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ROWTOR, a chapelry in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 3½ miles S of Bakewell r. station. Post-town, Bakewell. The statistics are returned with the parish. A ridge ofground here, 120 feet high, is crowned with a logan stone and with other Druidical remains. The living is a p.curacy, conjoint with Stanton, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. P. Thornhill, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Rowtor |
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