Six (or seven) Holmesfield halls, 13th April 2014

This walk, led by Eileen, took us to seven halls in the Holmesfield district of Derbyshire, just outside the National Park and overlooking Sheffield and Chesterfield.

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The ancient cross near the start of the walk at Shillito Woods was known as Bole Hill Cross or Shepherd’s Cross on the Victorian Ordnance Survey maps. It was probably erected by monks from Beauchief Abbey in the 13th century on an old packhorse route west from the Rother Valley across Ramsley Moor.

Ramsley Moor

Foxlane Plantation

1 Horsleygate Old Hall 2 Horsleygate Hall 3 Fanshaw Gate Old Hall garden 3 Fanshaw Gate Old Hall 4 Woodthorpe Hall 5 Holmsfield Hall 6 Cartledge Hall 7 Unthank Hall