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Derbyshire. Belper ( / ˈbɛlpər /) is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about 7 miles (11 km) north of Derby on the River Derwent. Along with Belper, the parish includes the village of Milford and the hamlets of Bargate, Blackbrook, and Makeney.
Belper River Gardens. / 53.03000°N 1.48444°W / 53.03000; -1.48444. The River Gardens is a public park in Belper, in Derbyshire, England. Its history dates back to 1905, and it is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. [1] It has won a Green Flag Award.
First female unaided ascentionist of Mount Everest, completing the first solo ascents of the six alpine north faces in a single summer season. North face of the Eiger. Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or ...
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Belper North Mill, also known as Strutt's North Mill in Belper, is one of the Derwent Valley Mills, given UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2001. The mill is sited in Belper, a town in Derbyshire, England, roughly halfway between Derby and Matlock . The original North Mill, completed in 1786 by Jedediah Strutt, was destroyed by fire in 1803.
Milford is a village in the civil parish of Belper, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is on the River Derwent, between Duffield and Belper on the A6 trunk road . Until the end of the 18th century it was no more than a few houses near the point, about a quarter of a mile further south, where a Roman road from ...
Nigel Vardy, from Belper in Derbyshire, lost parts of his fingers, toes and nose to frostbite in 1999. He went on to become the first Briton to scale the highest mountains on the world's seven ...
The first organ dating from around 1754 was installed second hand from the old chapel of St John. It was sold to St Luke's Church, Heage when a new organ was provided by William Holt of Bradford at a cost of 300 guineas (equivalent to £39,000 in 2023), [4] and was opened on 22 December 1853. [5] [6] This was rebuilt in 1873 by Radcliffe ...