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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Priestcliff like this:
PRIESTCLIFF, a township, conjoint with Taddington, in Bakewell parish, Derby; near the river Wye, 3¼ miles S of Tideswell. It contains a cliff over Blackwall dale, and has an endowed school with about £80a year.
Priestcliff is now part of DERBYSHIRE DALES District. Click here for graphs and data of how DERBYSHIRE DALES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Priestcliff itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Priestcliff, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26069
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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