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Tansley Dale to Cressbrook itself. This probably dates from the 1500s up until the purchase of Cressbrook Mill and associated lands, including the dale, by Messrs Phillips and Co in 1814. Ravensdale Cottages (known locally as 'The Wick') in the middle of the valley are two terraces of cottages built by William Newton to house the workers at Cressbrook Mill. They date from 1823 and are Grade II listed buildings.
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Ravensdale Cliff has numerous low- to middle-grade rock climbing routes up to 46 metres (151 ft) long on the main buttress. The cliffs of Water-cum-Jolly (at the foot of
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Cressbrook Mill dominates the view at the foot of the valley by the River Wye. The cotton mill was built in 1814–15 by
William Newton on behalf on J L Philips. It replaced the original mill built in 1779 by Sir
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in 1815. He was convicted and executed in Derby for killing Hannah Oliver, the toll-keeper at
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period (around 330 million years ago). The
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was an iron cage holding the dead bodies of executed criminals as a deterrent to others. One of the last cases of gibbeting was of
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