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{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = Edensor - geograph.org.uk - 432165.jpg
|static_image_caption= Edensor
|coordinates = {{coord|53.227|-1.625|display=inline,title}}
|map_type = Derbyshire
|official_name = Edensor
|population = 145
|population_ref = (2011)
|shire_district = [[Derbyshire Dales]]
| shire_county = [[Derbyshire]]
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [[Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire Dales]]
|post_town = BAKEWELL
|postcode_district = DE45
|postcode_area =DE
|dial_code = 01629
|os_grid_reference = SK251700
}}
'''Edensor''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|audio=Edensor.ogg|'|E|n|z|@r}}) is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Derbyshire]], England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 145.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123087&c=Edensor&d=16&e=62&g=6413630&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458748135986&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=23 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

Much of the village is privately owned, by the [[Dukes of Devonshire]], the [[Cavendish family]]. Most of the deceased of the family are buried in the churchyard of [[St Peter's Church, Edensor|St Peter's Church]].

==History==
A village near this location was included in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. At that time, it was owned by [[Henry de Ferrers]] and included ten villagers plus seven "smallholders".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SK2469/edensor/|title=Land of Henry of Ferrers|website=Open Domesday|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref> One report describes the area in the early 1700s as: "it straggled across towards the river Derwent in front of Chatsworth, skirting the hill opposite the village known as 'The Crobbs'."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stpetersedensor.org/page10.html|title=St Peter's Church|website=St Peters Edensor|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

In 1762 the 4th Duke of Devonshire of [[Chatsworth House]] arranged for the demolition of several buildings because they intruded on his view of the parkland that had been created by [[Capability Brown]]. In the 1800s, a new road was being built and the Duke arranged to have the rest of the village removed. A new village was constructed in a project managed by Sir [[Joseph Paxton]]; the earlier vicarage and an existing 18th-century inn were moved to the new site. One building of the old village, Park Cottage, was not removed. A church existed here in the 1100s but it was rebuilt and increased in size in the mid-1800s.<ref name="greatbritishlife.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/edensor-village-6520772|title=Exploring the idyllic Chatsworth village of Edensor|website=Great British Life|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://letsgopeakdistrict.co.uk/listing/edensor/#:~:text=Edensor%20(pronounced%20'Enzer'),by%20the%20Dukes%20of%20Devonshire.|title=Edensor|website=Let's Go Peak District|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/derbyshire/az/edensor.htm|title=Edensor, Derbyshire|website=Let's Go Peak District|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

A report published in 1870 stated that the village was "a pretty place of villa-cottages" and had a post office and an inn, as well as 123 houses". The population of the township, including the village, was 592.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/derbyshire/edensor-derbyshire-family-history-guide/|title=Parish History The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870|website=Parish Mouse|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

In 2019 some 575 people worked on the Chatsworth Estate which included the village.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1373871|title=CHATSWORTH HOUSE|website=Historic England|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref> This area has been the home of the Cavendish family since 1549.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edensorteacottage.co.uk/history|title=EDENSOR AND THE CHATSWORTH ESTATE|website=Chatsworth Estate|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

By the mid-1800s, Edensor was considered to be a "model village"; "rules were being enforced to preserve the appearance of the settlement".<ref name="greatbritishlife.co.uk"/> The Chatsworth Estate office occupies a "fine brick building"<ref name="pevsner">{{cite book |title=The Buildings of England: Derbyshire |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |others = revised Elizabeth Williamson| year=1978 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |isbn=0-14-071008-6 |pages=205–207 }}</ref> which was built as an inn for visitors to Chatsworth in the 18th century and attributed to [[James Paine (architect)|James Paine]]. As of 2021, 50 of the buildings in the village are [[listed buildings]], all Grade II (with a few at Grade II*) except for the Church of St Peter which is Grade I Listed.<ref name="listed">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/derbyshire/edensor |title=Listed Buildings in Edensor, Derbyshire, England |publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref>

The village forms part of the [[Chatsworth House|Chatsworth Estate]]; the ownership is held by The Chatsworth House Trust on behalf of the Cavendish family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/the-chatsworth-house-trust/|title=The Chatsworth House Trust|website=Peak District Online|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==St Peter's Church==
{{main|St Peter's Church, Edensor}}
[[File:St Peter's Church, Edensor, Derbyshire (circa 1870s).jpg|left|thumb|The church, circa 1870s)]]

St Peter's is the [[parish church]] in the [[Church of England]]. It is in a joint parish with St Anne's Church, Beeley. Sir [[Joseph Paxton]] (d. 1865) is buried in St Peter's [[churchyard]],<ref name="pevsner"/> as are most [[Duke of Devonshire|Dukes of Devonshire]] and their families.

A 2020 report states that the current church with its {{Convert | 166 | ft | m | adj = mid|-high}} spire, designed by [[George Gilbert Scott]], was not built until about 25 years after the village was completed. It was a "replacement for the original squat-towered church that had occupied the site previously".<ref name="greatbritishlife.co.uk"/> Derbyshire Council states that "Edensor Church was taken down and rebuilt in 1867, incorporating some of the old Norman" church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR3634|title=Building record MDR3634 - St Peter's Church, Jap Lane, Edensor
|website=Derbyshire County Council|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref> Another source specifies that "very little remains of the Norman church".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/derbyshire/churches/edensor.htm|title=Edensor, St Peter's Church|website=Britain Express Life|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

The historic listing summary for the Church of St Peter provides less of an explanation. It simply states that St Peter's was built in the 12th century, modified in the 15th and "rebuilt in 1867".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101088158-church-of-st-peter-edensor|title=Church of St Peter A Grade I Listed Building in Edensor, Derbyshire|website=BritishListedBuildings|access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==Dunsa==
The [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of ''Dunsa'' lies to the northwest of Edensor at {{gbmapping|SK245704}}.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Edensor Mill.jpg|Edensor Mill, Grade II listed, built in 1762
File:Edensor, Chatsworth Estate.JPG|Edensor, Chatsworth Estate
File:Edensor - geograph.org.uk - 671.jpg|Approaching from Chatsworth
File:Edensor_-_Village_Scene.jpg|Village scene
File:Edensor, Derbyshire - Devonshire building 1.JPG|Devonshire building
File:St Peter's, Edensor - geograph.org.uk - 298211.jpg|St Peter's Church
File:St Peter's Churchyard, Edensor - Cavendish family plot1.JPG|Cavendish family plot with the graves of the Dukes of Devonshire
File:St Peter's Churchyard, Edensor - grave of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.JPG|Grave of the 6th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1858), founder of modern-day Edensor
File:Edensor 201307 117.jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Edensor]]
*[[Beeley]]—another Chatsworth estate village
*[[Pilsley, Derbyshire Dales|Pilsley]]—also a Chatsworth estate village
*[[Milton Abbas]]—a village in [[Dorset]] that was moved by a landowner

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Edensor}}

*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Edensor/ Edensor at genuki.co.uk]

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[[Category:Villages in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:Derbyshire Dales]]

Edensor - Revision history

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