Abney, Derbyshire
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Notable residents
William NewtonWilliam Newton (poet)
William Newton , the Peak Minstrel was born near Abney, in the parish of Eyam, Derbyshire on 28 November 1750. He was well regarded by other more notable writers and made his fortune as a partner in a mill in Tideswell; where he died in 1830. His poetry is said to have led to an end to gibbetting...
, poet was born near Abney at Cockey Farm.