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Derbyshire (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) [4] is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west.
Location of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire within England. Date: 16 November 2010: Source: ... Locator maps of the Ceremonial counties of England on Wikimedia ...
Its course was, until a renumbering in 2000, westerly towards Hope, Castleton and Chapel-en-le-Frith where it joined the A6.. The A625 previously ran, undiverted, between Castleton and Chapel-en-le-Frith, winding its way up the south face of Mam Tor—replacing a much earlier route through the Winnats Pass.
Derbyshire is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1048 in Manuscript D, known as the "Northern Recension". [2] Its creation appears to be a result of the dismemberment of the Mercian Kingdom's province of the Peak District and the chronicle says, under 1048: “her wæs eac eorðstyrung on Kalendas Maias on manegum stowum, on Wygracestre on Wic on Deorby elles gehwær, eac wæs ...
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Chesterfield CC compete in the Derbyshire County Cricket League, a designated ECB Premier League, at the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire. [67] Chesterfield were League Champions in 2008 and are one of only three clubs to have remained in the top flight of the League since it was created in 1999. [66]
Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles (14 km) west of Chesterfield, England.The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendish family since 1549.
52°51′58″N 1°31′01″W / 52.866°N 1.517°W / 52.866; -1.517. Twyford and Stenson is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. Located south of Derby on the Trent and Mersey Canal, it consists of two villages, Stenson and its smaller neighbour Twyford. Between Stenson and Derby itself lies the ...