Cavendish is as pretty as a picture and it knows it.

You half expect to see Miss Marple strolling across the village green.

The famous handle

The village has played its part in British history. In 1381 during the Peasants Revolt, Sir John Cavendish hung on to the handle of the church door to plead for sanctuary form his pursuers.

What is even more amazing is that the same handle still hangs on the door some 620 years later.

There is a darker side to this pretty little village though. The Sue Ryder Museam houses exhibits from Nazi extermination camps including a prisoners uniform and a tin of poison gas.

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