Thirty-Two

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Thirty-TwoBuxton, Derbyshire Sharpening his now gaunt features and sunken skeletal cheeks, the dark pitted sleepless eyes and the angle of the red light shining on his ears produced sharp pointed shadows and making it look as though he had horns, suddenly he was the Devil incarnate. THE TOWN OF BUXTON IS OVERLOOKED by two highly visible landmarks. To the south is Grinlow Hill upon which is built Grinlow Tower a 2 storey circular, crenellated tower known locally as Solomon's Tower after Solomon Mycock who in 1836 caused the tower to be built to provide work for the unemployed of the town. In the other direction, to the northwest, stands Corbar Hill, atop of which stands the Corbar Cross, a tall simple wooden cross given to the Catholic Church by the Duke of Devonshire. It was from this

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