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Historic Walking Area Attractions In Disley

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Disley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England, on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt Valley south of Stockport, close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,294. To the north, the River Goyt and the Peak Forest Canal, which opened in 1800, pass along the edge of the village. Today it is a dormitory village retaining a semi-rural character. Disley railway station is on the Manchester to Buxton line, with through trains to Preston and Blackpool. The parish includes part of the neighbouring village of Newtown, the bulk of which is in Derbysh...
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Historic Walking Area Attractions In Disley

  • 1. Lyme Park Disley
    The Leghs of Lyme were a gentry family seated at Lyme Park in Cheshire, England, from 1398 until 1946, when the stately home and its surrounding parkland were donated by the 3rd Lord Newton to The National Trust. Since the Middle Ages various spellings of this ancient surname have been used : Legh, a Lee, Leghe, Leigh and Leyghe; there were also variations on Peter, eg. Piers and Peers, the family's most oft-used given name. The first Sir Piers Legh, of Lyme, was knighted in 1397 and assumed as a coat of arms those of his mother, Matilda de Norley, in lieu of his ancient patrilineal Leigh arms.For ease of distinguishing between the earlier generations, it became customary to append a Roman numeral to the various Leghs' names; in this case the numbering system is as used in The National Tru...
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