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Derbyshire (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər, -ɪ-/ DAR-bee-sheer, -shər, -ih) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west and Cheshire to the west.
Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft), is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at 27 m (89 ft). The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at 66 mi (106 km). In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea. Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county was a lot larger than its present coverage, it once extended to the boundaries of the City of Sheffield district in South Yorkshire where it covered the suburbs such as Mosborough, Owlthorpe, Jordanthorpe, Totley, Dore and Abbeydale. (Full article...)
Duffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age. While it has been suggested that, once farming began, they would have inhabited the plains of the Derwent and Ecclesbourne, they would most likely have retreated to higher ground during the winter floods.
A few remains have been found of Anglo-Saxon occupation by a person, or persons, of some substance. The Domesday Survey records "Duvelle"" as being within the wapentake or hundred of Morleystone. In Norman times, Duffield Castle was built to protect the hunting grounds of Duffield Frith, awarded to Henry de Ferrers by William I.
Image 1View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 2The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 3An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 4Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 5Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 6Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 7At the Rhodeswood reservoir dam, we see the outflow canal from the Torside Reservoir dam, alongside the Rhodeswood Reservoir. The Torside dam can be seen in the distance. To the right is Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow. To the left Bareholm Moss and Black Hill (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 8Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 9Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 10Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 11Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 12Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 13Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 141 High Peak
2 Derbyshire Dales
3 South Derbyshire
4 Erewash
5 Amber Valley
6 North East Derbyshire
7 Chesterfield
8 Bolsover
9 Derby (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 15Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 16Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 17John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 18From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 19Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 20The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 21Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 22Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 23Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 24Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Toddbrook Reservoir was built in 1831 as a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal.[1] It is in the heart of Whaley Bridge in the High Peak, Derbyshire.
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