Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ashford

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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