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  Tissington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tissington is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District.
Notable buildings in the village include the Jacobean Tissington Hall and the parish church with a Norman tower and font.
Tissington also lies on the Tissington Trail and Limestone Way and is believed to be where well dressing originated.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tissington   (97 words)

  
 Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
Tissington is known as the mother place of well dressing and visitors come from all over the world to witness the annual well dressing ceremony.
Tissington is considered to have been the first place to dress wells in the county and wells have been dressed here for over 650 years.
Tissington is one of the prettiest and most unspoilt villages not only in Derbyshire but in the whole of the country.
www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /tissingtonwelldressings.htm   (819 words)

  
 The Andrews Pages : Tissington, Derbyshire : Kelly's Directory, 1891
TISSINGTON, anciently "TlSCINCTUNA," is a parish and village, 4 miles north from Ashborne, the nearest station, on the Churnet Valley section of the North Staffordshire railway, in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, Ashborne union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
Tissington Hall, a fine old Elizabethan mansion close to the village and approached by an avenue more than half a mile in length, is the seat of Sir William Fitzherbert bart.
Tissington was the scene of a severe contest between the Royalist and Parliamentary forces during the Civil Wars.
www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com /dby/kelly/tissington.htm   (545 words)

  
 EducationGuardian.co.uk | Special Reports | Patrick Tissington: 'Bravery is the management of fear'
Tissington's work on the VC follows on naturally from his PhD on crisis decision-making in the fire service.
After leaving school, Tissington chose to join the army as a regular - "probably the main reason I did it was to annoy my Dad, who was a schoolteacher" - and signed up for three years, rising to the rank of lance-bombardier in the Royal Artillery.
Tissington happily acknowledges that he doesn't have to look too far when looking for a stress case study -"I just use myself" - but whether his life is his work, or his work his life, he seems to be thriving on it.
education.guardian.co.uk /academicexperts/story/0,1392,1367621,00.html   (1433 words)

  
 Tissington in Derbyshire England - Information and photos
Tissington in Derbyshire, is a well managed estate village which has an ideal blend of duckpond, trees, cottages, church, tearooms and an old hall.
Tissington Hall is a large and very fine Jackobean mansion and home for the Fitzherbert family for over 400 years.
Tissington church dates back to Norman times and much Norman work is to be seen inside despite being restored in 1854.
www.derbyshireuk.net /tissington.html   (591 words)

  
 Derbyshire Peak District saxon village of Tissington
Tissington is an estate village that is well known in the Peak District for its well dressings and the cycling/walking trail that bears its name.
It is suggested that Tissington is the place of origin of the custom of well dressing (which gives thanks for a supply of clean water) in the first half of the fourteenth century.
Tissington hall is a fabulous building, darkly foreboding yet impressive.
www.thepeakdistrict.info /fast/html/tissington.html   (500 words)

  
 Laura Tissington
Tissington received her doctorate from the University of West Florida in Curriculum and Instruction with an area of concentration in Technology.
She has a professional and personal interest in children with chronic illness and has conducted research accordingly.
Tissington has a strong record of service with local school districts and is often seen in K-12 classrooms.
www.uwf.edu /education/facstaff_zoom.cfm?email=ltissington@uwf.edu   (154 words)

  
 Derbyshire churches - Church of St Mary at Tissington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The church dates back to Norman times, records showing it to be a well established church by 1227 and probably built shortly after 1100.
Tissington church contains an interesting Norman font and many monuments to the Fitzherbert family.
The Fitzherbert memorial pictured below was erected to the memory of Francis Fitzherbert, who died in 1619 and to his son John, who died in 1642.
www.derbyshireuk.net /tissington_church.html   (246 words)

  
 Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
From the former railway station the route follows the Tissington Trail along what once was the railway trackbed.
In the 15th century, it was a moated manor house known as Bentley Old Hall and is unique in Derbyshire with its square tower and defensive slit openings in the walls.
A short field track to the left leads to a tarmac road where by turning left Tissington is soon reached.
www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /tissingtonwalk.htm   (948 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: Today's News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Tissington, an 11-year-old gelding by Polynesian Flyer, will make his 100th career start in the third race on Saturday at Emerald Downs.
The closing router, affectionately known as "Fred," is expected to face six rivals in the one-mile event, a distance which he has eight wins, 11 seconds, and 12 thirds in 58 lifetime attempts.
Tissington made his first start as a three-year-old on February 15, 1997, and has started an average of 11 times each year.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=55565&subsec=2   (211 words)

