Hassop
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Hassop is a village in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England.
It developed around a number of lead mines, with such names as "The Brightside", "Backdale", "Harry Bruce", "Waterhole" and "Whitecoe", which lasted until the mid-nineteenth century.
The local landowners were the Eyre family, who built the imposing Hassop Hall. In 1643 they defended the house against the Parliamentarians. Some say that there is an entrance to a former lead-mine under manholes in the floor of the cellar. The Hall is now a private hotel.
There was a railway station about two miles south of the village, built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway for the benefit of the Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House. In a sparsely populated area, it saw little use, and closed in 1942. It greatest usefulness was as a goods yard, which closed in 1964. The station building has been converted to a bookshop, cafe and the online operation of Countrybookshop who also organise the Peak Literary Festival.
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