Welcome to Edge Close Pet Crematorium. The crematorium is situated in the
unspoilt, rural village of Flagg, which nestles amongst the rolling hills and
farmland of the Derbyshire Peak District National Park, halfway between the
famous spa town of Buxton and the picturesque town of Bakewell, in the
Derbyshire Dales area of the "White Peak".
A thousand feet above sea level, Flagg is recorded in the Doomsday Book as
"Flagun", and is believed to have originally been a Viking settlement engaged
primarily in lead mining, the evidence of which can still be seen today with
many spoil heaps and disused mine shafts in the area. Another train of thought
is that the village's main means of support was turf cutting, the reasoning
being that the original meaning of "Flag" is turf or sod.
In the mid-nineteenth century, well dressings were held during "Wakes Week",
which was always begun on the first Sunday after the 24th of June. There were
two wells, one opposite to Ivy House Farm, and the other opposite to Edge Close
Farm itself.
These days, Flagg is predominantly a farming village, concentrating on all
aspects of agriculture, but is actually best known throughout the United
Kingdom for the point-to-point races held annually on Easter Tuesday by the
High Peak Hunt. On one occasion, King Edward VIII, the then Prince of Wales,
actually rode at the races.
