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ASHBOURNE

Volume 3 · 48 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town in the hundred of Wirksworth, and county of Derby, near the river Dove. It contains a large church of the thirteenth century. The manufactures are cotton, lace, iron, &c. A good corn-market is held here every Saturday. Pop. in 1851, 2418. Distance from London 139 miles.