Youlgreave
| Youlgreave | |
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 Youlgreave village centre |
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 Youlgreave
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| Youlgreave shown within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK209642 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BAKEWELL |
| Postcode district | DE45 |
| Dialling code | 01629 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Youlgreave or Youlgrave 
listen is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, lying on the River Bradford, four kilometres south of Bakewell. Both spellings are used on different local signposts and on different maps. The name possibly derives from "yellow grove" (the ore mined locally being yellow in colour), though historically the village was called "Giolgrave". The village is locally known as "Pommy". The population of the parish in 1991 was 1256; it is one of the largest villages wholly within the Peak District National Park.
Youlgrave stands on the hillside above the confluence of Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale.
As well as two public houses (the George Hotel and the Farmyard Inn), the village has a filling station (Youlgreave Garage), a doctors' surgery and two shops (one with a post office annex).
Three long-distance paths, the Alternative Pennine Way, the Limestone Way and the White Peak Way, pass through the village, swelling the numbers of walkers.
Youlgreave was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and being worth sixteen shillings.
All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave has a 12th-century font.
There are also a number of historic buildings in the village, such as Old Hall Farm (1630), Thimble Hall and The Old Hall (c.1650).
Most of the village's households get their water from Youlgreave Water Works Limited, one of very few private water companies in Britain. It came about when Youlgreave Friendly Society for Women helped to set up a fund to pipe water from Mawstone springs into the village. In the 1930s, as new houses were built and older ones were modernised with bathrooms and toilets, water often became short. In 1932 the main underground pipe cracked after an explosion in Mawstone lead mine. Springs at Harthill were connected to the system in 1949 and other major improvements followed. Most homes in the village could be supplied with local water until there were just too many new houses to cope with. Extra supplies are purchased from larger water companies nowadays
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