It is waste.Domesday noted that Parwich together with the manors of Darley, Matlock, Wirksworth and Ashbourne and their berewicks rendered TRE[4] 32 pounds and 6.5 sesters of honey.

[5] Parwich was part of the ancient Crown lands and after the Conquest was granted to the Ferrers, Earls of Derby.

Robert de Ferrers took a prominent part in the Montford Rebellion against the king, and Edward I seized his lands.

[8] Evans owned Parwich Hall, possibly as a summer retreat from his home in Derby.

The houses are built of local limestone and many stand around an open green, through which runs the stream which gave the village its name.

[12] The Peak District Boundary Walk runs north–south through the village,[13] and the Limestone Way long-distance bridleway passes west–east.