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159:53.402518°N 1.788492°W
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350:16 February
271:cotton mill
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912:Categories
882:53°24′09″N
815:Healthcare
664:Wirksworth
639:Shirebrook
619:Mickleover
604:Long Eaton
557:Clay Cross
547:Chellaston
421:Derbyshire
375:1852843152
301:References
263:waterfalls
232:Manchester
224:Snake Pass
212:below the
198:Derbyshire
147:53°24′09″N
126:Derbyshire
67:Derbyshire
885:1°47′19″W
668:See also:
634:Sandiacre
624:New Mills
614:Melbourne
579:Eckington
574:Dronfield
517:Ashbourne
484:High Peak
256:watershed
252:North Sea
228:Sheffield
217:landslide
210:gritstone
190:Dark Peak
150:1°47′19″W
764:Manifold
759:Lathkill
704:Bradford
649:Staveley
599:Ilkeston
589:Hadfield
532:Bolsover
522:Bakewell
512:Alfreton
464:Bolsover
202:Bleaklow
96:Bleaklow
48:Location
37:A57 road
850:Schools
825:Museums
794:Westend
739:Etherow
734:Erewash
719:Doe Lea
714:Derwent
644:Spondon
609:Matlock
584:Glossop
479:Erewash
250:to the
244:Derwent
206:Glossop
192:of the
130:England
100:England
57:England
53:Country
835:Places
808:Topics
779:Rother
754:Kinder
749:Hipper
689:Alport
682:Rivers
629:Ripley
594:Heanor
537:Buxton
527:Belper
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291:hamlet
275:Siphon
267:tunnel
175:Length
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769:Mease
729:Drone
699:Ashop
694:Amber
568:Derby
445:Derby
287:heath
248:Trent
111:Mouth
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784:Sett
744:Goyt
724:Dove
709:Dane
370:ISBN
352:2020
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