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Youlgreave or Youlgrave 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),〔''White Peak Walks, The Northern Dales'', Mark Richards, 1985 ISBN 0-902363-53-0〕〔(Peak District online )〕 though historically the village was called "Giolgrave".〔(Genuki site )〕 The village is locally known as "Pommie".〔(Peak District online )〕〔(Dining pubs in Youlgreave )〕 The population of the parish in 1991 was 1256;〔(Peak District population )〕 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 three public houses – The Bulls Head Hotel, George Hotel and 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. ==History== Youlgreave was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers〔Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Breaston, Duffield and Cowley.〕 and being worth sixteen shillings.〔''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.748〕 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 (c1650). 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 In 1932 five of six miners working on a ventilation fan at Mawstone Mine were killed after an explosion filled the gallery with carbon monoxide. The sixth miner was able to reach the surface and raise the alarm. A rescue party of two workers and the mine manager descended into the mine, but were themselves killed by the fumes. Although Mawstone Mine was eventually closed, a water supply for the village is still obtained from this site.〔Richard Woolley (Mawstone Mine Disaster - 75 years on ) Matlock Mercury May 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Youlgreave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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