of Chesterfield, in a legal record of 1470.

References

"Foolow". [[English Place Name Society]] at [[The University of Nottingham]].
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"Village Cross, Foolow, Derbyshire".
Sharpe, Neville T.. (2002). "Crosses of the Peak District". Landmark Collectors Library.
Harris, Helen. (1971). "Industrial archeology of the Peak District". David & Charles.
(30 December 2013). "Sinkhole opens in ground by village". BBC.
"Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 837".

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