  
 Tissington, Derbyshire, England
Tissington is situated about 4 miles north of Ashbourne.
Tissington Hall lies at the center of the village, and has been the home of the FitzHerbert family for over 500 years.
The Tissington Trail is a scenic 13 mile bridleway/cycle track/walking trail that runs from Ashbourne to Parsley Hay.
www.ashbourne-town.com /villages/tissington   (321 words)

  
 GENUKI: Tissington, Derbyshire
A Description of Tissington and Directory for Tissington, Bentley, Thorpe and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.
The transcription of the section for Tissington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Tissington Hall's official website containing information about the Hall and the Village, including sections on Archives, Historical Documents and Well-Dressing.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Tissington/index.html   (197 words)

  
 BBC - Derby - 360 Images - Tissington
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Tissington, about four miles north of Ashbourne, is known for its beauty, well dressings and for Tissington Hall.
The hall itself, which can be seen in the 360° image above, has been home to the Fitzherbert family for more than 500 years, although the present hall is only around 400 years old.
www.bbc.co.uk /derby/360/derbyshire_views/tissington.shtml   (171 words)

  
 Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
Saturday afternoon, in the third race at Emerald Downs, a $3,500 claiming race, Fred (or Tissington as you'll read his name in the program) will make his 100th career start.
In 99 starts, Tissington has won 14 races, finished second 21 times and third on 19 occasions.
In 1994, the year Tissington was foaled, horses in North America made an average of 7.84 starts a year, according to Jockey Club figures.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=28755   (804 words)

  
 Tissington, Parwich & The Tissington Trail
Tissington - Tissington Trail - Alsop en le Dale - Parwich - Bletch Brook - Tissington
Just past the last house on the left a path climbs a small bank, follow this way marked path across fields and through a wood eventually descending to a road.
On entering Parwich look out for a finger post marked 'Tissington 2 Miles', after exploration of the village this is the path back to Tissington.
www.snapthepeaks.co.uk /Walks/Tissington/tissington.htm   (270 words)

  
 Tissington, Derbyshire, England
The six wells in Tissington are the first in the year to be dressed.
There is also Tissington Hall, a pleasant village duck pond, and access to the Tissington Trail.
Tissington Hall is open to the public for 28 days each year.
www.derbyshireguide.co.uk /travel/tissington.htm   (382 words)

  
 Britannia Country Houses: FitzHerbert Houses in Derbyshire
Eventually Sir Henry Fitzherbert inherited both Somersal Hall and Tissington Hall and it was he who enlarged the former in 1850.
It is interesting that the Tissington side of the Fitzherbert family use a capital ‘H’ in their name making it ‘FitzHerbert’.
The present owner Sir Richard FitzHerbert opened Tissington to the public for the first time in 1998 and it may be visited at various days during May to August.
www.britannia.com /history/chouses/fitzherb.html   (1185 words)

  
 Tissington , Derbyshire in the Peak District National Park
Details: The by-road leading to the quaint village of Tissington is edged by a notable avenue of lime trees which were planted in 1970 by Sir John Fiztherbert of the Fitzherbert family, who have owned the Estate since the 15th century.
Standing in the midst of the village is Tissington Hall, the centrepiece of the Tissington Estate.
Nowadays, it is far more elaborate with each well having up to twenty people, mainly from the village, building large frames used to hold a picture composed of natural materials such as flower petals, moss, lichens, bark, and wool.
www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.com /tourist/Tissington.html   (764 words)

  
 Tissington Hall - High Peak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Instead of a solitary manor house the drive leads to a whole community which seems to have grown haphazardly around the great house of the FitzHerberts.
Tissington Hall is the focal point of the village and has been a seat of the FitzHerberts for half a millenium, though the present house is 17th century.
Tissington is famous as being the mother-place of the ancient and mysterious ceremony of welldressing.
www.highpeak.co.uk /hp/h_tishbd.htm   (180 words)

  
 Cycling in the Peak District
This route links the Tissington Trail with the Manifold Trail, the two trails are very different not just in riding surface but also the immediate environment.
The Tissington Trail is open with views across both sides of the trail.
The Manifold Trail is enclosed in a valley as it follows first the River Hamps and then the Manifold, passing beneath Thor's Cave past Wetton Mill and onto Hulme End.
www.snapthepeaks.co.uk /Walks/Peaks_Cycle/peaks_cycle.htm   (363 words)

