Edensor Travel Guide

 bugalugs Says:  The present Duke of Devonshire is named Peregrine Cavendish, born in 1944. He is the 12th Duke.There are beautiful gardens to explore, a huge lake with a single jet fountain which shoots up into the air almost 300 feet high!This cascade fountain was built over 300 years ago.... 

 bugalugs Says:  The house is very large and you can view the house without a guided tour as there are guides in the rooms who will answer any questions you may have. House open: 11am-5.30pmGardens open: 11-6pmThere is also a farmyard, restaurant, bar, a maze, and gift shops.Adult admission... 

 bugalugs Says:  When you turn off the A619 to Chatsworth the road is the B6012 and this actually runs through the parkland of Chatsworth House. The village of Edensor is on the right hand side and the house etc on the left.If you dont wish to pay to park in the house car park, just carry on... 

 bugalugs Says:  When we visited this last time, we parked in the free car park and walked along the stream towards the house. There is so much parkland and countryside around there and walking is very accessible.We had just sat on a bench when along came this mummy sheep and her babies and... 

 bugalugs Says:  Such a lovely little village and worth a walk around.However this isnt the original village, that was somewhere nearer to Chatsworth itself, it was partly demolished in the 1750's to enable Capability Brown (who was probably the most sought after landscape gardener of the... 

 bugalugs Says:  This also isnt the original church that once stood here, that was demolished when the 7th Duke of Devonshire employed an architect called George Silbert Scott (who also designed the Albert Memorial in London) to build a new church. The building took from 1864 to 1870 to be... 

 bugalugs Says:  Some parts of the old church that was demolished were saved and put in this church, I think this old font must be one as it dates back to the early 17th century.This font is situated next to the Cavendish Chapel in the church. 

 bugalugs Says:  Not everyone likes going in graveyards but I do. At the south end of the graveyard is a part that is just for the family members of the Dukes of Devonshire and Cavendish families. The 11th Duke of Devonshire only died last year and now his son Peregrine is the 12th Duke. 

 bugalugs Says:  Kathleen Kennedy was the sister of the late President of the United States John F Kennedy. She was born in 1920 and married in 1944 to William, Marquess of Hartington, he was the heir to the then 10th Duke of Devonshire. Sadly only 4 months after they married he was killed... 

 bugalugs Says:  On 29th June 1963 just a matter of months before he was assassinated President John F Kennedy visited the grave of his sister here at Edensor. The stone slab in front of her grave is dedicated to him. 

 bugalugs Says:  Chatsworth is the family home of the Dukes of Devonshire, their family name being Cavendish. The Cavendish family have lived at Chatsworth since the middle of the 16th century. 

 bugalugs Says:  If you dont wish to go in the house you can pay solely to view the gardens.Adult admission is £5.75.Car Parking at the house car park is £1.50 

 bugalugs Says:  This hunting lodge high up in the hill was built in the late 16th century by William Cavendish the then duke. 

 bugalugs Says:  A nice old country pub which in 1724 was originally 3 cottages. Converted to a pub in 1747. It was originally a coaching inn as I suppose a lot of rural pubs in those days were. The pubs history boasts Dickens as a visitor and also a place that Edward VII is supposedly to... 

 bugalugs Says:  Lyme Hall in Disley has parts of it which are from sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century.It belonged to the Legh family for over 600 years!!!!!!It was transformed by a venetian architect called Leoni into an Italianate palace.In 1946 it was given to the National...