DESCRIPTION

Buxton, a country town set amongst hills, is said to be the highest market town in England. Here, man made his home when the Ice Age had retreated from the Peak where many prehistoric relics have been found. Buxton is well known for its mineral springs which have offered for centuries, a cure for rheumatism and other ailments. Sufferers have travelled from far and wide to be immersed in the warm mineral baths first founded by the Romans. The charges in 1572 were: for an Arch-bishop £5; a Duke £3.10s.; a Duchess £2; a Yeoman 12 pence.

Two well known buildings in Buxton are the Crescent Hotel (named for its shape), said to have been built with revenues from the Ecton copper mines in Staffordshire by the 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Soloman's Temple. This tower stands about 1,200 feet above sea-level and commands a magnificent view of the area, from its position on Grinlow.

The church of St. Anne built in 1625 still stands, but in 1812 the present parish church of St. John's was erected. The registers of both these churches are in microfilm at the County Record Office, Matlock. In 1873 Trinity Chapel was built, the registers of which are also at the Record Office.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions (St. Anne's and St. John's Churchyards)

ABEL	ADDISON	ANZANI	ARBUTHNOT	ARDERN
BAILEY	BALL	BARGE	BARNET	BATES
BENNETT	BIRKETT	BITTLESTON	BLAIKIE	BLANTERN
BOWERS	BRADLOW	BROOME	BROWN	BUXTON
CARSTAIRS	CASTRO	CHAPELROW	CHARLESWORTH	CHEETHAM
CHESTER	CHILD	CLAYTON	CLINTON	COCKER
CORNELSEN	COTTON	DANSON	DAVIS	DAWN
DAWSON	DE CASTRO	DEAKIN	DEVONSHIRE	DORRINGTON
DOWNES	EARLE	EASEWLL (sic)	ECCLES	EDGE
ELLISON	ENGLAND	EYRE	FERGUSON	FIDLER
FISHER	FOSTER	FOWLER	FROST	GARDENER
GILSON	GLAZEBROOK	GOODWIN	GRICE	GRIFFITHS
GRINDER	HALL	HARPER	HARRISON	HAYNES
HEACOCK	HENSHAW	HIBBERT	HILL	HODGSON
HOULDEN	HOYLE	HUBLIN	HUBY	HUTCHINSON
JONES	KANE	KELSALL	KITCHEN	KNIGHT
LEEDHAM	LENNON	LEWTHWAITE	LINDSAY	LITHERLAND
LIVERSLEY	LOCKETT	LOMAS	LUCCA	MACREADY
MAGRATH	MANNERS	MATHEWS	MILL	MILLIGAN
MILLWARD	MORRELL	MYRTH	NIELSON	ORAM
PATTENSON	PEARCE	PEARSON	PERKINS	PIDCOCK
POPE	PRIOLU	PYLE	QUICK	RAPER
RAYNOR	REDFERN	RICHDALE	ROBINS	ROSE
ROSS	ROWLAND	SAMPSON	SAVAGE	SHAW
SHEART	SHIPTON	SPENCER	SPIERS	SPITTALL
STRANGER	STREET	SWANN	TAYLOR	THACKBERY
THOMPSON	THORNHILL	TINDALL	TOOLE	TRIVETT
TURNER	TYSON	ULVERT	VANDELEUR	VERNON
VICKERS	VIZARD	WAKEFIELD	WALLACE	WARD
WARREN	WHITE	WILSON	WINNELL	WRIGALL
WRIGLEY	WYNNE	YATES

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