Crich
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Crich is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. Besides the village of Crich, the civil parish includes the nearby villages of Fritchley, Whatstandwell and Wheatcroft. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 census.
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- Locality
- Amber Valley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.postcode_area
- DE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01773
- UK place.post_town
- Matlock
- UK place.postcode_district
- DE4
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bowns Hill, Crich
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK3454
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.population
- 2821
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Crich
- UK place.shire_district
- Amber Valley
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Derbyshire Dales
- UK place.website
- Crichweb
- UK place.official_name
- Crich
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Quarrying
- Crich Mineral Railway
- End of quarrying
- Memorial tower
- National Tramway Museum
- Archives
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Crich is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. Besides the village of Crich, the civil parish includes the nearby villages of Fritchley, Whatstandwell and Wheatcroft. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 census.
The village is home to the National Tramway Museum and, at the summit of Crich Hill above, a memorial tower known as Crich Stand to those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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