Edensor

Visitors are welcome to the village of Edensor, but requested to please park sensitively and respect the needs of residents.

The Saxon name for the village of Edensor (pronounced 'Enza') was Edensoure, and it is recorded in the Domesday book. Up until the time of the 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 - 1764), it straggled across towards the river Derwent in front of Chatsworth, skirting the hill opposite the village known as 'The Crobbs'. When the 4th Duke began the landscaping of the Park with Capability Brown, he decided that Chatsworth should be approached from the west, and so his old stables and interfering with the view were pulled down, as were those cottages of Edensor that were visible from the House.

Seventy years later, the 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) and Joseph Paxton completed the village that we have today, by the improvement of some of the old buildings that were already within the village, by the building of a variety of new ones, and by the demolition of what was left! In 1838 J. Robertson was commissioned to design new cottages, and Decimus Burton designed the stable block on the north side of the village opposite the Church, now providing flats for Chatsworth staff. The entire village is occupied by Chatsworth staff, both working and retired, with the exception of one or two properties that are rented. Edensor tea rooms provide excellent light refreshments and walkers are welcome.

The annual Chatsworth Horticultural Society show is on Saturday 16th August at 2pm in the Cavendish Hall Edensor, when local residents and members of St Peter's electoral roll are welcome to exhibit home grown produce, baking, crafts etc.