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Over Haddon

Over Haddon
Ramblers at Over Haddon - geograph.org.uk - 1454578.jpg
Over Haddon
Over Haddon is located in Derbyshire
Over Haddon
Over Haddon
Over Haddon shown within Derbyshire
Population 255 (2011)
OS grid reference SK204664
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BAKEWELL
Postcode district DE45
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°11′42″N 1°41′46″W / 53.195°N 1.696°W / 53.195; -1.696Coordinates: 53°11′42″N 1°41′46″W / 53.195°N 1.696°W / 53.195; -1.696

Over Haddon is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Nether Haddon) at the 2011 Census was 255. It is near the small town of Bakewell, south of the B5055 road.

Over Haddon overlooks Lathkill Dale and the River Lathkill, which may be crossed by a clapper bridge on a footpath running south from the village. It has two churches, a public house, and a car park. Around the year 1667 Over Haddon was home to Martha Taylor, one of the earliest documented examples of a fasting girl, who claimed to be able to survive for months without food.

The name "Haddon" means "Heath Hill", the "Over" referring to being above "Nether Haddon" (Haddon Hall).

The site of a deserted medieval village, Conksbury, is on the south bank of the River Lathkill, between Over Haddon and Youlgreave.

Over Haddon is the birthplace of Maurice Oldfield, a former head of MI6 and reputedly the inspiration for both John le Carré's George Smiley and 'M' in the James Bond books. He died in 1981 is buried in the village.



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