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Hathersage in Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park - Information and photos |
 | | Hathersage is an attractive, prosperous and busy gritstone village,cum small town, situated in the Derwent valley, Derbyshire, and the Peak District National Park, 12 miles north east of Buxton on the A625 Buxton to Sheffield road and part of the Sheffield commuter belt. |
 | | Charlotte Bronte is known to have stayed with her friend Ellen Nussey at Hathersage Vicarage in 1845 and it is generally believed that she based Morton, in her novel, Jane Eyre, on the village and probably the heroine's surname, from the ancient Eyre family, who had been lords of the manor here for 800 years. |
 | | Hathersage boasts a superb outdoor swimming pool, open to the public during the summer months and there are several pubs and hotels in the village including the 16th century George Hotel and the Hathersage Inn, with Little John Inn, a short distance away. |
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