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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, LEA HURST, DERBYSHIRE
Childhood home of Florence Nightingale. Though born in Florence, her family returned to England, and Lea Hurst was the family home and later on their summer home, in the area from which the family made its fortune in lead-mining. After the Crimean War, Florence returned again to Lea Hurst. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Lea_Hurst,_Florence_Nightingale
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WORMHILL - 'DRAGON Hill'
Anglo-Saxon 'Dragon Hill' (Wyrma's Hill) - the hill where the dragon may have been said to have lived can be seen on the road to Miller's Dale, were the coils in the ground surrounding this small hill created by the dragon's tail? Wormhill's church is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch who had links to dragons, was the dedication to protect this Derbyshire village from the dragon? Find Wormhill the Dragon Village on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Wormhill |
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