  
 Information on Tissington Trail - Overfield Farm, Tissington
The Tissington trail leaves Mapleton lane and heads slowly upwards, into the surrounding countryside.
The trail then continues to Hartington, where evidence of the existence of the railway is present in the form of Hartington Signal Box.
Here the Tissington trail ends at Parsley Hay where there is refreshments to sample before turning back for the leisurely journey home.
www.overfieldfarm.co.uk /tissington_trail.htm   (240 words)

  
 Bent Farm - Bed and Breakfast Accommodation, Tissington, Ashbourne, Derbyshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Contact Us A warm welcome waits at our interesting 17th century grade II listed farmhouse situated in the picturesque village of Tissington in the Peak District.
It is an ideal base for cycling and walking being only half a mile from the Tissington Trail yet within easy reach of many local attractions - Dovedale, The Maniford Valley, Carsington Water, Chatsworth House, Alton Towers to name but a few.
Horse riding is available at Tissington Trekking Centre which is located at a neighboring farm.
www.bentfarm.co.uk   (121 words)

  
 Tissington, Peak District, Derbyshire
The picture-postcard village of Tissington has all the exquisite charm and character of the traditional English medieval country manor, being an estate village built around Tissington Hall, the great Jacobean house of the FitzHerbert family.
Tissington sits sedately beside the A515 Buxton to Ashbourne road just three miles north of Ashbourne and close by the scenic limestone paradise of Dove Dale at the southern end of Derbyshire’s White Peak.
The approach to Tissington begins beside a gate-lodge on the A515 — the gates guarding not, as one might suppose, a private drive leading to a solitary country Manor, - but to an avenue of lime trees, which leads in turn to a small community that was first settled in Saxon times.
www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk /content.php?categoryId=154   (1547 words)

  
 Bed and breakfast, Peak District accommodation - Overfield Farm, Tissington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The old farmhouse enjoys a unique position in the picturesque village of Tissington.
The bed and breakfast accommodation is located four miles North of Ashbourne.
This is an ideal place for visiting the attractions in the Peak District area.
overfieldfarm.co.uk   (68 words)

  
 The Patrick Family: Tissington Hall in the Peak District
A great place to camp is at Bassett Wood farm, Tissington.
Tissington is a hub for walkers and cyclists, the Hall has been owned by the Fitzherbert family for over 500 years.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
www.patrickfamily.org.uk /2006/05/tissington-hall-in-peak-district.html   (124 words)

  
 Tissington Trails, Derbycccesscessstershire
Tissington and High Peak trail pictures, I must have been to this trail at least 10 times now over the last couple of years and it never gets boring.
Although I don't go as often as I first did, but its still an enjoyable ride out in the country on a safe and quiet track away from the roads.
They have a tradition each year called 'Well Dressing', which goes back a long way to the days when the area survived the plague or pox (I can't remember which exactly) through having a clean and healthy water supply.
home.btconnect.com /Cheason/biking/tissington-main.htm   (490 words)

  
 GENUKI: Tissington, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
GENUKI: Tissington, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
"TISSINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 4 miles N. of Ashbourne, its post town, and 9 S.W. of Winster.
The village is situated on the road from Ashbourne to Buxton, near Thorp Cloud and other cliffs which guard the entrance to the district of Dove Dale.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Tissington/Gaz1868.html   (282 words)

  
 Dr Patrick Tissington, DBA Director, Aston Business School, Aston Univeristy
Stoddard, M. and Tissington, P.A. (2005) The criteria for validation of DBA programmes.
Tissington, P.A. and Flin, R. (2005) Assessing risk in dynamic situations: lessons from fire service operations.
Tissington, P.A. and Grojean, M.W. (2004, January) Fighting fires, dodging bullets and the manager.
www.abs.aston.ac.uk /newweb/staff/detail.asp?sfldStaffID=A0000277   (526 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk Books: Tissington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cottages in Tissington -- Selection of superb inspected cottages in Tissington and rest of the Peaks.
A synopsis of neurology by William Frederick Tissington Tatlow (Unknown Binding - 1952)
A short history of Tissington and its parish church (Unknown Binding - 1965)
www.amazon.co.uk /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Tissington&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&page=1   (230 words)

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