Longford, Derbyshire

Longford, Derbyshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude = 52.943
longitude = -1.681
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Longford
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shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
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Longford is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is six miles from Ashbourne and eleven miles west of Derby. [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Longford/index.html Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835] retrieved 19 April 2008]

Notable residents

George Coke was born here in 1646cite web|first=Ian|last=Atherton|title=‘Coke, George (1570–1646)’|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5827|accessdate=2008-04-15|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5827|format=subscription required] He was the Bishop of Bristol and of Hereford.

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