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Hadfield is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The population of the town's wards in the 2011 Census was 6,305. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, the border between Derbyshire and Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District close to Glossop.
Hartington Upper Quarter is a civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. The civil parish was created following the division of the ancient parish of Hartington into four. The parish had a population of 451 according to the 2001 census reducing to 438 at the 2011 Census.
Ballidon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 79. The population at the 2011 Census remained less than 100. Details are maintained in the civil Parish of Aldwark, Derbyshire. Ballidon was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was a much larger village than seen today. That area now devastated by the Tilcon Quarry was a deep valley and the site of an ambush of troops of the Jacobean Rebellion, skulls and weaponry were recovered on the left bank.
Brough and Shatton is a civil parish in Hope Valley in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is named for the two hamlets of Brough-on-Noe and Shatton. Brough is about 2 km, or just over 1 mile, west (upstream) of Shatton; both are on the River Noe, a tributary of the upper River Derwent. They lie within the Peak District National Park, about 15 miles west of Sheffield and 30 miles east of Manchester. According to the 2011 census, Brough and Shatton had a combined population of 136. There is a friendly rivalry between the two hamlets, which contest numerous sports competitions throughout the year.
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Dinting is a district of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. The district falls within the Simmondley ward of the High Peak Council. It is a small village and has no shops; apart from a chip shop. The nearest are in neighbouring Glossop or Hadfield. However, there is a small primary school, Dinting C of E, located near the viaduct. The 1st Dinting Scout Group has been very active since 1938. The village is served by Dinting railway station. It is notable for the structure Dinting Arches, part of the Glossop Line which goes as far as Manchester Piccadilly railway station, and the Dinting Railway Centre, which was run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society until it closed in 1991 due to lease difficulties. The museum moved to the Ingrow station alongside the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Line.
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Edmund Potter senior (1802–1883), was a Manchester industrialist and MP and grandfather to Beatrix Potter.
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Glossopdale is the area around Glossop, Derbyshire, England, the valley of the Glossop Brook.
Charlestown is a village in Glossopdale, Derbyshire, England. It is in the Simmondley Ward of the High Peak District Council. The village is situated on the A624 road between Glossop and Hayfield.
Woolley Bridge is a village in Glossopdale, on the border of Greater Manchester and Derbyshire in England. It lies 10 miles from Manchester city centre. It is in the ward of Hadfield South. Nearby places include Hollingworth, Dinting Vale, Gamesley, Glossop and Mottram.
The Goyt Way is a 10-mile (16 km) walking route from Etherow Country Park, Greater Manchester, to Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, following the valley of the River Goyt. It is part of the longer Midshires Way, which in turn is part of the E2 European long-distance path. The path is waymarked, and intersects with the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk and the Peak District Boundary Walk. It passes through the following settlements: Compstall, Marple, Strines, Brookbottom, Hague Bar, New Mills and Furness Vale. In its latter stages, it follows the towpath of the Peak Forest Canal to its terminus at Whaley Bridge.
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield (Glossop & Holmfirth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231876.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
Coordinates: 53°26′58″N1°58′41″W / 53.4494°N 1.9781°W
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