Testimonials
We wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed your tours, loved all the history......your area is beautiful. Jane & Andy P, New England
Enjoyed our time with you thank you for making our holiday so special. JJ & PD. Scotland.
Thank you again for everything our vacation was great. We thought the little towns and the the stately houses were wonderful and the girls just loved the all the movie scenery we visited. Tom & Audrey B.
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Stately Homes customised peak district holidays designed for you
 The Peak District plays host to many wonderful stately homes, one of the most famous is Chatsworth House home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.
Many people have heard of Chatsworth House but the Peak District has many more famous stately homes that are not quite so well known and Tailor Made Stays would love to share them with you.
Hardwick Hall 'more glass than wall'  was built by Bess of Hardwick and used as 'prison' for Mary Queen of Scots. Haddon Hall is a beautiful Tudor manor house and home of the Duke of Rutland.
Kedleston Hall has a wonderful collection of paintings, sculptures and furniture. Eyam Hall in the heart of the 'plague village' built in 1671, full of history with records of family life for the last three centuries.
These are just a few of the stately homes the Peak District has to
offer and all hold fascinating memories, history and legend.
  
  
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How Interesting
One of England's most popular stately homes and one of its largest private houses is Chatsworth House the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Chatsworth is believed to have been the inspiration for Jane Austen's Pemberley, home of Mr Darcy, in the book Pride & Predjudice and Chatsworth has been used as a setting for the many adaptations of the novel.
The village of Edensor on the Chatsworth estate was razed to the ground then rebuilt out of site of the main house.
The Padley Martyrs, Nicholas Garlick and Robert Ludlam, were two catholic priests, captured in 1588, taken hanged, drawn and quartered. The ruins of Padley Hall still exist behind the tiny Padley Chapel.
Castleton has a shivering mountain and the Devils Arse.
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Famous Derbyshire People
Richard Arkwright perfected water powered spinning machines and installed them in his factory at Cromford. Building up a whole new community he provided cottages for his workers, a chapel, school and the Greyhound Hotel. 
Initially he lived next to the mill at Rock House but as he prospered he went on to build Willersley Castle on a hill above Cromford. He died in 1792 aged only 60 and was buried at the church he built.
Kathleen, sister of John F Kennedy, is buried in the church of St Peter, Edensor. Kathleen known as ‘Kick’ married William Cavendish, Marques of Hartington in 1944. Only four months later William was killed whilst on active duty and in 1948 she was killed in a plane crash.
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