The Peak guide, containing the topographical, statistical, and general history of Buxton, Chatsworth, Edensor, Castlteon [!] Bakewell, Haddon, Matlock, and Cromford; with an introduction giving a succinct account of the trade and manufactures of the county; an alphabetical list of noblemen and gentlemen's seats, and several road sketches ... / By Stephen Glover; edited by Thomas Noble, esq.

  • Glover, Stephen, -1869.
Date:
1830
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Credit: The Peak guide, containing the topographical, statistical, and general history of Buxton, Chatsworth, Edensor, Castlteon [!] Bakewell, Haddon, Matlock, and Cromford; with an introduction giving a succinct account of the trade and manufactures of the county; an alphabetical list of noblemen and gentlemen's seats, and several road sketches ... / By Stephen Glover; edited by Thomas Noble, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ROAD SKETCH, No. 9. JOURNEY from SHEFFIELD to MANCHESTER. Little Sheffield U 4d)to Worksop, 19i to Huddersfield, 1 26£ vi. [- 03- Barnsley, 13,i m. j Bents Green Ringing-Low Turn- 2 01 ^4 pike ia 1 4 5 ,£;Q to Bake-well, lli m. Hathersage - 4 9 Cross the river Derwent Hope - 134 Castleton li 15 j to Tideswell ' ^ j Buxton Sparrow Pit - 4 19 Cross the Peak Forest Canal CHAPEL-EN-LE- FRITH - 4$ to Buxton, 6 m. 2 21 Whaley Bridge Cross the river Goyle and 3 i 2H enter Cheshire Dishley 34 27-| Hoo Lane If 294 Bullock Smithy 43} to Macclesfield, 9 4 rn. IS a4 314 STOCKPORT - 2| 34 to Barnsley, 33 m. 1 ^ Huddersfield, 2Swt. f Cross the river Mersey and enter Lancashire Heaton Norris n 354 Levensholme h 36 § Ardwick Green 4a) to Congleton, 235 m. 2 3S| Cross the Canal MANCHESTER 2 40f Objects worthy of notice. Sheffield is the third market-town in the county of York in number of inhabitants, and celebrated for its hardware manu- factures. Hathersage is a pleasant village, celebrated for the manufacture of needles and buttons. Hathersage Hall is the seat of Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth, esq. L. Brough, formerly a Roman Station. Hope is a small pleasant market-town. Castleton, seated in a deep valley, is celebrated for its ancient castle and mines: thecavern; the shivering mountain, called Mam Tor; the beautiful fluorspar; the Speedwell level; the encampment on Mam Tor, &c. see History of, page 57. Chapel-en-le-Frith, a small market-town, see Road Sketch, No. 5. Near to Chapel-en-le-Frith is the celebrated Ebbing and Flowing well. L. Bank Hall, the seat of John Frith, esq. Taxall Lodge, the seat of G. W. Newton, esq. Lyme Park, the seat of Thomas Legh, esq. Stockport is a large market-town, supported chiefly by the cotton trade. Manchester is the second town in the kingdom in number of in- habitants, and is celebrated for its manufacture of cotton goods, in which the majority of the people is employed. It is thecentreof a great manufacturing district; and bvitsclose connexion with Liverpool, by means of the new rail-road, has become one of the most distinguished towns of the empire. It is the chief mart in the world for the articles manufactured in the surrounding populous towns. Index of the Distance between the principal Towns in the County of Derby. Distance from Manchester. 51 46 Ashbourn 54 Bake well 54 Bel per 55 Bolsover 24 Buxton 25 Castleton 18 Chapel-en-le-Frith 48 Chesterfield 59 Derby 42 Matlock Bath 45 Wirksworth ... . Distance from London. Alfreton 19 | Ashboum j-g 15 | 16 | BaUewell ]52 8 | H | 18 | Bel per 134 11 | 24 | 18 | 16 | Bolsover 445 25 |ir|HrI 50 I 29 I Buxton 24 j 26 | 10 | 28 | 26 [ 10 | Castleton ” 162 28 | 26 | 14 | 52 | 29 | 5 | 8 | Chapel-en-le-Frith jfpj TF| 22 j 12 | 16 | 6 1 24 | 17 j 25 | Chesterfield..^ ]50 14 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 55 | 56 | 54 | 24 | Derby jog 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 17 | Matlock Bath 143 15 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 5 | Wirksworth 139 The Names of the respective Towns are on the Top and Side, and the square where both meet gives the distance.