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The Peak District

Chapter 2: THE PEAK DISTRICT
By Murray Gilchrist
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The author leads readers on a guided tour through the Peak country, combining vivid descriptions of valleys, dales, rivers and moors with accounts of market towns, grand houses and spa resorts. Scenic passages evoke river gorges, limestone scars, caverns and seasonal shifts in colour, while portraits of local customs, festivals and rural life convey the character of inhabitants. Interludes describe notable estates, coaching roads and visitor attractions, and practical routes connect vistas and villages. Illustrations and narrative together offer both topographical detail and atmosphere, inviting readers to appreciate natural variety, architectural contrasts and lived traditions of the region.

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Title: The Peak District

Author: Murray Gilchrist

Illustrator: E. W. Haslehust

Release date: June 10, 2018 [eBook #57299]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

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THE WYE NEAR CRESSBROOK DALE

THE
PEAK DISTRICT

Text by R. MURRAY GILCHRIST
Pictures by E. W. HASLEHUST

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BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND
 
The Heart of London.    Winchester.
Dartmoor.    The Thames.
Canterbury.    The Cornish Riviera.
Oxford.    Shakespeare-land.
Bath and Wells.    Cambridge.
In London’s By-ways.        York.
The Peak District.    The English Lakes.
 
BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND
 
Loch Lomond and the
    Trossachs.		    Edinburgh.
    The Scott Country.
The Shores of Fife.
 

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