Whitle
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Whitle
|os_grid_reference = SK029866
|country = England
|region = East Midlands
|shire_county = Derbyshire
|shire_district = High Peak
|static_image_name = Whitle - geograph.org.uk - 57880.jpg
|static_image_caption = Whitle from the south
|coordinates = {{coord|53.377771|-2.002675|display=inline,title}}
|map_type = Deryshire
|post_town = HIGH PEAK
|postcode_district = SK22
|postcode_area = SK
|dial_code = 01663
|constituency_westminster = High Peak
}}
Whitle is a historic hamlet in Derbyshire. The Whitle area is now part of the town of New Mills, and lies between the centre of the town and the hamlet of Thornsett.
The main approach to the hamlet is via an unadopted road from the south, connecting with Apple Tree Road. This continues north-east as a public bridleway and private driveway to Mellor Road. Public footpaths lead north-west and WSW across New Mills Golf Course, which is immediately west of the hamlet.{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=OL1 Dark Peak area |url= |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }}
History
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Whitle Inclosure Act 1826
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act for dividing, alloting and inclosing the Commons or Waste Lands in the Hamlet of Whitley in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby.
| year = 1826
| citation = 7 Geo. 4. c. 4 {{small|Pr.}}
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| royal_assent = 22 March 1826
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The placename is thought to derive simply from "white hill". At one point, Whitle was part of the Lordship of Longdendale.{{cite web |url=http://www.stevelewis.me.uk/page2.php |title=History of New Mills |first=Steve |last=Lewis|publisher= |date= |accessdate=7 February 2018}} In 1713 the hamlet was included in the newly formed township of New Mills and to this day it remains within the town's boundaries. The {{visible anchor|Whitle Inclosure Act 1826}} (7 Geo. 4. c. 4 {{small|Pr.}}) refers to, and maps, four distinct areas within Whitle: New Mills Lee, Whitle Bank, Shaw Marsh and Broadhurst Edge.
By comparing maps and written records of the Whitle enclosure, Bryant shows that, in 1826, the area contained around 20 buildings. These buildings included "Stafford's Mill", "Barnes's Mill", a "Whitle School" (on the site of 41–45 Mellor Road) and also a "Poor House" (set back from the southeastern end of present-day Watford Road). Close to the Poor House a toll gate was sited on what is now known as Batemill Road.
All of the major surviving buildings in Whitle were Grade II listed in 1977: Whitle Farmhouse{{National Heritage List for England| num=1334777 |desc=Farmhouse and attached farm buildings (occupied by D Stafford)|grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018}} and its barn;{{National Heritage List for England| num=1054715 |desc=Barn at Whitle Farm (occupied by D Stafford)|grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} Bower House{{National Heritage List for England| num=1088127 |desc=Bower House |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} and its barns;{{National Heritage List for England| num=1088129 |desc=Three barns to Bower House Farm |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} Fold House;{{National Heritage List for England| num=1054710 |desc=Fold House |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} Whitle Cottage;{{National Heritage List for England| num=1088128 |desc=Whitle Cottage |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} Hilltop Cottage;{{National Heritage List for England| num=1334776 |desc=Hilltop Cottage |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}} and Century Cottage, dated 1666.{{National Heritage List for England| num=1054708 |desc=Century Cottage |grade=II |accessdate=7 February 2018 |fewer-links=yes}}