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ASHBOURNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 729 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASHBOURNE , a See also:

market-See also:town in the western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, 13 M. W.N.W. of See also:Derby, on the See also:London & See also:North-Western and the North See also:Staffordshire See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4039. It is pleasantly situated on rising ground between two small valleys opening into that of the See also:Dove, and the most beautiful scenery of Dovedale is not far distant. The See also:church of St See also:Oswald is cruciform, See also:Early See also:English and later; a See also:fine See also:building with a central See also:tower and lofty octagonal See also:spire. Its monuments and See also:brasses are of much See also:interest. The town has a large agricultural See also:trade and a manufacture of corsets. The streams in the neighbourhood are in favour with See also:trout fishermen. Ashbourne See also:Hall, an See also:ancient See also:mansion, has associations with " See also:Prince Charlie," who occupied it both before and after his advance on Derby in 1745. There are also many connexions with Dr See also:Johnson, a frequent visitor here to his friend Dr See also:Taylor, who occupied a See also:house opposite the See also:grammar school.

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