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TADDINGTON AND PRIESTCLIFF, a township-chapelry in Bakewell parish, Derby; 1¾ mile S by E of Monsal-Dale r. station, and 5½ WNW of Bakewell. Post town, Bakewell. Acres, 3,850. Real property. £3,014. Pop., 507. Houses, 94. The property is much subdivided. An ancient British burying-place is on the top of Five-Wells hill. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £91.* Patron, the Vicar of Ba1kewell. The church is old. There are two endowed schools with £80 and £15 a year, and charities £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Bakewell CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
Place: | Taddington |
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