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Hardwick Hall, seat of Duke of Devonshire, Ault Hucknall par., E. Derbyshire, 8 miles SE. of Chesterfield; was built by Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury ("Bess of Hardwick "), and is one of the few mansions of the Elizabethan period which have remained intact.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Ault Hucknall Parish Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hardwick |
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