Calke is a small village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the historic house Calke Abbey, a National Trust property, although the main entrance to its grounds is from the neighbouring village of Ticknall, where the population of Calke is included. The settlement name Calke means "calc" (Anglian) Chalk, lime, limestone.[2] Results from the 2011 census shows Calke to contain around 10 households with a population of about 24.[1]
^ ab"Calke parish postcodes". doogal.co.uk. doogal.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^"Key to English Place-Names: Calke, Derbyshire". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust. The site was an Augustinian...
Calke is a small village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the historic house Calke Abbey, a National...
Calke is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 20 listed buildings that are recorded in the National...
South Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Calke) at the 2011 Census was 642. Situated on the A514 road, close to Melbourne...
in the care of the National Trust that are open to the public, such as Calke Abbey, Hardwick Hall, High Peak Estate, Ilam Park, Kedleston Hall, Longshaw...
non-governmental organisations including the National Trust. List of reserves: Calke Park NNR Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve Dovedale Kinder Scout...
Eskdale and Duddon Windermere and Troutbeck Wordsworth House Wray Castle Calke Abbey Duffield Castle Hardwick Hall High Peak Estate Ilam Park Kedleston...
in Staffordshire; Herring as preacher at Calke in Derbyshire. Herring was recommended for the post at Calke by Arthur Hildersham, the vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch...
was married, in 1822, to Selina, daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. He and his elder brother, Lovell Benjamin Badcock, changed...
Lady Georgiana Stanhope Lovell, who had married Sir John Harper Crewe at Calke Abbey (now owned by the National Trust). He left his widow in poor financial...
(1907). "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke". A History of the County of Derby, Volume 2. Victoria County History. pp...
and cover tunnels are well preserved in Calke Park. The longer tunnel is an underpass of the main drive to Calke Abbey, the hall of the Harpur family, which...
in the construction of the reservoir, Furnace Farm, New England Farm and Calke Mill were submerged; their remains lie 25 metres below the surface. The...
Breadsall Priory Bretby Hall Brocksford Hall Burton Closes Buxton Hall Calke Abbey Carnfield Hall Catton Hall Chatsworth House Coxbench Hall Derwent...
(1907), 'Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2, ISBN 1236036875 Pevsner, Nikolaus;...
who died after falling from his coach box. He inherited the Baronetcy, Calke Abbey the family seat and extensive properties in Derbyshire, Staffordshire...
Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Albert Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral, Calke Abbey, Chatsworth House and Oscar Wilde's tomb. In 1947 the Hopton-Wood...
Augustinian canons moved to Dale Abbey in 1162 from their previous home at Calke Abbey. A few years later they were replaced by Premonstratensian canons...
2021. "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Repton, with the cell of Calke", A History of the County of Derby, volume 2 (1907), pp. 58–63. Retrieved...
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