Peak Rail, a heritage railway group, have restored the section from Rowsley to Matlock, with the long-term objective of trying to re-open back to Buxton.

While the railway workers have largely disappeared, at the beginning of the 21st century, there is renewed public interest in rail, and Derbyshire County Council, among others, is keen to reduce traffic congestion on the A6 and in the Peak National Park. When goods traffic finished between Matlock and Rowsley, the line was taken over by the Peak Rail preservation group, who are campaigning for the link to be restored to Buxton.

For example, while Buxton notes the existence of a tradition that " Abyssinians invoked the aid of foreigners " to construct these monolithic churches, and admits that " there are clearly signs of Coptic influence in some decorative details " ( hardly surprising given the theological, ecclesiastical, and cultural links between the Ethiopian Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches ), he is adamant about the native origins of these creations: " But the significant fact is remains that the rock-churches continue to follow the style of the local built-up prototypes, which themselves retain clear evidence of their basically Axumite origin.

Together they form the civil parish of Buxton with Lammas.

Along with the founding committee, which included the Anglican Thomas Fowell Buxton, the Quaker William Allen, and the Congregationalist Josiah Conder, they organised the first World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840.

Also in the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several music and theatre festivals each year.

She came to Buxton several times to take the waters, the last of which was in 1584.

Thomas Cubitt ( 1788 – 1855 ), born Buxton, Norfolk, was the leading master builder in London in the second quarter of the 19th century, and also carried out several projects in other parts of England.

For several seasons he also ran a daily Greyhound Coach service from Buxton to Alton Towers.

Helen Cruickshank's best known poem is probably Shy Geordie which, like much of her work, is in Lowland Scots and draws on her Angus country heritage ( the poem has been set to music by several people, including Buxton Orr and Jim Reid ).

On several occasions reports of chain / cable breakage were recorded and descending loaded waggons crashed into Buxton Road Bridge at the foot of the plane.

Included within this section of barrier islands along N. C. 12, but outside the National Seashore boundaries, are Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and several communities, such as Rodanthe, Buxton, and Ocracoke.

Today Buxton remains a small township, with a general store, a fishing and outdoors store, a town hall, a primary school, and several bed and breakfasts.

For 2003 his team-mate was Carl Breeze and later Danny Buxton, this time in a VLR-built 307, and after a slow start he was Independent class winner several times.

INTERCHI ' 93 published a study by Matias, MacKenzie and Buxton showing that people who have already learned to touch-type can quickly recover 50 to 70 % of their two-handed typing speed.

The cat, named Buxton, was working for the Blue Voice who wanted to take over the garden.

* Stanley Ridges as Major Buxton, who convinces York to stay in the army

* Buxton railway station was designed by Joseph Paxton, who also designed the layout of the Park Road circular estate.

Buxton has a football club Buxton F. C., who play at the Silverlands ; a cricket club, Buxton Cricket Club ; a Buxton Rugby Union club ; and a hockey club, Buxton Hockey Club.

Well dressing was celebrated in only one or two villages in Derbyshire by the 19th century, and in Buxton it wasn't introduced until 1840, " to commemorate the beneficence of the Duke of Devonshire who, at his own expense, made arrangements for supplying the Upper Town, which had been much inconvenienced by the distance to St Anne's well on the Wye, with a fountain of excellent water within easy reach of all ".

Ken Korda, a character played by Adam Buxton, was an obnoxious but self-assured media entrepreneur who undertook absurd pop cultural projects in the real world.

Joseph Murray " Joe " Cornish ( born 20 December 1968 ) is an English comedian, television and radio presenter, director, writer and actor, who together with his long-time comedy partner, Adam Buxton, form the comedy duo Adam and Joe.

There is a long standing rumor among his closest friends and at least one biographer that he had a son in 1964 with a secret lover who he would refer to only as " Miss Mattress " or " Janet Buxton ".

He has published three volumes of his memoirs including Stamp Album ( written in tribute to his late mother ), a novel entitled The Night, and a cookbook co-written with Elizabeth Buxton to provide alternative recipes for those who are wheat and dairy-intolerant.

The hoax involved Cole and five friends — writer Virginia Stephen ( later Virginia Woolf ), her brother Adrian Stephen, Guy Ridley, Anthony Buxton and artist Duncan Grant — who disguised themselves with skin darkeners and turbans.

Nick Ackerman, the wrestler who won the Division III national championship despite having no legs, was an ATO, as were some of the most prominent names at Simpson College, including Bill Buxton, Bill Buxton, Jr., Dick Buxton, and James Weinman, all of whom have facilities on campus named in their honor.

It was created in 1930 for the politician Noel Noel-Buxton, who was the second son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, of Belfield, and a great-grandson of the philanthropist Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, of Belfield, as well as a great-nephew of Charles Buxton, the father of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton.

Another member of the Buxton family is Aubrey Buxton who was created a life peer as Baron Buxton of Alsa in 1978.

The original limestone-carrying purpose of the canal was replaced long ago by the mineral railway line serving the quarries around Buxton and joining the Manchester-Sheffield line, via a couple of magnificent diverging viaducts over the Black Brook valley at Chapel Milton ( between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Chinley ).

Prior to filming the " Night Operator at Buxton " ( episode 18 ), Helen Holmes fell ill and Anna Q. Nilsson replaced her on that one occasion.

These were adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2009, with Adam Buxton playing Charles Yellowplush.

( editor with B. Randell and J. N. Buxton ) Software Engineering, 231 p., 1969, republished 1976

The next step was a scale replica of the escalator, built with the same materials, which was constructed at the UK's Health and Safety Executive site at Buxton in England.

There are 17 bridges, including a long girder bridge over the River Bure in Buxton with Lammas as well as Aylsham Bypass Tunnel under the A140 at Aylsham.

Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as " the gateway to the Peak District National Park ".

A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities including Glossop, lying primarily to the north, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire.

Buxton is twinned with two other towns: Oignies in France and Bad Nauheim in Germany.

The Dukes of Devonshire have been closely involved with Buxton since 1780, when the 5th Duke used the profits from his copper mines to develop the town as a spa in the style of Bath.

The town is surrounded by the Peak District National Park and offers a range of cultural events ; tourism is a major industry, with more than a million visitors to Buxton each year.

Buxton is the main centre for overnight accommodation within the Peak District, with over 64 % of the Park's visitor bed space.

In addition, four Hope Valley League football clubs are based in Buxton: Buxton Christians and Queens Reserves play at the Fairfield Centre with Blazing Rag and Buxton Town playing at the Kents Bank Recreation Ground.

Due to this relatively high elevation Buxton, tends to be cooler than surrounding towns, with daytime temperature typically being around 2c lower than Manchester, for instance.

Other buses provide roughly two-hourly services linking Buxton with Macclesfield, Stoke-on-Trent and Sheffield.

Disley railway station is on the Manchester to Buxton line, with through trains to Preston and Blackpool.

Along with Joe Cornish and friend Louis Theroux, Buxton was educated at the independent Westminster School.

Buxton lives in Norwich with his wife, Sarah, and their three children: sons Frank and Natty, and daughter Hope.

Cornish was educated at the independent Westminster School in central London, where he became friends with both Adam Buxton and Louis Theroux.

Since the demise of The Adam and Joe Show, Cornish has continued to work in British television and radio as a presenter, writer and director, both with and without Buxton.

Nigel Edward Buxton ( born 1924 ) is a British travel writer and wine critic, also known for appearing as BaaadDad in the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show, which was written and presented by his son Adam Buxton along with Adam's friend Joe Cornish.