How do you pronounce Edensor, Eyam and Calver, pictured clockwise from top (photo credits: Michael Hardy, SWNS, Google)How do you pronounce Edensor, Eyam and Calver, pictured clockwise from top (photo credits: Michael Hardy, SWNS, Google)
How do you pronounce Edensor, Eyam and Calver, pictured clockwise from top (photo credits: Michael Hardy, SWNS, Google)

Mispronounced Derbyshire places: Nine words people from outside Chesterfield always get wrong

If you ask a Derbyshire resident to point you in the direction of Smirkatease, you’re likely to be met with a grin.
By Gay Bolton
Published 16th Jun 2022, 16:02 GMT
Updated 16th Feb 2023, 09:31 GMT

The village of Somercotes is among a string of place names in the county that first-time visitors find hard to pronounce.

MORE TO READ: 12 words and phrases that you would only know if you come from Derbyshire

Even veteran locals find it hard to agree on the pronunciation of one Derbyshire town…. so what hope do newcomers have of getting it right!

We're pretty sure that Calow is home to a few 'callow' youths, but that's not how you say the name of the village near Chesterfield. The correct pronunciation is cay-low.

1. Calow

We're pretty sure that Calow is home to a few 'callow' youths, but that's not how you say the name of the village near Chesterfield. The correct pronunciation is cay-low. Photo: Submitted

Photo Sales
This is a tough one....should it be row-sley to rhyme with how or roe-sley to chime with toe? The correct pronunciation is rose-ley.

2. Rowsley

This is a tough one....should it be row-sley to rhyme with how or roe-sley to chime with toe? The correct pronunciation is rose-ley. Photo: Google

Photo Sales
Another difficult one for an outsider. Is it Crich as in cry-ch or crit-ch? The answer is cry-ch.

3. Crich

Another difficult one for an outsider. Is it Crich as in cry-ch or crit-ch? The answer is cry-ch. Photo: Google

Photo Sales
Visitors to this beautiful village on the Chatsworth estate just up the road from the Duke and Duchess's stately home could easily be forgiven for calling it eden-saw....the garden of Eden surely couldn't have looked prettier! But the correct pronunciation is en-zer.

4. Edensor

Visitors to this beautiful village on the Chatsworth estate just up the road from the Duke and Duchess's stately home could easily be forgiven for calling it eden-saw....the garden of Eden surely couldn't have looked prettier! But the correct pronunciation is en-zer. Photo: Michael Hardy

Photo Sales
Previous
1 / 3
Next Page
Related topics:DerbyshireChesterfield