Little Longstone

Little Longstone is a village and civil parish in 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[2] and a public house, the Packhorse Inn,[3] in the village. As in many small parishes, there is no parish council and local democracy is administered via a parish meeting.[4]

Little Longstone
Little Longstone Congregational Chapel
Little Longstone is located in Derbyshire
Little Longstone
Little Longstone
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK191718
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBAKEWELL
Postcode districtDE45
Dialling code01629
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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,[5] runs just south of the village.[1]

Listed buildings and scheduled monuments

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

Main article: Listed buildings in Little Longstone
  • village stocks[6] and adjacent house[7]
  • Manor House,[8] stable block[9] and Dutch barn[10]
  • Packhorse Inn[11]
  • Monsal Dale Viaduct[12] (also known as Headstone Viaduct)
  • Congregational Chapel[2]
  • Cosy Cottage and adjoining cottage[13]

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

  • White Cliff bowl barrow[14]
  • a bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane[15]
  • two bowl barrows east of Hay Dale[16]
  • Putwell Hill Mine[17]

References
  1. OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
  2. Historic England. "Congregational Chapel (Grade II) (1311405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "Home Page". Packhorse Inn. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Little Longstone". Derbyshire Dales District Council. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. Lofthouse, A.W.G. (2007). Monsal Trail Then and Now (2nd ed.). ALD Design & Print. ISBN 1901587312.
  6. Historic England. "Stocks (Grade II) (1109911)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. Historic England. "The Stocks (Grade II) (1311426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Manor House (Grade II) (1109912)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  9. Historic England. "Stable block to west of Manor House (Grade II) (1109913)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. Historic England. "Dutch barn belonging to The Manor (Grade II) (1311433)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  11. Historic England. "Pack Horse Inn (Grade II) (1109914)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  12. Historic England. "Monsal Dale Viaduct (Grade II) (1109915)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. Historic England. "Cosy Cottage and adjoining cottage (Grade II) (1311410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  14. Historic England. "White Cliff bowl barrow (1008783)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  15. Historic England. "Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane (1008789)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  16. Historic England. "Two bowl barrows east of Hay Dale (1008811)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  17. Historic England. "Putwell Hill Mine (1412909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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