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Photos of Findern, Derbyshire
Findern is located 8 miles south/west of
Derby city centre.
It has a traditional village green which is overlooked by the Parish Church
of All Saints. Findern is split into two parts due to the A50 You can
clearly see this if you look at the aerial photo map lower down the page.
The Trent and Mersey canal flows through the south side of Findern next
to the Greyhound pub. There is a small hump-backed bridge over the canal
which is dwarfed by the road bridge which was built for the advent of
the railway, which runs along side the T&M canal here.
Sir Geoffrey de Fynderne was once Lord of the Manor in Findern. It is
believed that he brought back a flower from the crusades, known as `poets
daffodil`(Narcissus) which still occasionally blooms in the village gardens.
Nothing remains of their manor house.
Jedediah
Strutt served his apprenticeship in Findern as a wheelwright. He found
lodgings with a family of stocking makers and here he met his future wife
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Woolott. He went on to improve the stocking
frame and became partner of Sir Richard Arkwright, who was engaged in
cotton spinning. Together they established mills at Cromford, Belper and
Milford. The partnership was desolved in 1780, Strutt keeping the Belper
and Milford mills.
The
village industry of velvet weaving, use to be done in the cottages and
in 1846 there were as many as 22 velvet and silk looms in the village.
All Saints Church was totally rebuilt in 1863-64 and contains a tympanium
from the original Norman church and an octagonal font from 1666. There
is a monument to Isabella de Fynderne who died in 1444.
In the main street
is a village pump which was used until the 1930`s when water mains were
installed. Now the pump is dressed by the WI for the village fete in June. On a hill, just outside
the village is a former windmill called Tower House which no longer has
any sails on it. It use to supply flour to a wide area and has in the
past been the home of Edwina Currie.
Findern has its own Primary school located on Buckford Lane, south of
the canal.
Pubs
The Greyhound pub is located along side the Trent & Mersey canal, In the past it
has also been called the Canal Turn and The Dog inn, it is a popular stop
for boat gatherings.
The Wheel Inn is located on Heath Lane near Main street.
Maps
For a local map of the Findern area click HERE.
For a aerial photo with overlayed map click HERE
I liked my visit to Findern, and I will return to take some photos in
the summer and also of the village pump when it is decorated. Its strange
how Findern seems to be in two parts but this is because the A50 cuts
right through it. If you drive north up Willington road you will arrive
at a sharp bend and you can clearly see that Heath lane has been cut off
by the new A50 road.
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