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Peak District
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Glossop
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Buxton
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Ashbourne
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Matlock
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Derby
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The county town of Derbyshire, Derby is a large city on the banks of the River Derwent. Although evidence exists of habitation of the area during Roman and Saxon times, the city’s name is believed to be Viking in origin, from ‘Deor a by’ meaning ‘Village of the Deer’. Derby was an important town in the Industrial Revolution, and reputedly had the world’s first water-powered silk mill.
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Chesterfield
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Chesterfield is a medium-sized market town in North Derbyshire, and stands on the rivers Rother and Hipper. The town’s most famous landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints, with its curiously crooked spire.
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Ilkeston
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Ilkeston is a medium-sized town in the east of Derbyshire, close to the Nottinghamshire border on the River Erewash. The town is believed to have been established in the 6th Century AD, and takes its name from its founding father, Elka – ‘Elka’s Tun’ meaning Elka’s town.
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Belper
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Belper is a small town in Derbyshire, on the River Derwent. The town was important industrially, having for centuries been a centre of iron working; the Industrial Revolution saw the second water-powered mill in the world built in Belper by Jedediah Strutt.
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