A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PEAK FOREST, a hamlet and a parish in Chapel-en-le-Frith district, Derbyshire. The hamlet lies 2½ miles E of the Manchester and Buxton railway, and 5 N E of Buxton; is very picturesque; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Tideswell. The parish comprises 1, 360 acres. Real property, £4, 643; of which £200 are in quarries and £30 in mines. Pop., 542. Houses, 119. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £153.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is a quaint, old, plain building, with a belfry. There is a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Peak Forest CP/ParLib/ExP Chapel En le Frith RegD/PLU Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Peak Forest |
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