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Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Staffordshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work by Frederick Calvert, engraved on steel dy
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The Gem of the Peak; or Matlock Bath and its vicinity; an account of Derby; a tour from Derby to Matlock: ... a review of the geology of Derbyshire; catalogue of minerals and rocks, and of the flora of the high and low
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A History of the Alton Towers Railway: Including Other Railways & Transport Systems at Alton Towers, Together with the Railways at Lilleshall Hall & Trentham Gardens
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The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 1595–1918: A Cartographic Analysis and Electronic Catalogue
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centre), St Peter's Church, The Malt House, St John's Church and Alton Towers.
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Roger J. P. Kain; John Chapman; Richard R. Oliver (1 July 2004).
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Archived from 588: 1472: 1196: 743: 688:Information on Saint Peter's church 602:. J. & C. Mozley. pp. 238– 13: 14: 1506: 669: 675: 346: 52: 45: 29: 648:"The Legend of the Chained Oak" 639: 556:. William Emans. pp. 28–. 497:"Civil Parish population 2011" 489: 450:Hex – The Legend of the Towers 1: 574:. Peter Scott. pp. 11–. 483: 456:and the legend involving the 53: 7: 1121:Staffs & Worcestershire 471: 439:North Staffordshire Railway 395:, built around the site of 87:OS grid reference 18:Human settlement in England 10: 1511: 570:Peter Scott (1 May 1998). 1485:Villages in Staffordshire 1244: 1228: 1139: 1093: 1012: 859: 808: 796: 785: 414:. 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Alton is located in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
OS grid reference
SK073422
District
Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district
ST10
Dialling code
Police
Staffordshire
Fire
Staffordshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Staffordshire Moorlands
UK
England
Staffordshire

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