Foolow
{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name = Foolow.jpg
|static_image_caption = The village pond
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|53.2879|-1.7151|type:city_region:GB-DBY|display=inline,title}}
|map_type = Derbyshire
|official_name = Foolow
|population =
|shire_district = Derbyshire Dales
| shire_county = Derbyshire
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster =
|post_town = HOPE VALLEY
|postcode_district = S32
|postcode_area = S
|dial_code = 01433
|os_grid_reference = SK191768
}}
Foolow (Old English possibly for "bird hill" or "colourful hill"{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Foolow|title=Foolow|work=Key to English Place-names|publisher=English Place Name Society at The University of Nottingham|accessdate = 18 August 2013}}) is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District.
Village centre
The village green contains an ornate Grade II listed{{NHLE |num=1109996 |desc=Village Cross |grade=II |fewer-links= |access-date=30 January 2022}} medieval cross, similar to the one at Wheston but possibly of later date. It has been suggested that it is 15th century.{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101109996-village-cross-foolow|title=Village Cross, Foolow, Derbyshire|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|accessdate=11 January 2019}} It is inscribed with the date 1868, when it was moved from the site of the Wesleyan Reform Chapel and its shaft was replaced. A former bull ring lies in front of the cross.{{cite book |first=Neville T. |last=Sharpe |title=Crosses of the Peak District |publisher=Landmark Collectors Library |date=2002}}
Lead mining
South of the village, the Watergrove Mine was active from the 18th century until 1853. Water was a problem over this period; both soughs and pumping engines were used. In 1837 a Fairbrother beam engine was installed. Its 80 ft (24 m) chimney stood until 1960. There are hillocks in the north of the parish that mark the sites of other mines.{{cite book |first=Helen |last=Harris |title=Industrial archeology of the Peak District |publisher=David & Charles |date=1971}} There are also sinkholes present- the most recent appeared in late 2013- believed to result from mine workings.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25554549|title=Sinkhole opens in ground by village|date=30 December 2013|publisher=BBC}} It is probable that mining, whether for lead or other minerals, has been an occupation for the people of Foolow since at least the 15th century. Robert Roworth, of Folowe, a miner, appears as owing £4 to Thomas Calton of Chesterfield, in a legal record of 1470.{{cite web|title=Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 837|url=http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no837/aCP40no837fronts/IMG_0142.htm|quotation=6th entry|website=Aalt.law.uh.edu|accessdate=11 January 2019}}
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Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District