Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bamford is a

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church in the village of

Bamford Bamford is a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, close to the Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshire), River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the north-west the Ladybower Reservoir, Ladybower, Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshir ...

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. The church dates back to the mid-19th century and is a Grade II listed building. It was designed by M. E. Hadfield and built for

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (27 December 184711 February 1917), styled Lord Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmas ...

, who had founded a similar chapel at Derwent Hall.

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