 It was said that a living was made by some and that an annual tribute of wolfheads was shown.It has been reported that the last wolf killed in England was at Wormhill Hall in the 15th century.From 1863 to 1967 the village was served by Millers Dale railway station, some 2 miles away, which was on the Midland Railway's extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway.