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Derbyshire
Stainsby Mill
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This mill is in full working order and gives a vivid evocation of a 19th-century miller's workplace. Flour is ground regularly and is on sale throughout the season.
Winster Market House
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The National Trust's first acquisition in the Peak District, this building is a reminder of when cheese and cattle fairs were a prominent feature of local life. It is now an information centre.
Northamptonshire
Priest's House
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Of interest for its architecture, Priest's House also contains a small museum illustrating past village life.
Leicestershire
Staunton Harold Church
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Built as an open act of defiance to Cromwell's Puritan regime, this is one of very few churches constructed between the English Civil War and the Restoration.
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