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CHAPEL-EN-LA-FRITH

Volume 6 · 62 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town of England, hundred of High Peak, Derbyshire, 5 miles from Buxton, and 167 miles from London. It is surrounded by lofty hills, is well built, and has manufactures of cotton and paper, with lead and coal mines and lime works in the vicinity. It has a neat parish church, a savings-bank, national and infant schools, and (in 1851) 369 inhabitants.