Dear Vladislav, Dear All,
It's a name of two parts. The original name Cucklet refers to an area in
Eyam (the valley is Cucklet Delph). Cucklet Church has the additional
element 'church' in the sense of 'odd bit of topography that looks like
a church but isn't one' - see
www.peak-experience.org.uk/.../stone_middleton_geology_trail.pdf?PHPSESS
ID=a93e1f0c26a7d766c466ef379315cc35 for a photo.
The Revd. Mompesson is said to have held church services here during the
famous plague 1665-6, but that may be an etymological legend.
Jeremy Harte
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From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: 16 October 2007 09:58
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Subject: Cucklet Church
Dear All!
In [PN Db 92] there is an entry: Cucklet Church (Eyam). The name is
explained by the fact that open-air services were held there during the
plague. What does Cucklet mean then? Is it a not yet fixed in the MED
allusion to a cucking stool or a small cuckoo which doesn't make sense
in the middle of an inhabited place?
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