A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HIGH PEAK, a hundred in Derbyshire; bounded by Cheshire, Yorkshire, Scarsdale, and Wirksworth; containing six parishes; and cut into the two divisions of High Peak and Bakewell. Acres of the H. P. div., 128, 371; of the B. div., 81, 146. Pop. in 1851, of the H. P. div., 41, 066; of the B. div., 00, 547. Pop., in 1861, of both, 66, 397. Houses, 13, 154. The surface is partly mountainous, and includes a vast aggregate of picturesque and romantic scenery. See Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Bakewell, '
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | High Peak |
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