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Ashford.-- township, vil., and seat, Bakewell par., N. Derbyshire, 2 miles NW. of Bakewell, 2554 ac. (21 water), pop. 675; P.O. A fine variegated marble is quarried here and m.ufactured into ornaments.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township, village, and seat" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ashford in the Water CP/Ch Bakewell CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
Place: | Ashford in the Water |
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