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Ashbourne is a small picturesque market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of just over 7,000. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Derbyshire Dales is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
Ashbourne is known for its annual two day Royal Shrovetide Football Match in which one half of the town plays the other at football, using the town as the pitch and with the goals three miles apart. The Royal Shrovetide Football Match occurs annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. ...
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As many as several thousand players compete for two days with a hand-painted, cork-filled ball. The game is played over two eight-hour periods, the goals are three miles apart and there are only a few rules. There are just two teams - the Up'ards and the Down'ards.
Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years. It is a moving brawl which continues through the roads of the town, across fields and even along the bed of the local river. There have been intermittent attempts to ban the game but it has been played here for hundreds of years and, fortunately, still continues.
The MP for Ashbourne is Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative), the MP for West Derbyshire. Patrick Allen McLoughlin (born 30 November 1957, Staffordshire) is a British politician. ...
The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'. The River Dove, Derbyshire is the principal river of the south-western Peak District, in the English Midlands. ...
The Tissington Trail, a popular recreational path, starts at Mapleton Lane on the northern outskirts of town and follows the course of the former Ashbourne to Buxton railway, running through the village of Tissington and joining the High Peak Trail (the old Cromford and High Peak Railway) at Parsley Hay. The line, which had been built in 1899, closed in the early 1950s. The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. ...
No-one in Buxton buys Buxton Water in the shops — they bring their bottles to St Anns Well and get it for free Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England and is described as the gateway to the Peak District National Park (true from the west). ...
Tissington is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District. ...
The Cromford and High Peak Railway was a railway built in the 1830s and operated by the London and North Western Railway to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. ...
The Cromford and High Peak Railway was a railway built in the 1830s and operated by the London and North Western Railway to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. ...
The line continued down the Dove to Rocester near Uttoxeter where it joined the main North Staffordshire Railway. This southern link had opened in 1852. It closed in 1954. The River Dove, Derbyshire is the principal river of the south-western Peak District, in the English Midlands. ...
Uttoxeter is a small market town in East Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. ...
A branch of the Limestone Way also starts in the town. The Limestone Way is a long-distance footpath in Derbyshire, England. ...
Ashbourne Churches Together (ACT) has a link with the Diocese of Patna in the ecumenical Church of North India. Regular visits take place in both directions and members of ACT are currently sponsoring the education of children in a school in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India.
Ashbourne became the 97th Fairtrade Town in March 2005 after many businesses, cafes, shops and community organisations started supporting Fairtrade. Activities are co-ordinated by the Ashbourne Fairtrade Town Initiative and an online Fairtrade Directory is available on their site (see below for link). Fairtrade Town is a status awarded by the Fairtrade Foundation in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands, describing an area which is committed to the promotion of Fairtrade-labelled goods. ...
The fair trade movement promotes international agreements to enforce price supports for commodities, particularly those exported from poor countries to the industrialised West. ...
Geography
- Ashbourne is located at 53°01′00″N, 01°43′00″W (53.0167, -1.7167)1.
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