Peak scenery, or, Excursions in Derbyshire:: made chiefly for the purpose of picturesque observationauthor and published, 1899 |
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... leads from Castleton to Tideswell . Here we were richly rewarded for the toil we had sustained by one of the most delightful landscapes in any part of the Peak . We stood on an immense sweep of hill extending on our right beyond High ...
... leads from Castleton to Tideswell . Here we were richly rewarded for the toil we had sustained by one of the most delightful landscapes in any part of the Peak . We stood on an immense sweep of hill extending on our right beyond High ...
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... in the Limestone Rock , leads to the principal of these caverns : here the fluor is found in detached pieces of from one to sixteen or eighteen inches thick ; but large blocks of 22 Odin Mine . this beautiful material are extremely rare.
... in the Limestone Rock , leads to the principal of these caverns : here the fluor is found in detached pieces of from one to sixteen or eighteen inches thick ; but large blocks of 22 Odin Mine . this beautiful material are extremely rare.
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... leads to the vein of ore that is now worked ; which in some places is fifty or sixty yards below the level of the entrance , and in others nearly as much above it . The ore is of various thicknesses , from three or four inches to as ...
... leads to the vein of ore that is now worked ; which in some places is fifty or sixty yards below the level of the entrance , and in others nearly as much above it . The ore is of various thicknesses , from three or four inches to as ...
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... leads to a mag- nificent natural cavern , much visited by travellers , and esteemed one of the greatest curiosities in the Peak of Derbyshire . A descent of upwards of one hundred steps leads to a narrow canal , along which the visitor ...
... leads to a mag- nificent natural cavern , much visited by travellers , and esteemed one of the greatest curiosities in the Peak of Derbyshire . A descent of upwards of one hundred steps leads to a narrow canal , along which the visitor ...
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... lead ore in the trapp is a cer- tain proof that it is not the product of fire . " Supposing , however , the material in which lead ore has been found in Dirtlow Mine to be ac- tually toadstone , Whitehurst's theory is but little ...
... lead ore in the trapp is a cer- tain proof that it is not the product of fire . " Supposing , however , the material in which lead ore has been found in Dirtlow Mine to be ac- tually toadstone , Whitehurst's theory is but little ...
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adorned amongst appears Ashbourne Ashover banks beautiful beheld Belper Bolsover Bolsover castle branches Bridge castle Castleton cavern Chapel-en-le-Frith character Chatsworth Chesterfield church colouring copies Crich dark deep delightful Derby Derbyshire Derwent distance ditto Duke Earl eminence entrance Etherow excursion feeling foliage Glossop ground Hall Hardwick Hathersage hills honour Ilam Ilam Hall John landscape light lofty London magnificent Mam Tor manor mansion mass Matlock Bath Matlock Dale meadows Memoir of Chantrey miles mineral monument Moor mountains nearly noble Norton object observed occupied passed Peak of Derbyshire Peak's Hole Peveril picture picturesque pleasing present residence river river Dove road rocks rocky romantic scene scenery Sculptor shadow Sheffield side situated South Winfield Stanton Stanton Moor steep stone stream summit Thorpe Cloud tion tower trees vale valley Via Gellia vicinity village visited walk whole wild William Peveril Winnats Wirksworth woods
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