Grindon, Staffordshire. A Peak District village in the Manifold Valley

Grindon, Staffordshire, lies just above the Manifold and Hamps valleys, near their junction. Mentioned in the Domesday Book.

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 Grindon

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.		Grindon is a delightful village strategically situated above the most interesting and exciting section of the Manifold valley, close to its junction with the Hamps. The village has a long history and was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Grendon, meaning green hill. It was a staging post along the packhorse route from Ecton Hill, once the most productive copper mine in the country, and in its heyday many of the local people would have been miners or worked in associated trades.

Grindon Church
Grindon Church
The current church dates only from 1848 and has a soaring spire similar to that at Butterton nearby, but there has been a church here since at least the 11th century. The modern church replaced a 16th century building which was burnt down in the early 19th century. Outside the church entrance there is an unusual sight - a 'Rindle' stone. This records that: 'The Lord of the Manor of Grindon Established his right to this rindle at Stafford Assizes on March 17th 1872'. A rindle is a brook which runs only in wet weather - quite why the lord of the manor should want to assert his right to the rindle is unclear, but the stone is unique.

Inside the church there is a memorial to the crew of a Halifax bomber which crashed on the moors near Grindon in the harsh winter of 1947. The bomber was dropping relief supplies to the villages of the area, which were completely cut off by snowdrifts.

There is a car park and picnic spot beside the church and not far distant is The Cavalier, the village pub - one of the quainter ones in the area. There are fine walks from Grindon down into both the River Manifold and the River Hamps, to Thors Cave and the Wetton and Alstonefield.

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Grindon Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show
Grindon Cottage
0 - Grindon Cottage		Grindon Church and Rindle Stone
1 - Grindon Church and Rindle Stone		Thors Cave - looking out up the Manifold Valley
2 - Thors Cave - looking out up the Manifold Valley		Manifold Valley near Grindon
3 - Manifold Valley near Grindon
Manifold Valley from Thor's Cave
4 - Manifold Valley from Thor's Cave		Manifold Valley near Wetton
5 - Manifold Valley near Wetton		Hamps Valley near Grindon
6 - Hamps Valley near Grindon		Manifold Trail below Thors Cave
7 - Manifold Trail below Thors Cave
Manifold Valley - Thors Cave
8 - Manifold Valley - Thors Cave		Manifold Valley - Beeston Tor
9 - Manifold Valley - Beeston Tor		Butterton
10 - Butterton		Wetton Church
11 - Wetton Church
Wetton- Royal Oak Inn
12 - Wetton- Royal Oak Inn		Throwley Old Hall
13 - Throwley Old Hall
Local places of interest

Ilam Church and Hall

Ilam Church, Staffordshire, is the burial place of St Bertram and a place of pilgrimage. A lovely church with some Saxon parts. Close to Ilam Hall, once home of the Watts Russell and Port families.

Ilam Hall and Park

Ilam Hall is the remains of the hall built by the Watts Russell family in the 1820s, close to Ashbourne. The Hall and Park now belong to the National Trust

Manifold and Hamps Trail

The Manifold and Hamps Trail is a Staffordshire Peak District cycle track which follows the old light railway which once ran along the valley.

Thor's Cave

Thor's Cave is the most spectacular sight of the Manifold valley, Staffordshire, a large cave with a fine view, which was inhabited in the Stone Age.

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