Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRIESTCLIFF

PRIESTCLIFF, a township, conjoint with Taddington, in Bakewell parish, Derby; near the river Wye, 3¼ miles S of Tideswell. It contains a cliff over Blackwall dale, and has an endowed school with about £80a year.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bakewell CP/AP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Priestcliff

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