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Subscribe to our daily What's On newsletter to keep up with what's happening around Greater Manchester Looking around the picture perfect village of Edensor today, it's hard to believe it wasn't always nestled in this idyllic location in the midst of rolling countryside in the Peak District.

But this chocolate box village was created entirely by design almost 200-years-ago - when the then lord-of-the-manor decided to demolish the original Edensor village and move it over a hill - so it didn't spoil his view from Chatsworth House across his country estate.

The residents of the original Edensor, pronounced 'Enza', were moved out to other neighbouring villages while an entirely new village was created for them by the 6th Duke of Devonshire

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