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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 615 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WHITTINGTON , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:north-eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, Io m. S. by E. of See also:Sheffield and 2 M. N. of See also:Chesterfield, on the Midland railway. Pop. (1901) 9416. The See also:parish See also:church of St See also:Bartholomew was restored after its destruction by See also:fire, excepting the See also:tower and See also:spire, in 1895. See also:Samuel Pegge, the See also:antiquary (1704-1796), was See also:vicar of Whittington and See also:Heath for many years, and was buried here. See also:Stone bottles and coarse earthenware are manufactured in the See also:town, where there are also large ironworks, collieries and brickworks. A small stone cottage, known as Revolution See also:House, was the See also:meeting-See also:place of See also:John See also:Darcy, the 1st See also:earl of See also:Danby, and the 4th earl of See also:Devonshire, who there concerted the plans by which, in 1688, the Whig party brought about the fall of See also:James II. and the See also:succession of See also:William III. It was then a hostelry, known as the " See also:Cock and Pynot "; pynot being the See also:local name for a See also:magpie.

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