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Ashbourne, Church 1896 (ref. 37873) | Once famously described by the novelist George Eliot as 'the finest mere parish church in England', St Oswald's parish church at Ashbourne has long been regarded as one of Derbyshire's finest. It dates from the 13th century, and its soaring 212ft spire is a landmark for miles around. |  Add your own Memory
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Ashford-In-The-Water, the Old Pump c1955 (ref. A324025) | The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June. Note the milk lorry loaded with churns parked in Buxton Road, which leads off to the right. | Add your own Memory
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Ashford-In-The-Water, the Mill c1955 (ref. A324004) | Although described in this 1950s photograph as 'The Mill', this sturdy 18th-century cottage at picturesque Ashford in the Water, near Bakewell, looks more like a farmhouse, with its barn and stables on the left. Ashford was a centre of lead mining in the 18th and 19th centuries, and is now a popular tourist village. | Add your own Memory
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Ashwood Dale, Lovers Leap c1862 (ref. 1473) | Lover's Leap in Ashwood Dale, near Buxton, is one of several in the Peak which recall a long-forgotten romantic tragedy. It is just visible in the depths of a limestone cleft to the south (left) of the main dale as you approach Buxton on what is now the A6. | Add your own Memory
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Ashwood Dale, c1876 (ref. 8822) | Ashwood Dale is just one of the names given to the deep limestone valley of the River Wye as it winds between Bakewell and Buxton. Others include Monsal Dale, Miller's Dale and Chee Dale, and it only becomes Wye Dale and Ashwood Dale as it approaches Buxton. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, All Saints' Church, south west 1890 (ref. 24627) | This photograph, taken from the churchyard, shows the hilltop church of All Saints, Bakewell, as it appeared about 40 years after the major rebuilding which took place between 1841-52. The unusual octagonal tower topped by its elegant spire forms the backdrop to many views of the ancient market town and capital of the Peak. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, Al Saints' Church, Choir East 1890 (ref. 24629) | The most striking feature of this view of Bakewell church's choir and east end are the mass of brightly-coloured paintings which adorn the walls. After the major restoration of the chancel which took place shortly after this photograph was taken, all the walls were whitewashed, and remain so today. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, All Saints' Church, Dorothy Vernon's Tomb 1890 (ref. 24630) | The one tomb that every visitor wants to see in Bakewell church is that of Dorothy Vernon, who is alleged to have eloped from nearby Haddon Hall to marry local man John Manners. This is their joint tomb in the Vernon Chapel, erected after Sir John's death in 1584, and represents the couple's four children in its plinth. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, from Station Road 1914 (ref. 67613A) | This is a classic view of the market town of Bakewell, seen from the steeply climbing Station Road. The spire of All Saints parish church on its hilltop site breaks the horizon, while to the right in the middle distance is the medieval bridge over the River Wye. Today, this scene would be dominated on the left by the futuristic shape of Bakewell's new Agricultural Business Centre. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, Bridge 1923 (ref. 73884) | Bakewell Bridge has coped with ever-increasing traffic for six centuries, and remains one of the finest 14th-century town bridges in the country. The spire of the parish church is in the background of this peaceful summer view. Today, the banks of the Wye are usually thronged with tourists feeding the ducks in the river. | Add your own Memory
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Bakewell, Rutland Square c1955 (ref. B6011) | The war memorial in the heart of Rutland Square is today surrounded by more extensive flowerbeds, but otherwise this scene from nearly half a century ago is little changed. The Red Lion public house and the National Westminster Bank in the centre of the picture are still there, but Burgon's grocery store (right) is long gone. However, older residents still refer to this as 'Burgon's Corner'. | Add your own Memory
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Bamford, Church 1919 (ref. 69176) | Bamford's parish church of St John the Baptist is largely a William Butterfield restoration dating from 1861. It is probably most famous for the fact that the dead from the drowned village of Derwent were re-interred in its churchyard after the construction of the Ladybower Dam during the Second World War. | Add your own Memory
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Bamford, 1919 (ref. 69177) | This view of Bamford's Main Road is largely unchanged today - the rows of semi-detached villas still line the street as it climbs up towards the parish church, hidden in the trees to the right. In the background we can see the rocky gritstone escarpment of Bamford Edge. | Add your own Memory
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Bamford, Dam and Win Hill c1955 (ref. B483006) | This view looks across the ornate, wrought iron gates of the Ladybower Dam towards the newly planted regimented forestry on the slopes of Win Hill. The Ladybower Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1943; it was officially opened by King George VI at these gates on 25 September 1945, just 10 years before this photograph was taken. | Add your own Memory
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Bamford, the Reservoir, Ladybower c1960 (ref. B483020) | We can just see the Ladybower Dam at the end of the reservoir in this view from the Snake Road. The noble escarpment in the left background is Bamford Edge. The Ladybower Reservoir, the last in the series of three which flooded the Upper Derwent Valley, was built to provide water for Sheffield and the East Midlands. | Add your own Memory
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Bamford, Derwent Valley Reservoir and Howden Dam c1965 (ref. B483039) | This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors. The Howden Dam was built between 1901 and 1912 and was the first in the series of three in the Derwent Valley to be completed. | Add your own Memory
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Barlborough, Hall c1955 (ref. B803002) | Sometimes described as the county's finest unspoilt Elizabethan country house, Barlborough Hall has stood to the north of Barlborough, a north-east Derbyshire village, for four centuries. The ornate, lantern-towered and mullioned structure was built for Lord Justice Francis Rodes to a design attributed to Robert Smythson in 1584, and remains in private hands. | Add your own Memory
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Baslow, Bridge c1870 (ref. 5217) | Riverside beeches frame Baslow's three-arched medieval bridge at Nether End, as it strides across the River Derwent with elegant ease. It is one of two bridges in the village - the other one at Bridge End dates from the 17th century, and features a tiny toll house with a 3½ ft (1m) high doorway. | Add your own Memory
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Baslow, Thatch End c1955 (ref. B484020) | These cottages at Thatch End, Baslow, standing near the bridge in photograph No 5217 above, are a Peak District rarity. Although heather thatching was once common in lowlier buildings, thatching was rarely used on substantial village cottages like these because the abundant local thin gritstone slates were preferred for roofing. | Add your own Memory
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Bolsover, the Castle 1902 (ref. 48903) | This view shows Sir Charles Cavendish's 17th-century 'Little Castle', or keep, at Bolsover Castle. Recently extensively renovated by its current custodians, English Heritage, Bolsover Castle was originally built high on a limestone crag overlooking the town by William Peveril, illegitimate son of William the Conqueror. | Add your own Memory
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