Cartledge

Cartledge
Cartledge
Cartledge shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK3277
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Cartledge is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Sheffield, and just south of the village of Holmesfield. Its name is derived from the Old Norse kartr, meaning rocky ground, and the Old English pre 7th-century loecc, meaning boggy stream.[1] It features Cartledge Hall was built c.1585 as a dower house for Alice Burton (née Wolstenholme)[2] and later rebuilt during Elizabethan times.[3]

References

  1. "Surname: Cartledge". SurnameDB.com. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  2. Biggs, Paul; Biggs, Sandra (1997). Discovery Walks in Derbyshire. Google Books. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  3. Redfern, Roger A. (2001). Walking in Peakland. Google Books. Retrieved 2008-05-19.


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