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Taddington.-- eccl. dist., township, and mining vil., Bakewell par., Derbyshire, 5½ miles NW. of Bakewell - dist., pop. 486; township (Taddington and Priest-cliff), 3008 ac., pop. 408; P.O.; Taddington lays claim to being the highest village in England; in the church-yard is an ancient cross, said to be the work of the monks of Lindisfarne.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Taddington Parish Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Taddington |
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