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Excerpt from The Journey-Book of England: Derbyshire
Derbyshire, a midland county of England, bounded on the north-east by Yorkshire, from which it is partly separated by the rivers Derwent, Bother, and Sheaf on the north - west by Cheshire, from which it is in this quarter separated by the river Etherow; on the west by Cheshire, from which it is here separated by the river Coyt, and Smfiordshire, which latter county bounds it also on the south-west (the Dove separates Staffordshire from Derbyshire on the west, and the D0ve and the Trent on the south - west); on the south-east by Leicestershire, from which it is partly separated by the Trent; and on the east by N otting hamshire, from which it is separated by the Erewash. Its form is irregular; the greatest length is from north (from the point where the three counties of Derby, Chester, and York meet) to south (near Lullington on the Mease.
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