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Welcome to the County of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region
of the UK. Derbyshire is an interesting and varied county. Leisurely
relaxed country villages with superb scenic countryside and bustling
towns like Derby. Derby is the main city of Derbyshire. The Danes gave
this name to the original settlement which was called Northworthy.
Derby means deer park or place where deer are found.
Derbyshire has other towns and villages of notable
interest such
as Ashbourne, Bakewell, Chesterfield, Matlock and Buxton to name but a
few. The beautiful Peak District is one of the UK's leading tourist
destinations.
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Calke Abbey
Calke Abbey is a time capsule. A
stately home from a vanished era and preserved with little having
changed since the 1880's
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