Over Haddon

Over Haddon is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.

The population of the civil parish (including Nether Haddon) at the 2011 Census was 255.

Around the year 1667 Over Haddon was home to Martha Taylor, one of the earliest documented examples of a fasting girl, who claimed to be able to survive for months without food.

[4] The site of a deserted medieval village, Conksbury, is on the south bank of the River Lathkill, between Over Haddon and Youlgreave, the village was abandoned during the Black Death.

Over Haddon is the birthplace of Maurice Oldfield, a former head of MI6 and reputedly the inspiration for both John le Carré's George Smiley[5] and 'M' in the James Bond books.