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Brampton is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Named for its main settlement, with a mix of a number of villages and hamlets amongst a large rural area, it had a population of 1,201 residents in 2011. The parish is 130 miles (210 km) north west of London, 20 miles (32 km) north of the county city of Derby, and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the nearest market town of Chesterfield. Brampton encompasses a portion of the Peak District national park to the west, and shares a border with the district of Chesterfield, along with the parishes of Barlow, Baslow and Bubnell, Beeley, as well as Holymoorside and Walton. The parish does not include the nearby built-up suburb of Brampton which is now within the Chesterfield unparished area.
Holymoorside and Walton is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Named for its main settlements, with a mix of a number of villages and hamlets amongst a large rural area, it had a population of 2,223 residents in 2011. The parish is 130 miles (210 km) north west of London, 20 miles (32 km) north of the county city of Derby, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of the nearest market town of Chesterfield. It is adjacent with the Peak District national park to the west, and shares a border with the district of Chesterfield, along with the parishes of Ashover, Beeley, Brampton as well as Wingerworth. The parish paradoxically does not include the majority of the nearby built-up suburb of Walton, Chesterfield which is now within an adjacent unparished area of the borough.
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- English Heritage: Images of England, photograph and architectural description of listed building
- Magna Britannia Vol 5 D&S Lysons (1817) Foljambe of Walton
- History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire Samuel Bagshaw (1846) p 616