Ashford-in-the-Water

Ashford-in-the-Water
Ashford-in-the-Water
	The parish church of the Holy Trinity
	Ashford-in-the-Water Location within Derbyshire
Population	559 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK194697
District	Derbyshire Dales;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BAKEWELL
Postcode district	DE45
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales;

Ashford-in-the-Water is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The village is on the River Wye, 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Bakewell. It is known for the quarrying of Ashford Black Marble (a form of limestone), and for the maidens' garlands made to mark the deaths of virgins in the village until 1801. Some of these are preserved in the parish church. The civil parish population (including Sheldon) taken at the 2011 Census was 559.

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