Description: Abney is a tiny hamlet of a few farms lying in a remote valley high up above the Derwent. It is beautifully situated and the area around is excellent for walking, with Shatton Edge, Bretton Clough and Eyam Moor all nearby. The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday book, so it is very ancient, but probably hasn't got much bigger since then. There are no amenities in the village. On the road down to Hathersage lies Highlow Hall, an Elizabethan manor house and the seat of one of the branches of the Eyre family. A Robert Eyre of Highlow was High Sherrif of Derbyshire at one time. The building is quite distinctive and is reputedly one of the most haunted buildings in Derbyshire, with at least four ghosts. (www.cressbrook.co.uk)