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| Earl Sterndale is a small farming village near to the River Dove which forms the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. There is little of note in the village apart from the pub, which is called the Quiet Woman and has singular inn sign. The church was the only one in the Peak which was bombed in the Second World War. Its strategic significance is doubtful.
The area below the village towards the Dove is very beautiful, particularly High Wheeldon, a conical hill overlooking the river. On High Wheeldon is Fox Hole Cave, which was excavated in the 1970s revealing a range of Stone Age implements and the remains of animals hunted by the men of that period. |
