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Interior. The Devonshire Dome building (previously known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital) is a Grade II* listed [1] 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire.It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, [1] who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft).
The Buxton Historic Townsite is a historical site located east of Lovilia, Iowa, United States in rural Monroe County. The unincorporated community was founded in 1895, developed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway as a coal mining company town to supply the railroad.
In 1835 The Commercial Directory for Derbyshire wrote that an "excellent round course has been formed where horse races take place". [6] Buxton racecourse closed in 1840 and the grandstand was pulled down. [13] Buxton and High Peak Golf Club was founded in 1887, after a nine-hole course was laid out on Fairfield Common in 1886. [14]
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Buxton Raceway (formerly High Edge Raceway), off the A53 Buxton to Leek road, is a motor sports circuit set up in 1974, hosting banger and stock car racing, as well as drifting events. [84] It was home to the speedway team Buxton High Edge Hitmen in the mid-1990s before the team moved to a custom-built track to the north of the original one.
The Buxton Advertiser reported in June 2019 that Peak Rail intended to reoccupy the Buxton site and start a new Buxton Branch within two months with the first priority being to clear the site. [2] The Peak Rail Association news quotes the support of the local MP [3] however the builder of a new development is causing difficulties with access. [4]
The Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Railway Preservation Society, as it was in March 1990 before closure. Part of the site, including the trackbed of the tracks outside the station, were occupied by the Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Rail heritage railway in the 1970s; it relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale.