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Place NameBamford
Place TypeSettlement
ParishBamford
Grid RefSK2083
HundredEurope
CountyDerbyshire
Electoral DivisionNorth (1832-1885)
High Peak (1885-)
Local AuthorityChapel-en-le-Frith Rural District Council
Registration DistrictHigh Peak (1837-1838)
Chapel-en-le-Frith (1838-1974)
High Peak (1974-2013)
Petty Sessional DivisionChapel-en-le-Frith
County Court DivisionChapel-en-le-Frith
UK GSS CodeE04002840 - High Peak Borough (2016)
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park, situated on the River Derwent between Hope and Hathersage. Surrounded by high moorland and gritstone uplands, including Bamford Edge and Win Hill, the village was originally a small agricultural settlement. From the late 18th century, it expanded with the development of Bamford Mill for cotton spinning

Formerly township in parish of Hathersage; Separate parish 1860; United with Derwent 1943

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