A few blog posts ago I promised to write about our September visit to the villages of Hartington and Tissington so in this post I'm going to take you to Tissington.
The village which was recorded in the Domesday Book is dominated by the Hall. It's still lived in by the FitzHerbert family who, according to the local information board, have owned the estate since the reign of Elizabeth I. Although other sources say since 1465.
The present hall was built by Francis FitzHerbert in 1609 in the Jacobean style.
The church which sits on a hill opposite the hall is dedicated to St Mary.
It was built some time after 1100 and was well established by 1227
Tissington is well known for its wells which are dressed each year, usually in May. There are six wells and we photographed four of them. I missed the one near the duck pond and the other is further out of the village beyond the pond.
Each year our little village school had an outing to the Tissington Well Dressings. My strong memories are of the bus journey and the smell of egg or fish paste sandwiches which got stronger as the weather got warmer. Always in a grease proof paper bag accompanied by a bottle of 'pop'.
I remember the cattle grids into the village and my friend's younger brother falling on one and hurting his nose which bled and bled much to the teacher's consternation.
Can I remember the actual Well Dressings from those trips? Unfortunately not.
There are two long walks or trails which pass through the village. The thirteen mile long Tissington Trail which runs between Ashbourne and Parsley Hay. It follows the old Buxton to Ashbourne railway line.
The second is the forty six mile long Limestone Way which runs from Castleton in Derbyshire to Rocester in Staffordshire.
Herbert's Fine English Tearooms in the old coach house of the hall.
Tissington Craft Corner, the people who run this also own the candle making business 'On a Wick and a Prayer' in the same village.
Edward and Vintage Sweet Shop
It being a Monday all three of the above were closed as was the candle making workshop.
