Ivonbrook Grange
civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England
Ivonbrook Grange is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Largely rural, Ivonbrook Grange's population at the 2021 census was reported to be 14 people. It is 130 miles (210 km) north west of London, 15 miles (24 km) north west of the county city of Derby, and 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south west of the nearest market town of Matlock. Ivonbrook Grange is wholly within the Peak District national park on its southern edge, and shares a border with the parishes of Aldwark, Bonsall, Brassington, Ible as well as Winster. There is one listed structure in Ivonbrook Grange.
Geography
Location
Ivonbrook Grange is surrounded by the following local areas:
Winster to the north
Ible and Brassington to the south
Bonsall and Upper Town to the east
Aldwark to the west.
The parish is roughly bounded by land features such as the disused Ivonbrook Quarry to the north, the quarry pond to the west, Tophill Farm in the east, while the A5012 Via Gellia road between Cromford and Newhaven, as well as the minor road to Ible lie to the south. This area lies in the centre of the Derbyshire Dales district and central west of Derbyshire county.
Ivonbrook Grange is completely within the Peak District National Park on its south eastern edge.
Settlements and routes
There are two hamlets within the parish:
Ivonbrook Grange is to the central north of the area along the B5056 road, comprising two farms;
A cluster of residences and farms in the south at Grangemill along the B5056 road.
“Ivonbrook Grange” enters the record as civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ivonbrook, Grange and civil can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19845589. Authority coordinates are 53.121, -1.641. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021.
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