Thomas Hobbes
In Ault Hucknall, as in most communities, the oldest surviving building is the parish church.
Elizabeth dowager countess of Shrewsbury (c.1521–1608), best known to history as `Bess of Hardwick', is probably the third most famous Englishwoman
The growth of the modern coal mining in the 19th century brought with it it dramatic changes in both settlement and society on and near the Hardwic
William Senior's plan of Hardwick, c.1609, showing the two mansions and the surrounding park shortly after Bess had died.
Hardwick Timeline
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Cape Cornwall is located near St Just-in-Penwith. It is the remains of a small medieval chapel, used as a farm building.
