What Defines The Peak District & Where Is It?
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Hello and welcome to episode 24 of Buxton Barrow Man my volunteering series!
Today I'll be talking briefly about the boundaries of the Peak District.
What's the Peak District to you?
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The term “The Peak District” has been in use well before the establishment of the National Park. I have railway posters from the 1930’s and guidebooks from the late 19th century that use that specific term. There is no agreement between the books as to where its borders were, but all include the upland areas of NW Derbyshire, and most include surrounding parts of Cheshire and Staffordshire, and sometimes Yorkshire. In all, Buxton was firmly within the Peak District.
Earlier books tend to just use the term “The Peak” or “The Peaks”, drawn from the medieval “Hundred of the High Peak”, an administrative region that was abolished with the local government act of 1894 or the former “Forest of the High Peak” - a royal hunting reserve established in the area following the Norman conquest.
Some will also refer to the Pecsaetan, the (rather obscure) Anglo-Saxon tribe that used to occupy the area.
I would guess that the specific term “The Peak District” as opposed to say “The High Peak” or “Peaks” emerged as a marketing term used by railway companies and booksellers during the growth of domestic tourism in the Victorian era and thus entered common usage. As mentioned above, its boundaries well not well defined, but certainly included Buxton.
Very interesting and thank you for commenting, I’ll pin this comment :)
@@Leock As a fairly ancient resident of the area, I would use Peak District in its broader and more inclusive sense, and use 'the national park' or some similar variation where I needed to make the distinction.
Hi. As a lifelong local to the Peak District I would say that I agree that the national park boundry is "The Peaks". The reason that Buxton and the surrounding area is controlled by High peak council is that the council is named after the medieval "Hundred of the High peak" which was an area designated by the Barmote (Lead mining) court. In fact High peak council didn't even exist untill the mid 70s which is over 20 years after the National Park was designated.
Wow I wasn’t aware of the origin of the name at all. Very cool to know :)
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I always considered Buxton not in the Peak District and was an area i had to travel a bit to get to. More like "Buxton, gateway to the peak district"
Gateway to the peaks is very true I’d agree with that statement
your presenting skills have improved so much since you started this project :) well done!
Thank you Elise!
The point where the peak district starts can be measured by the amount of traffic parked in awkward places by the road: the closer you are to the centre the more likley a tourist is to just abandon there car in the middle of the road to go for a walk 🤐
Rather true I’ve seen people stop on winnits pass before to take pictures blocking the road
Thing is when it comes to “where is the Peak District” is that, well, lots of things are hard to define. Forgetting the national park boundary’s and just looking at where the peaks are gives a much larger area than what the park covers. High tor near Matlock is a huge peak but isn’t in the park. Geographically though it’s very much contiguous with the Peak District landscape. Us humans like to give very defined boundary’s to where one thing starts and stops but a question like “is it hilly enough to be considered Peak District” can in some places be very hard to answer
Pretty sure I could do an entire ted talk on this subject lol
Very true, geologically speaking the Peak District park is odd because it’s split between limestone and grit (white and dark peaks) and of course people associate the peaks with hills even though it’s not that hilly and definitely not any with big peaks.
Hi Leo, another nice barrow full of rubbish collected, well done!
The argument about boundaries has been going on since 1951 when it PDNP was first created that's 73 years ago and things have changed massively since. People have argued about the title saying "National Park" is not appropriate. They have argued about what industry should be allowed, whether the boundary should be reviewed, extended or reduced. They have argued about planning permission, "its too strict or not strict enough", where housing should be allowed and a multitude of other issues. In short this is an issue that will never be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. The National Parks seem to generate arguments if its any consolation the same thing goes in in all the other National Parks as well. 🤣
Thank you!
I have many friends who live in the peaks and in the cities around so I’ve heard both sides of with rules being too strict or not strict enough. It’s also the reason I’ve made this video because there’s so many sides to this that I couldn’t think off without other people’s input so it’s great seeing everyone’s views on the matter.