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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/828.992
Title	Derbyshire: where writers walked.
Date	2018
Publication Date	2018
Author	James, Catherine
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN	9781910489543
Further Information	Writers who have visited Derbyshire and descriptions of places to which they refer in their letters, diaries and books.
Term	Authors

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Johnson; Samuel (1709-1784); Dr; English man of letters, born Lichfield. Married at St Werburgh's, Derby, and frequent visitor to Ashbourne and area.

Darwin; Erasmus (1731-1802); Dr; physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet

Uttley; Alison (1884-1976); author

Ruskin; John (1819-1900); Critic, art historian, social reformer and philanthropist. Famously denounced the building of the railway at Monsal Dale, Derbyshire. Founded the Guild of St George in 1871 to champion agriculture and traditonal crafts, including a colony at Totley which failed.

Wesley; John (1703-1791); Reverend; Co-founder of Methodism, preacher, theologian

Eliot; George (1819-1880); author

Austen; Jane (1775-1817); Said to have visited Bakewell and used Chatsworth as inspiration for her novel Pride and Prejudice.

Scott; Walter (1771-1832); Sir; Author, visited Castleton

Bronte; Charlotte (1816-1855); Author, used North Lees Hall, Hathersage as inspiration for her novel Jane Eyre.

Defoe; Daniel (1660-1731); Author, who travelled extensively through Derbyshire.

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Ashbourne
Derby
Breadsall
Castleton
Cromford
Hathersage
Matlock Bath
Quarndon
Rowsley
Wirksworth

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