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Alport, Mill Bridge c1960 (ref. A333020) | An Austin A35 and a
Morris Minor are parked
outside the Devonshire
Arms public house in
the centre of the village.
On the extreme left of
the photograph is the
village post office, selling
minerals and sweets for
the tourists - so does
the corner shop in the
distance on the right.
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Ashbourne, the Church south west 1896 (ref. 37874) | Famously described by the Victorian novelist George Eliot as `the finest mere parish church in England`, St
Oswald`s at Ashbourne is noted for its elegant, 212ft-high Perpendicular spire, erected between 1330-50, and the Cockayne and Boothby tombs inside.
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Bakewell, All Saints' Church, the Vernon Chapel 1890 (ref. 24632) | Inside the church, the most
interesting collection of
monuments is in the Vernon
Chapel in the south aisle. Here
stand the monuments to Sir
John Manners and Dorothy
Vernon; and at the eastern
end of the chapel we can see
the monument to Sir George
Manners, who died in 1623,
and his wife Grace Pierrepoint,
with their children beneath.
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Bakewell, Holme Hall 1923 (ref. 73894) | The view from the tennis court shows the little-seen back elevation of Holme Hall.
Holme Hall was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as dating from 1626, `of three bays
with central square projection, in which the blocked original porch`. The windows
of this handsome gritstone house (in private hands) are mullioned and transomed
and the top of the walls are embattled.
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Bonsall, St James's Church c1955 (ref. B485004) | The battlemented parish
church of St James in
the former lead mining
village of Bonsall dates
mainly from the 13th
century, and has a
distinguished pinnacled
tower and spire built in
the Perpendicular style.
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Bradwell, the Steps c1955 (ref. B486042) | Bradwell is built on
the steep slopes of
Bradwell Dale, and the
Steps are an easy way
for pedestrians to get
from the lower to the
upper part of the village.
They were, however,
deserted when the Frith
photographer called to
take this shot.
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Bradwell, from Bradwell Edge c1955 (ref. B486025) | This view across Bradwell
shows the prominent
chimney of the Hope
Valley Cement Works at
Hope, a valuable source
of employment for local
people. Note the narrow
walled fields leading off
from the village street,
which echo medieval
strip cultivation. In the
background is the Lose
Hill-Back Tor ridge.
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Castleton, the Winnats 1909 (ref. 61786) | A flock of sheep block the unmade road through the Winnats. The gorge was long thought to be a collapsed cave,
but the modern theory is that it was formed as a submarine channel on the edge of a reef in the Carboniferous
ocean of 350 million years ago.
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Castleton, Old Hall c1864 (ref. 2152) | Here we see the rear of the
Old Hall, which stands on the
Market Place. The building
was erected in the 17th
century, and now serves as the
village`s splendid and recently
refurbished youth hostel.
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Chatsworth, the Sculpture Hall c1876 (ref. 8853) | The Sculpture Gallery at Chatsworth illustrates better than anywhere the fabulous art collection which successive
Dukes of Devonshire have acquired over the years. Here classical marble sculptures line the walls and floor, to be
shared with the thousands of visitors who annually come to `the Palace of the Peak`.
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Chatsworth, the Gardens c1876 (ref. 8848) | The classic Palladian west
front of Chatsworth House,
seen from the banks of the
River Derwent. The present
house, the Derbyshire home
of the Duke and Duchess of
Devonshire, was built by the
4th Earl between 1678 and
1707, and is one of the most
popular visitor attractions in
the county.
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Dovedale, Entrance 1894 (ref. 34264) | An earlier view of the
entrance to Dovedale,
again showing the donkeys,
and the slopes of Butser
Hill rising to the left of the
photograph, with the crags
of Thorpe Cloud to the
right. Note the drystone
walls leading down to the
river crossing.
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Dovedale, Lion Rock 1914 (ref. 67606) | With a little imagination, we can see the noble profile of a lion`s head on the lovely riverside walk through
Dovedale. The path, one of the most popular in the Peak District National Park, is now boarded on this section,
which often floods in the winter rains.
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Eyam, Composite c1920 (ref. E53014) | The truncated Saxon Cross in Eyam churchyard forms the centrepiece of this postcard. The other pictures show
(clockwise from the top left) Eyam Hall and the stocks; Mompesson`s Well; the plague cottages and the church;
and the parish church from the south east.
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Eyam, the Church 1896 (ref. 37813) | Eyam`s parish church of St Lawrence has many
memories of the tragic visitation of the plague in
1665-6. The heavily-restored church dates from
the 13th century, and inside are a book showing
the names of all the 350 victims of the plague, and
the chair used by the rector, William Mompesson.
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Great Longstone, the Cross c1950 (ref. G181003) | The old market cross on the village green at Great Longstone has stood there since medieval times, when the
village was granted the right to hold a weekly market. Today, Longstone has been bypassed by such commerce,
and local farmers go to nearby Bakewell to buy and sell their livestock.
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Grindleford, the Village c1960 (ref. G182033) | Here we see the junction
of the Hathersage road
and the road leading
down to the bridge
over the Derwent. Note
the man just leaving
the village shop on the
right, and the complete
absence of traffic in the
village street.
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Hartington, Village c1950 (ref. H3303106) | A traffic-free view of the
Square, at Hartington.
The three-arched
building on the right is
the old Town Hall, built
in 1836; behind and to
the left of it we can see
the tower of the 13th-
and 14th-century parish
church of St Giles, one
of the most interesting in
the county.
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Hope, the Church 1919 (ref. 69181) | The churchyard of
St Peter`s parish
church at Hope is
filled with gravestones
commemorating
local families, such
as the Eyres and the
Woodruffes. The church
itself dates from Saxon
and Norman times,
when the village was an
important centre of the
Royal Forest of the Peak,
a hunting preserve of
Norman monarchs.
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